Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Failure through Success: Co-construction Processes of Imaginaries (of Participation) and Group Development

Participation is an important but little understood concept in science and innovation. While participation promises the production of new knowledge, social justice, and economic growth, little research has been done on its contribution to innovation processes at the group level. The concept of imaginaries can provide a window into these processes. Adopting a micro-sociological perspective, we examined the interplay between imaginaries of participation and group development within a long-term ethnographic observation study of an initiative, Energy Avant-garde, as it pursued the development of a decentralized, self-contained, and entirely renewable energy system in one German region. We scaled down the macrolevel concept of imaginaries to the group level. We found that group imaginaries are a resource for bringing order to a group and that a group is a resource for creating, operationalizing, revising, and sustaining imaginaries. We describe a “failure-through-success” story: while imaginaries initially promoted group cohesion, creativity, and productivity, in later stages, these effects were impeded by group dynamics. We therefore distinguish between process imaginaries and outcome imaginaries and conclude that, inherently, participation must be managed and employed at the appropriate stages to make valuable contributions.
The Federal Reserve's Current Framework for Monetary Policy: A Review and Assessment

The Federal Reserve's current monetary policy framework combines conventional policy that sets the level of the federal funds rate with policies that operate through the slope of the term structure, including forward guidance and large-scale asset purchases. These slope policies are particularly important when the federal funds rate is at the zero lower bound. We assess the performance of counterfactual monetary policies since the Great Recession using a structural vector autoregression, identified using high-frequency jumps in asset prices around FOMC meetings as external instruments. We find that slope policies played an important role in supporting the recovery, but only partially circumvented the zero lower bound. In our simulations, earlier and more aggressive use of slope policies supports a faster recovery. The recovery would also have been faster, with the unemployment gap closing seven quarters earlier, if the Fed had inherited a higher level of inflation and nominal interest rates consistent with a 3 percent inflation target coming into the financial crisis recession.
Elder Orphans’ Experiences of Advance Planning and Informal Support Network

Literature reviews on elder orphans recommended the need of an in-depth exploration of health care and social issues from their actual experiences. This article explores the experiences of elder orphans living independently in the community on their own with no immediate or close family support. The study utilized a qualitative descriptive approach through face-to-face interviews. Two main themes emerged from the data. The first theme was “advance plans” with the subthemes (a) my to-do list and (b) the right timing. The second theme identified was “informal support network” with the subthemes (a) family is right here and (b) familiarized support system. These findings offered insights on how existing informal networks influence elder orphans’ consideration for advance directives in terms of timing. Moreover, the findings have identified the extent of which informal support network has been received by elder orphans. Currently, the support threshold of these informal networks is unknown, which warrants further research.
Impacts of Expanding Impervious Surface on Specific Conductance in Urbanizing Streams

Long‐term analysis indicates that progressive salinization of freshwaters is widespread. Although increases are often associated with urbanization, knowledge of chemical dynamics during urbanization is limited and typically drawn from space‐for‐time studies. Thus, the potential role of stream chemistry in sharp biodiversity losses observed at low levels of urbanization is difficult to distinguish from other concurrent factors such as temperature, flow, or sediment. We used a 25‐year annual time series of impervious cover for the Baltimore‐Washington, DC, metropolitan area to interpret long‐term records from 12 watershed‐monitoring stations in the Mid‐Atlantic Piedmont USA from 1986 to 2010 and explore stream conductivity under progressive urbanization. All 12 watersheds experienced variable but monotonic increases in impervious cover, which ranged from <1% to nearly 25% of contributing area. All monitoring stations exhibited elevated specific conductance relative to background concentrations. Proliferation of impervious cover led to seasonal shifts in monthly conductivity maxima, with progressive dominance of winter pulses and diminishing signal from evapotranspirative concentration in late summer. We found consistently steep increases in stream conductivity across years and seasons associated with incremental increases in low (0‐4.5%) levels of watershed impervious cover; moderate to low rates of increase, but distinct seasonal concentrations from 4.5 to 13.8% impervious cover; and increasing predominance of pulses at high levels of impervious cover (>13.8%), particularly when conditioned on winter storm events. Observed patterns may suggest distinct sources and different degrees of hydrologic connection. Despite ubiquitous increases, variability in conductivity trends across space and time underscores the need for more intensive monitoring as urbanization progresses.
Alumni Networks and Investment Strategy: Evidence from Chinese Mutual Funds

ABSTRACT While fund managers are connected by interpersonal linkages, the investment strategy of a mutual fund would follow a similar pattern due to interpersonal communications and information exchange. This paper focuses on the connection of fund managers via a shared educational network (university alumni connection) in China. Based on a manually collected dataset with the detailed transaction and manager information, our results were threefold: (1) Mutual fund managers with an alumni connection tend to have similar portfolio allocation; the network effect is heterogeneous for different manager characteristics, fund characteristics, and alumni types. (2) A dynamic learning strategy for fund managers exists where they tend to mimic the past portfolio choices of others within the alumni network. (3) The performance of connected funds is worsened by the degree of the connection.
Revision of the Mental Health Continuum – Short Form: Testing Psychometric Properties

Measurement instruments for screening people’s well-being are intensively used in practice. For several years, the Mental Health Continuum -Short Form (MHC-SF), which includes 14 items, is commonly used. However, interpretation problems with the items, especially for the subscale of social well-being, are present. Therefore, a revised version (MHC-SF-R), including 19 items, was developed. To investigate psychometric properties of the MHC-SF-R, a validation study in a sample of University students was conducted (N=108). For assessing convergent validity, two additional constructs, theoretically related to well-being, were added, that were self-compassion and self-esteem. These were measured with the Self-compassion Scale – Short Form (SCS-SF) and the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale (RSES). This cross- sectional study was conducted online with a questionnaire survey design. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) demonstrated poor fit to a four-factor model of the MHC-SF-R with emotional well-being, societal well-being, psychological well-being and relational well-being, especially present for societal well-being. CFA did not support a three-factor structure of the MHC-SF. Internal consistency of both versions was good for the total scale (a=.89). Except for the societal well-being dimension of the MHC-SF-R (a=.65), reliability was desirable for all subscales, ranging from . 74 to . 88. Convergent validity of both versions was supported by moderate to high correlations with the two additional measures. All in all, the MHC-SF-R was not recommended for practical use since the dimension of societal well-being could not reach acceptable results. However, as the other three dimensions proved to be reliable and valid, it was advised to promote research on a revised version of the MHC-SF, supplementing it by qualitative designs.
‘We Have Never Employed Jewish People’: Young Jewish Women’s Experiences of Education and Employment in Glasgow from the 1920s to the 1950s

ABSTRACT This article explores the experience of education and employment of young Jewish women from the Gorbals district of Glasgow from the 1920s to the 1950s through the use of oral testimony. Its central concern is to highlight the particularity of the experience of this group of young women and bring out the significance of specific cultural pressures and anti-Semitism in their lives with a focus on the period when their formal education ended and they entered paid employment. The concept of ‘gendered ethclass trajectories of social mobility’ has been coined to denote this difference in experience.
Influence of Leader-Member Exchange on Teachers’ Workplace Outcomes at Vocational Colleges in South Africa

ABSTRACT In this study, the influence of leader-member exchange on teachers’ communication satisfaction and turnover intention is examined. A regression analysis shows that the independent variable (leader-member exchange) has a direct and significant effect on the dependent variables (communication satisfaction and turnover intention) in five vocational colleges examined in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. The findings confirm previous findings about the impact of workplace relationships on teachers’ attitudes and behaviours, especially supervisor-subordinate relationships. The implications of these findings are discussed as they relate to the management of teachers at vocational education institutions in South Africa.
Exploring racial–ethnic pride and perceived barriers in positive youth development: A latent profile analysis

Abstract This study sought to identify profiles of positive youth development (PYD) integrating racial–ethnic factors, specifically racial–ethnic pride and perceived racial–ethnic barriers in a sample of African American (77%) and Latino (23%) children (N = 234, Mean age = 8). Using a latent profile analysis, we found three profiles: The High PYD, Proud, & Optimistic (High PYD, racial–ethnic pride, and low perceived racial–ethnic barriers), the High PYD, Proud, & Aware (high PYD, pride, and perceived barriers), and the Low PYD and Disconnected (low PYD, pride, and high barriers). The Optimistic profile exhibited fewer overall adjustment problems and higher standardized achievement at Time 2 than both the Aware and the Disconnected profiles. The Aware and the Disconnected showed similar adjustments. This study highlights the critical role of helping youth to feel competent, caring, connected, and proud, which further supports the role of sociocultural factors in the PYD of African American and Latino children.
Unsupervised fabric defect detection based on a deep convolutional generative adversarial network

Detecting and locating surface defects in textured materials is a crucial but challenging problem due to factors such as texture variations and lack of adequate defective samples prior to testing. In this paper we present a novel unsupervised method for automatically detecting defects in fabrics based on a deep convolutional generative adversarial network (DCGAN). The proposed method extends the standard DCGAN, which consists of a discriminator and a generator, by introducing a new encoder component. With the assistance of this encoder, our model can reconstruct a given query image such that no defects but only normal textures will be preserved in the reconstruction. Therefore, when subtracting the reconstruction from the original image, a residual map can be created to highlight potential defective regions. Besides, our model generates a likelihood map for the image under inspection where each pixel value indicates the probability of occurrence of defects at that location. The residual map and the likelihood map are then synthesized together to form an enhanced fusion map. Typically, the fusion map exhibits uniform gray levels over defect-free regions but distinct deviations over defective areas, which can be further thresholded to produce a binarized segmentation result. Our model can be unsupervisedly trained by feeding with a set of small-sized image patches picked from a few defect-free examples. The training is divided into several successively performed stages, each under an individual training strategy. The performance of the proposed method has been extensively evaluated by a variety of real fabric samples. The experimental results in comparison with other methods demonstrate its effectiveness in fabric defect detection.
The impact of acculturative and contextual factors and session attendance on Latino caregiver response to a brief treatment activation intervention

Immigrant Latino families face numerous acculturative and contextual barriers that make it difficult for them to become activated in their children’s mental health treatment (Keyes et al., 2012; Kincheloe, Frates, & Brown, 2007). Few studies have addressed this issue in the literature, typically assessing the impact of barriers from variable-centered approaches that fail to capture the complex impact these that barriers can have on Latino families (Stein & Guzman, 2015). This dissertation extends the current literature by using a person-centered approach (i.e., Latent Class Analysis) to explore how varying levels of acculturative (i.e., English-language acculturation and ethnic social preference) and contextual (i.e., family income, caregiver hours worked per week) factors differentially predicted baseline levels of treatment activation in a sample of immigrant Latino caregivers prior a brief activation intervention. Exploratory analyses were then conducted to test for the specific impacts of English-language acculturation and session attendance on response to the intervention. Results indicated that caregivers displaying low acculturation and low SES endorsed the lowest levels of baseline treatment activation. Both caregivers reporting no and ‘some English-language acculturation’ displayed significant intervention gains over control participants at 1-month, but only ‘no-English-language acculturation’ caregivers displayed significant gains over control at 3 months. Session-attendance levels, however, did not differentiate response to the intervention. Results are discussed in from a social decision theory framework to provide clinical implications and recommendations for future research.
PENGARUH TRANSPARANSI, AKUNTABILITAS, PENGAWASAN KEUANGAN DESA TERHADAP KINERJA PEMERINTAH DESA (Studi Kasus di Desa Majenang Sukodono Sragen)

Purpose for this investigation is to test for transparency effect, accountability and village supervision of finance to performancevillage’s government.This research was conducted at Sukodono Majenang village government with all population was 4085. Types of data used are qualitative data and quantitative data while resource are in use primary data and secondary data. Sampling technique using proportional area random sampling that is as much 94 people. Data collection method was done by using questionnaire and technical analysis using multiple liner regression analysis.The results of the stuy concluded that: 1) Transparency has a positive and significant effect on the performance of the village government of Sukodono Sragen, 2) Accountability has a positive and significant effect on the performance of the village government of Sukodono Sragen, 3) Supervision of Village Finance has a positive and significant effect on the performance of the village government of Sukodono Sragen. Keywords: Transpareny, accountability, supervision, performance.
Implementing Comprehensive Early Literacy Instruction in General Education Classrooms: A Response to Toews and Kurth’s Call to Action

Toews and Kurth (2019) provide convincing arguments to support their call to action. Their appeal is for research addressing comprehensive literacy instruction for students with extensive support needs that is implemented in general education classrooms. To date, there are no studies addressing this need. We do have an emerging body of research evaluating the effectiveness of multi-component early literacy interventions designed for this population of students (e.g., Allor, Mathes, Roberts, Jones, & Champlin, 2010; Bradford, Shippen, Alberto, Houchins, & Flores, 2006; Browder, Ahlgrim-Delzell, Flowers, & Baker, 2012; Lemons, Mrachko, Kostewicz, & Paterra, 2012; Whalon, Otaiba, & Delano, 2009). However, as Toews and Kurth (2019) point out, these studies were conducted in separate settings. We also have a group of literacy studies that were implemented in general education settings (e.g., Collins, Evans, Creech-Galloway, Karl, & Miller, 2007; Hudson & Browder, 2014; Ruppar, Afracan, Yang, & Pickett, 2017). However, this research is limited to investigations of components of literacy instruction, rather than comprehensive courses of instruction that address the literacy skill areas identified by the National Reading Panel (NRP) Report (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [NICHD], 2000) as building blocks for beginning reading—phonological awareness, phonics, comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency. I propose that through the unification of these separately developing lines of research, we can accomplish the desired outcome of Toews and Kurth’s (2019) call to action. To that end, investigations incorporating both comprehensive, research-based literacy instruction and inclusive instructional contexts could be designed as replication-extension studies (Bonett, 2012; Coyne, Cook, & Therrien, 2016; Doabler et al., 2016). These conceptual replication studies would give researchers the freedom to explore various inclusive contextual models for implementing comprehensive early literacy instruction while maintaining intervention fidelity.
Study on Cultivating Students’ Critical Thinking Ability Through Higher Order Questioning

In the contexts of unusually intense competition for international talents, no one denies the importance of cultivating students’ critical thinking ability. Teaching students to think critically and creatively, however, is a great challenge to every classroom teacher. This article examines the role of teacher questions, discusses the connotation of higher order questions and classifications of questions — Bloom’s Taxonomy of questions, Socratic questions and metacognitive questions, explores the relationship between teacher questions and students’ critical thinking development, and provides effective suggestions for asking higher-order questions. It intends to help classroom instructors gain a deep understanding of teacher questions and train students to think critically through higher-order questioning. Keywords—critical thinking ability; teacher questions; higher order questioning; bloom’s taxonomy
International social work placements: Can overseas students stimulate professional learning for NGO staff?

This article focuses on the outcomes of collaborative work undertaken between a team of social workers supporting a New Zealand social work student from the University of Waikato completing her final placement. The student was placed at Children's Future International (CFI), a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Battambang, Cambodia. While a great deal of research looks at learning achieved for students, this article examines whether the student had an impact on the knowledge, awareness and practice of the social workers and teachers at the NGO. Specifically, it considers the student's focus on consumer empowerment and service dependency over a three-month period. Recommendations are provided to ensure the effectiveness of overseas placements.
Determinan of Implementation Profit Sharing Financing in Islamic Banking

One of the characteristics of Islamic banking is using the concept of profit� sharing financing. This study aims to determinan of implementation profit sharing financing, consist of Third Party Funds , Non Performing Financing, Return On Assets, Capital Adequacy Ratio� and Financing to Deposit Ratio. The population in this study are all Islamic banking which listed in Bank of Indonesia in the periode �2013 to 2016. The sample was selected using purposive sampling methodTotal samples used in this study were 11 Islamic Banks with 4-year study period, with �get sampleof 44 data. � The analytical method used in this study is multiple regression were processed using SPSS. The results of this study indicate third party funds, financing to deposit ratio� have a positive significant effect to the financing profit sharing. While non performing financing ,return on asset and capital adequacy ratio �no effect on the profit �sharing financing.
What Is More Important In Business? The Fallacy In Interpreting Innovation As a Strategy

There is a different perspective between the typical Craftsman Businessman and the Opportunistic Entrepreneur. Business cannot be separated from the risk but the courage (recklessness) is also not the best solution. The era of economic openness has shown the world community on how the changing business strategy model continues to move dynamically so that the business strategy is also changing and developing. The mistake of many businessmen, especially for the beginner businessmen is the mistake in interpreting innovation as a business strategy. Innovation can turn into a disaster if it's done without proper planning and understanding of the business market.
Self-Image Congruity Affecting Perceived Quality and the Moderation of Brand Experience: The Case of Local and International Brands in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abstract This study, involving a sample of 745 observations and 21 well-known local and international brands operating in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), shows that when people feel high actual-self, ideal-self, actual-social, and ideal-social congruity with brand image, brand perceived quality is enhanced. This relationship is reinforced when people live strong intellectual and imaginative experiences, a facet of what is called brand experience. This study presents self-image congruity and brand experience as relatively new marketing tools for building stronger long-term relationships with consumers. Perceived quality is also assessed as a psychological and intellectual-oriented concept.
THE ROLE OF SOCIAL CONTROL ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FEAR OF CRIME AND SELF-RATED HEALTH IN URBAN NEIGHBOURHOODS: A CASE STUDY OF PENANG, MALAYSIA

Fear of crime is implicated as an urban stressor that has negative consequences on health outcomes, yet few studies have explored the direction of the relationship between fear of crime and health, or tested the mediational effects on this relationship. The purpose of this study is to examine the mediating role of social control on the relationship between fear of crime and self-rated health. A sample of 247 residents in Penang, Malaysia was analysed using structural equation modelling. The results demonstrated the significant direct relationship of fear of crime and social control in explaining self-rated health. However, social control does not mediate this relationship, implying that the pathway connecting fear of crime and health appears to be direct, rather than via social control. Although fear of crime is associated with poor health, social control helps to enhance health and well-being. This study is concluded by highlighting the ways in which these social factors help improve health and well-being within residential contexts.