Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effects of Task Characteristics on Learners’ Fluency, Complexity and Accuracy during EFL Interactions: Implications for Speaking Practice

Following the claim that tasks impact qualitatively and quantitatively on learner talk, a growing body of research has explored the effects of tasks on learners’ fluency, complexity and accuracy (i.e., oral performance). However, this research has been mostly conducted in experimental and second language settings, leaving considerably unexplored the effects of tasks on oral performance in EFL classrooms. In response to this, the present study examined learners’ oral performance during speaking practice in EFL classrooms. In exploring uncontrolled teacher- and learner- led speaking practice at three proficiency levels, the findings indicated that fluency can be accompanied by either complexity or accuracy, but not all three dimensions. These findings raise intriguing questions as to the effectiveness of speaking practice to promote oral performance and thus competence. In an attempt to enhance these interactions, the study suggests some pedagogical implications involving interactional behaviour, post-tasks, and task manipulation which may promote the three dimensions.
The Sinclair Effect: Comparing Ownership Influences on Bias in Local TV News Content

Sinclair Broadcast Group, the largest owner of U.S. local television stations, has received recent attention due to its apparent political lean and journalistic practices. This study compared the content and quality of national political news stories at Sinclair and non-Sinclair stations in three television markets. Results indicated evidence of a “Sinclair Effect,” whereby Sinclair-owned affiliate stories exhibited more cable news-style elements. Stations generally adhered to traditional journalistic principles, regardless of ownership, but Sinclair stations produced more stories with dramatic elements, commentary, and partisan sources.
The Experimentation of Contextual and Realistic Learning Models in terms of Interpersonal Intelligence

The aims of this study is to find out: (1) a better learning model between contextual, realistic or conventional; (2) better learning outcomes between students with high, medium or low interpersonal intelligence; (3) better learning outcomes between students with high, medium or low interpersonal intelligence on each learning model; (4) a better learning model between contextual, realistic or conventional at each level of interpersonal intelligence. This research is using the experimental method. The sampling technique is cluster random sampling. Data collection tools used were questionnaires and tests. The data analysis technique used is the analysis of three-way variance with unequal cells. The results showed that: (1) contextual learning models are better than realistic but provide the same learning outcomes as conventional, while realistic and conventional learning outcomes are equally good; (2) students who have high, medium or low interpersonal intelligence have the same learning outcomes; (3) In each learning model, students with high, medium and low interpersonal intelligence have the same learning outcomes; (4) At each level of interpersonal intelligence, the contextual learning model is better than realistic and conventional.
The use of rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) to increase the self-determined motivation and psychological well-being of triathletes.

Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) and its relationship with self-determined motivation has received scant research attention despite growing interest in the motivational effects of REBT with athletes. Recent evidence suggests that reductions in irrational beliefs brought about by REBT may facilitate increases in self-determined motivation. The current study seeks to replicate and build this initial research using an idiographic single-case design to assess the effects of one-to-one REBT on the irrational beliefs, self-determined motivation, vitality, and sleep quality of four amateur triathletes. Self-report data were collected prior to, during, and after the REBT intervention. Visual analysis revealed that reductions in irrational beliefs were met with concomitant increases in self-determined motivation, vitality, and sleep quality. Social validation data supported the visual analysis findings. This current study supports and extends research by offering further advances in our understanding of the potential relationships between REBT, self-determined motivation, and athlete wellbeing. Keywords: CBT; counselling; sport; mental health; case-study
Enhancement of Educational Internet Use Self-Efficacy Perceptions of Coaching and Recreation Students

Study aimed to investigate the efficiency of the education program that aimed to improve the educational internet use self-efficacy perceptions of coaching and recreation students who were attending formation education at Sakarya University, Faculty of Education. Therefore, a training program designed to develop educational internet use self-efficacy perceptions of students was developed and applied. The study was carried out with 33 students and a total of six weeks of education was given as part of the curriculum prepared for the students. The significant difference between the pre-test and post-test scores of the students was examined by t test, and the effect size was calculated. According to the findings, there was a significant difference between the educational internet use self-efficacy perceptions of the students between the pre-test and post-test scores in favor of post-test scores. In addition, the opinions of the prospective teachers about the education were taken. It is recommended that similar curriculums should be developed and implemented for Coaching and Recreation student programs.
The Impact of Emotional Intelligence on Readiness for Organizational Change: A Case Study on a Government Authority in Saudi Arabia

This study sought mainly to examine the effect of Emotional intelligence (EI) and readiness for organizational change (RFC). Additionally, the study sought to explore the association between EI, RFC and demographic variables. The data were collected from employees from a government authority in Jeddah city, Saudi Arabia. The data were analyzed using Spearman’s rho to find the relation between EI and employee’s RFC. Then, Simple Linear Regression was applied to find the effect of EI on the employee’s RFC. In addition, association between RFC and demographic variables was determined by Chi-square. The findings of this study confirmed the significant relationship between EI and employees’ readiness to accept change. There was a statistically significant association between RFC and education level among participants. However, there was no association between other demographic variables and RFC or EI. This study has some limitations that were presented at the end of the study.
Reflexive dialogue within the supervisory relationship to enhance supervisee learning outcomes

20 CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION AND AIMS . 23 1.1 RELATIONAL AND REFLECTIVE COMPETENCIES . 24 1.2 SUPERVISION METHODS FOR ENHANCING RELATIONAL COMPETENCE . 26 1.3 METACOMMUNICATION: DEFINITION AND AIMS . 27 1.4 METACOMMUNICATION IN THE SUPERVISORY CONTEXT . 35 1.5 SUPERVISION AS A SPACE FOR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING . 38 1.6 THE SUPERVISORY RELATIONSHIP: A TRIPARTITE MODEL . 40 1.6. 1 Supervisory working alliance . 41 1.6. 2 Parallel process . 42 1.6. 3 Real Relationship . 45 1.7 METHODS FOR ENGAGING WITH SUPERVISORY DYNAMICS FOR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING . 46 1.8 CHALLENGES AND PROMISES IN THE USE OF METACOMMUNICATION IN SUPERVISION . 49
Exploring e-Learning Experiences in a Dynamic Organizational Learning Environment: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Organizational E-Learners in a Multicultural Consulting Firm in Hong Kong.

With e-learning being increasingly recognized as effective in supporting professional and organizational performance, much needs to be known about e-learners’ experiences and its influence on the performance on individual and organizational levels. This Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis study explored learning experiences of e-learners embedded in the dynamic learning context of a Hong Kong based consulting firm, shedding light on the potentials of aligning individual learning goals with those of organizations. Employing the theoretical framework of Pintrich’s (2005) Self-Regulated Learning model and Nonaka’s (1996) Organizational Learning model, the qualitative study interviewed eight participants from different departments. The results underlined not only the nuanced subtlety that made organizational e-learning a personal experience important to individual e-learners but also a shared experience vital to organizational knowledge creation, performance and development. The findings embodying meaningful themes relating to motivation, adaptation/ navigation, and interaction entail significant implications for educational and organizational theory and practice. The knowledge generated would be beneficial to the organization and its wider community where new knowledge is created and cognitive growth cultivated.
Political knowledge at work: Conceptualization, measurement, and applications to follower proactivity

In this paper, we conceptualize and integrate a measure of political knowledge into the broader literatures on political behaviour, proactivity, and followership. Political knowledge refers to an individual’s perceived understanding of the relationships, demands, resources, and preferences of an influential target, such as their leader. We examine political knowledge in the follower–leader context with two studies of employees (Ns = 301 & 492) and two studies of follower–leader pairs (Ns = 187 & 130 dyads). Findings generally support the convergent and discriminant validity of our political knowledge measure. In addition, we find consistent evidence for the mediating role of political knowledge of one’s leader in the relationship between follower political skill and political will with self-reported follower proactive behaviours. Taken together, the results contribute to the political influence framework and offer insight into the importance of ‘knowing your leader’ in enabling followers to engage in politically risky proactivity.
Biasing Actions by Incentive Valence in an Approach/Avoidance Task

The present study investigates interactions between incentive valence and action, which mirror well-known valence-action biases in the emotional domain. In three joystick experiments, incentive valence (win/loss) and action type (approach/avoid) were signaled by distinct orthogonal stimulus features. By combining several design aspects, i.e., the use of bi-directional joystick movements, the inclusion of no-incentive baseline trials, and cue-locked versus target-locked valence and action signals, we tried to bridge between paradigms used in the emotional and motivational domain, and to understand previous, partly inconsistent results. In the first task variant (Experiment 1), we observed performance benefits for compatible mappings (win-approach; loss-avoid) relative to incompatible ones (loss-approach; win-avoid) when valence and action signals were target-locked, consistent with a fairly automatic response activation that can benefit or impair task performance. In contrast, cue-locked valence signals led to response facilitation (relative to a no-incentive baseline) more or less independent of actual valence (win/loss) and action type (approach/avoid), which is reminiscent of general facilitation effects of incentive cues across diverse cognitive tasks. Slight design variations did not change this main result pattern, indicating that it was neither driven by the close proximity between target and performance feedback (Experiment 2), nor by mere temporal coincidence of valence and action signals (Experiment 3), but rather by differences between preparatory (cued) and immediate (non-cued) effects of incentive valence. The present study provides novel insights regarding the nature of valence-action biases in the motivational domain and helps to integrate previous, partly inconsistent findings across domains.
‘Leave no one behind’? The exclusion of persons with disabilities by development NGOs

Abstract Persons with disabilities have a right to be included in international development, yet persons with disabilities in the Global South are overwhelmingly excluded from development-related activities. While many states have developed disability inclusive policies for official foreign aid, many private international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have failed to do so. In response to this gap, the Disability Inclusive Development Initiative at the University of Washington began an ongoing research study of small and medium-sized international NGOs. Thus far, surveys collected and depth interviews have revealed four major barriers to inclusion on the part of mainstream development NGOs: 1. ) lack of awareness, 2. ) belief that persons with disabilities constitute a separate focus area, 3. ) assumption that the costs of inclusion are too high, and 4. ) believing that others, such as governments or families, are responsible for ensuring access and accommodations, rather than the NGO itself.
Will I buy it? : The influence of vlogs on consumer’s purchase intention and engagement in Apple AirPods 2

Social media platforms have become an important part of consumers’ sharing, searching, and commenting activities as they engage in online shopping. Video blog users, known as “vloggers,” are becoming influential figures who can influence consumers’ shopping decisions. However, only a few studies have focused on exploring the effect of vlogs on consumers’ engagement and purchase intentions while shopping online. This study aims to examine the impact of vloggers’ recommendation of Apple AirPods 2 in vlogs on YouTube. To determine the factors that influence purchase intention and consumer engagement, the variables of the technology acceptance model (TAM), combined with variables derived from source credibility, are used. Source credibility is a term often used to imply a communicator’s positive characteristics that affect the receiver’s acceptance of information. Moreover, the variables trustworthiness, expertise, and attractiveness from source credibility are projected into consumer attitude to determine the influence of purchase intention and consumer engagement. A questionnaire-based empirical study is used to test the eight constructs: trustworthiness, expertise and attractiveness, perceived usefulness, perceived enjoyment, attitude, consumer engagement, and purchase intention. This study involves 262 respondents and quantitatively analyzes the effect of each variable on purchase intention, consumer engagement, and attitude. The main findings indicate that the expertise of vloggers, perceived enjoyment, and consumers’ attitude are directly predictive of a consumer’s intention to buy Apple AirPods 2. However, against TAM, perceived usefulness affects purchase intention only indirectly through attitude. Regarding attitude, attractiveness and enjoyment have a significant influence, followed by trustworthiness and perceived usefulness. Additionally, attitude is a mediating factor that is also influenced largely by perceived enjoyment and slightly by the attractiveness of the vlogger, trustworthiness of the vlogger, and perceived usefulness. In conclusion, perceived enjoyment is the most influential contributor to predicting a consumer’s purchase intention, engagement, and attitude.
FORMING SOFT SKILLS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS BY MEANS OF ACADEMIC ROLE-PLAYING GAMES AT FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSES.doc

The article contains theoretical grounds and experimental verification of using academic role-playing games at classes of Foreign Language in order to form soft skills of students, majoring in non-philological subjects. The purpose of the article is to analyze the effectiveness of using this form of work at university classes for the formation of soft skills of students and to monitor the correlation between these skills. The methodological basis of the study was the communicative and competence-based approaches in teaching foreign languages. Research methods include questioning, observation, expert assessment and testing. The obtained data were subjected to statistical analysis using Kolmogorov-Smirnov’s test, Pearson’s χ² test and Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient. Academic role-playing games have shown their effectiveness as a means of forming soft skills of students, majoring in non-philological subjects, in case of following such fundamental principles as: using the language as an integral system but not as a set of grammatical and lexical phenomena; using language as a means of communication, and, consequently, a teacher`s making educational materials and tasks, focused on the content of communication, but not on the formal characteristics; creating practice-oriented situations in the classroom that train social skills, but not just subject knowledge and skills. The article presents a description of training materials, tasks, methods and forms of work for the formation of students’ soft skills.
Spatial mobility and tolerance towards immigrants: the case of Northern Iceland

ABSTRACT While the profound effects of spatial mobility on social structures and patterns of interactions have long been recognized, the association of mobility experiences and tolerance towards immigrants has received limited attention. In this paper, we examine such patterns in Iceland, a country with a long history of emigration and return migration of the local population but a recent surge in international immigration. We find in-migrants and locals who have lived in the capital city area or abroad for at least a year to be more tolerant of immigrants than locals who have never lived elsewhere. These patterns of tolerance among more mobile respondents persist after controlling for other predictors such as age, gender, education and language skills, employment status, income, community integration, residential satisfaction and generalized trust. These results are discussed in the context of changing patterns of mobility and immobility in western countries.
‘What a skewed sense of values’: Discussing PreP in the British press

In this article I examine the public discussion of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in the UK and investigate how this treatment and its key beneficiaries were framed by the British press between 2012 and 2016. Drawing upon an archive of articles published in national newspapers, I identify the discursive transformation that PrEP underwent during this period, as it moved from being a ‘wonder drug’ that benefited the health of the general population, to a ‘promiscuity pill’ that threatened the lives of the most vulnerable. I illustrate how this transformation was accompanied by a shift in the representation of gay men – who were almost universally positioned as the future beneficiaries of PrEP in the UK. Utilizing critical discourse analysis methods, I explore how gay men went from being ‘upstanding citizens’ to ‘dangerous outsiders’, and how the British press mapped older stereotypes of the diseased gay male body onto newer homonormative representations of the ‘good gay’ and the ‘evil queer’. This analysis reveals the precarious status gay men occupy in ‘post-equalities’ Britain – a status that requires adherence to a particular code of sexual and moral conduct, and the disavowal of long-term health inequalities.
The Relationship between Auditory Sensory Gating and Cognitive Functions on Auditory and Visual Modalities in Primary School Children

Objectives Considering the common neurological origins, there is a relationship between the sensory gating and cognitive functions. However, there is no adequate information on this issue. In this study, auditory event-related potentials and the sensory gating performance were assessed in P50, N100 and P200 waves. Besides, their relationship with cognitive performance in auditory and visual modalities was investigated. Materials & Methods Nineteen normal primary school students (14 boys) were tested in Tehran, Iran from 2017 to 2018. In the auditory modality, the Persian version of the non-word repetition test and monaural selective auditory attention test (mSAAT) were used for assessment of the working memory and selective attention, respectively. In order to evaluate the visual working memory and visual selective attention, Rey-Osterrieth complex figure, selective and divided attention test were used, respectively. A 32-channel EEG system was used for electrophysiological assessment. Results The P50 sensory gating was negatively correlated with the visual selective attention (P=0.034, r=-0.49) and N100 sensory gating was negatively correlated with the auditory working memory (P=0.043, r=-0.48) as well as visual selective attention (P=0.039, r=-0.47). For P200, there was a significant negative relationship with auditory selective attention in the right ear (P=0.034, r=-0.49). Conclusion Sensory gating in children is not a modality-specific phenomenon. Sensory gating in a modality could be associated with cognitive functions in other modalities.
Evolution of Quantification in Clinical Nuclear Medicine: A Brief Overview of Salient Uses and Upcoming Trends

Since the inception of Nuclear Medicine, the field strove to not only understand pathology through the qualitative evaluation of physiologic and molecular based processes, but also to quantify them to further differentiate normal from abnormal findings. Whereas the former has been well achieved and has evolved into the field of Molecular Imaging, the latter continues to evolve with a goal to provide a definite incremental improvement in diagnostic and clinical management of patients over that provided by the former alone. Quantification is found ubiquitously in Nuclear Medicine, such as in Renal, Thyroid, and Cardiac imaging, to therapies such as Thyroid Diseases and Y-90 microspheres (SIRT). This has also evolved with technology, starting from the simplest probes, static planar imaging, and cine planar and tomographic imaging, now extended to more absolute quantification with modern Positron Emission Tomography (PET-CT and PET-MR) machines, and further with the evolution of quantitative Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT and SPECT-CT). This evolution is also a product of other developments in acquisition standardization, imaging methodologies, and understanding of radiotracer physiology. This article summarizes some of the more common procedures relying on quantification, and which direction the newer generation of quantitative based imaging developments promise to provide in the field.
Emotion processing in individuals with autistic spectrum conditions and autistic traits : the role of stimuli spontaneity and task demands

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Continuity or Change?: Intervention and Statebuilding after Kosovo

ABSTRACT The significance of Kosovo can only be understood by first situating the intervention in 1999 and the subsequent statebuilding process in a historical context. While there is a profound difference between 1999 and today, we should not conclude that this means the practice of humanitarian intervention has gone into decline as a result of waning western power. Decisions on intervention at that juncture, as indeed they are today. I conclude by arguing, however, that the theory and practice of statebuilding, has changed markedly since 1999; expectations as to the capacity of international administrations to transform post-conflict societies have declined markedly.