Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Comparative Study on the Awareness of Grammar Instructional Approach by EFL Teachers and Learners

The purpose of the present study was to compare Korean teachers’ and students’ awareness of effective grammar instructional approach with other nonnative EFL teachers’ from different L1 backgrounds and then to suggest a model of desirable grammar instruction to fit the specific educational context of Korea. For this purpose, not only a questionnaire study but also research synthesis was carried out because any instructional model should be based on well-balanced theory and practice integration. The questionnaire survey was administered to an international teacher group, a Korean teacher group, and a Korean student group. The survey tried to represent an attempt to identify English teachers’ and students’ beliefs in grammar learning, grammar teaching practices, and suggestions for efficient grammar instruction. The major findings from research synthesis and the results of investigation into teachers’ and students’ views are summarized as follows: 1) Explicit grammar teaching is more effective than implicit gra ar teaching regardless of formal instruction types; 2) FonF is more effective than FonFs; 3) The deductive/inductive dichotomy does not differentiate the effect size when given explicit instruction; 4) Teachers employ explicit and deductive grammar teaching methods the most frequently; and 5) Teachers and students contradict each other in their beliefs in the effective grammar teaching approaches: teachers in favor of explicit instruction and students in favor of implicit instruction. Finally, a model of grammar instruction to fit the Korea-specific context was postulated based on research findings and their feasibility into actual classroom settings.
Correlation of task-related dream content with memory performance of a film task – A pilot study

Dreams could reflect memory consolidation processes during sleep. The present pilot study examined whether the incorporation of a film sequence shows a relationship to task performance. Twenty-two participants (17 women, 5 men) were exposed to a late-night paradigm in which they were shown a film sequence prior to the second sleep-onset. REM dreams and morning dreams have been collected. Compared with those of a control group the incorporation of film elements in the study group dreams was only higher for morning dream reports on one of two scales. The incorporation rate in morning dreams correlated on one scale with increased memory task performance. Due to the consolidation of declarative tasks, mainly during NREM, and procedural tasks during REM sleep, dream reports should be collected in the respective sleep stage in which the learning task is consolidated. Furthermore, tasks with high incorporation rates should be selected to show the relationship to task performance consistently.
The electoral bias: the political economy of subnational transfers in Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Colombia

Xabier Gainza, as part of his Regional Studies Association Membership Research Grant, debates the electoral bias in the distribution of investment in Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Colombia, and its implications for territorial cohesion. The aim is to determine if electoral concerns drive the allocation of investment from the central or state government to the local level, rather than efficiency or spatial equity goals.
Institutional Investor Horizon and Firm Valuation Around the World

Using a comprehensive dataset of firms from 34 countries, we study the effect of institutional investors’ investment horizons on firm valuation around the world. We find a positive relation between institutional ownership and firm value that is driven by short-horizon institutional investors. Accounting for the interaction between investors’ investment horizon and nationality, we show that foreign short-horizon institutions, which are more likely to discipline managers through the threat of exit rather than engaging in monitoring made costly by the liability of foreignness, are the investor group with the strongest effect on firm value. Reinforcing the threat of exit channel, we find that the value-enhancing effect of short-horizon investors is stronger in the presence of multiple short-horizon investors, who are more likely to engage in competitive trading. The positive valuation effect of short-horizon investors is stronger when stock liquidity is high, which makes the exit threat more credible, and in firms prone to free cash flows agency problems. Overall, our results are consistent with short-horizon institutional investors, especially foreign institutional owners, affecting firm value by disciplining managers through credible threats of exit.
Solidarity Economy, Social Enterprise, and Innovation Discourses: Understanding Hybrid Forms in Postcolonial Colombia

Dominant conceptions of solidarity economy, social enterprise, and innovation (SSEI) remain poorly positioned for understanding the diverse models emerging across the global South. The purpose of this paper is to examine the power relations between the global North and South in the production and dissemination of SSEI knowledge, highlighting the importance of recognizing alternative discourses in the global South. This contextual analysis is developed through consideration of the construction of the hybrid SSEI model in Colombia, drawing upon postcolonial theory and using Nicholls’ framework on the legitimacy of SSEI discourses. This paper offers the first application of postcolonial theory to the analysis of SSEI in the global South. This research has demonstrated that the construction of the SSEI sector in Colombia is a reflection of the dynamic interplay of the hybrids, as it incorporates the hero entrepreneur and business-like discourses within the traditional community discourse, which indeed is a combination of domestic (indigenous collective practices) and colonizer influences (e.g., cooperatives, associations). This paper also identifies the current tensions that have emerged from such hybridity within the country.
The Effects of Supervisor’s Organizational Embodiment and Organizational Identification on the LMX-Creativity Relationship

At the intersection between psychology and human resources management, this study is conducted to attain two objectives. First, it aims at investigating the indirect relationship of leader-member exchange (LMX) relationships and creativity via organizational identification. Second, differences in LMX-creativity relationship via organizational identification are explored from a trajectory that highlights the moderating role of supervisor’s organizational embodiment. This study adopts a time-lagged data collection design. Participants, enrolled in the sample, are 411 subordinates, who are attached with 142 supervisors from Pakistan. Mediating role of organizational identification (OI) between LMX and creativity was confirmed by results. Results also confirmed the moderating effect of the supervisor’s organizational embodiment (SOE) on the indirect relationship between LMX and creativity via organizational identification.
Determinants of Physical Activity among Jordanian University Students

Study Purpose: The purposes of this study were to examine the relationships between university students’ physical activity, self-efficacy and perceived benefits and barriers to exercise, and to identify predictors of physical activity among university students.Methods: A cross-sectional design was used in this study. A translated version of Exercise Benefits/Barriers Scale and Exercise Self-efficacy Scale were used to collect study data. A convenience sample of 517 university students participated in the study. Pearson correlation and multiple linear regression analysis were used to analyze the data.Results: Exercise self-efficacy demonstrated the highest positive correlation with physical activity (r=0.31, p<0.001) followed by exercise benefits (r=0.24, p<0.001). Exercise barriers were negatively correlated with physical activity. Exercise self-efficacy and exercise benefits significantly predicted physical activity among university students. Conclusions: The results of this study indicated that exercise self-efficacy and perceived benefits of exercise affect university students’ participation in physical activity.
From School to Work: Long-Term Employment Outcomes for Former Special Educational Needs Students

This is a study on the prospect of long-term employment for former special educational needs (SEN) students. It focuses on how the qualifications and selected life course changes in early adulthood influence the probability of maintaining employment in adult life. The life course perspectives provide the theoretical foundation for the study. The data refers to a longitudinal study of 253 former Norwegian SEN students, who were followed from the time they were in upper secondary school into their mid-thirties. The analysis shows that the probability of being long-term employed is quite low among former SEN students, especially women. However, the probability of long-term employment is significantly higher among women who have achieved a formal upper secondary education qualification when compared to those who have not. Such formal qualifications are important for men as well. Nevertheless, contrary to women, for men, holding a driver’s license seems to be just as important as formal educational qualifications for maintaining employment.
Mobile learning in language teaching context of Vietnam: An evaluation of students' readiness

Mobile learning trend has seen impressive growth in recent years with the exponential increase of smartphones and tablets. The availability of these devices from student end leads to the need to make use of them for teaching and learning purposes. Even though still in its infancy, Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) is finding its way into Vietnamese language classrooms. This article explores the concept of mobile learning and analyses student data from several online language courses in a university of Vietnam to see how ready Vietnamese students are for this new learning trend. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:. 0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
Transpiration response of palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) to drying soil in greenhouse conditions

Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri S. Watson) is a troublesome weed that can result in substantial crop yield loss in irrigated and rainfed agricultural systems of the U.S. Great Plains. Knowledge of the transpiration response to soil drying is necessary to better understand the competitive nature of Palmer amaranth against crops in limiting soil moisture conditions. The objective was to quantify the soil matric potential at which the transpiration rate of Palmer amaranth starts to decline during soil drying conditions. A greenhouse experiment consisting of six replications of well-watered and stressed plants growing in columns of a packed silt loam soil on automated load cells was established in May 2021 in Manhattan, KS. Hourly transpiration rates were computed as the difference of two consecutive mass readings. Stomatal conductance was measured every other day on the topmost fully developed leaf using a leaf porometer. Soil matric potential was estimated using a measured soil water retention curve. The stomatal conductance of plants undergoing soil drying conditions started to decrease at a soil matric potential of -120 kPa and the plant-level transpiration rate started to decrease at -176 kPa. Palmer amaranth exhibited high (246 g h-1) day-time transpiration rates when soil water was available at low tension levels (10 to 33 kPa). In advanced stages of development, well-watered plants also exhibited nighttime transpiration that accounted for ~10% of the day-time transpiration total. Mean transpiration use efficiency of well-watered and stressed plants considering total dry biomass was similar (P = 0.247), with values of 10.9 and 11.6 g kg-1, respectively. Overall, this study substantiates the competitive nature of Palmer amaranth for soil water in sub-humid and semi-arid environments and highlights the importance of early control of Palmer amaranth to minimize competition for soil moisture.
Dissociative Identity Disorder: Diagnosis, Clinical Features, and Treatment of Multiple Personality

THE HISTORY OF DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER. The History Prior to and Including Freud. Freud to the Present. DIAGNOSIS AND CLINICAL FEATURES OF DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER. Epidemiology of Dissociative Identity Disorder and Dissociation. Clinical Features of Dissociative Identity Disorder. Structured Interview and Self-Report Measures of Dissociation. Dissociative Identity Disorder and Other Psychiatric Disorders. Dissociative Identity Disorder and Nonclinical Dissociation. Skeptical Criticisms of Dissociative Identity Disorder. TREATMENT OF DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER. Treatment Outcome of Dissociative Identity Disorder. General Principles of Treatment. The Problem of Attachment to the Perpetrator and the Locus of Control Shift. Specific Techniques of Treatment: The Middle and Late Phases of Therapy. Other Therapeutic Considerations. Afterword--Dissociative Identity Disorder in the Twenty-First Century. Appendices. References. Indexes.
Estimation of Ordered Response Models with Sample Selection

We introduce two new Stata commands for the estimation of an ordered response model with sample selection. The opsel command uses a standard maximum-likelihood approach to fit a parametric specification of the model where errors are assumed to follow a bivariate Gaussian distribution. The snpopsel command uses the semi-nonparametric approach of Gallant and Nychka (1987, Econometrica 55: 363–390) to fit a semiparametric specification of the model where the bivariate density function of the errors is approximated by a Hermite polynomial expansion. The snpopsel command extends the set of Stata routines for semi-nonparametric estimation of discrete response models. Compared to the other semi-nonparametric estimators, our routine is relatively faster because it is programmed in Mata. In addition, we provide new postestimation routines to compute linear predictions, predicted probabilities, and marginal effects. These improvements are also extended to the set of semi-nonparametric Stata commands originally written by Stewart (2004, Stata Journal 4: 27–39) and De Luca (2008, Stata Journal 8: 190–220). An illustration of the new opsel and snpopsel commands is provided through an empirical application on self-reported health with selectivity due to sample attrition.
Articulatory speaker normalisation based on MRI-data using three-way linear decomposition methods

The aim of this study was to characterise, to model and to compare the different lingual articulatory strategies of a group of speakers. Individual principal component analysis (PCA) and multi-linear decomposition methods have been applied to different representations of the tongue contour extracted from magnetic resonance images (MRI). The corpus consisted of seven speakers articulating 63 French vowels and consonants. On the average, over the seven speakers, the Root Mean Square prediction Error (RMSE) was 0.12 cm accounting for a percentage of variance explanation of 92.6% for the individual PCA, using 4 components. Several Multi-linear decomposition methods, to model the tongue contour with a single set of components, have been performed and compared. The 2-Level-PCA gave the best results among the other techniques. By means of a Student's t-test, at 5% of significance level, we found that 2-level-PCA equals the PCA performance with 11 components to represent 91% of the variance explanation with a RMSE of 0.11 cm. While the same method, with 4 components, represents 75% of the variance explanation with a RMSE of 0.19 cm.
The momentum effect in the Chinese market and its relationship with the simultaneous and the lagged investor sentiment

Motivated by the lack of investigation on the behavioral interpretation on the momentum premium, this paper addresses this issue by focusing on the effect of investor sentiment on a sample of the comprehensive Chinese A-share index covering the period from 2006 to 2015. Expect for uncovering the momentum effect in the A-share market by calculating the momentum returns of ten zero-cost portfolios differed on the formation period, we compare the momentum returns under different sentiment states during the sample period. The difference is obvious that the momentum returns are more evident during the optimistic sentiment period where estimated investor sentiment is over zero. This paper also examines whether the investor sentiment explains the momentum returns and its predictive power on the subsequent momentum premiums. We find the contemporaneous linear relationship between investor sentiment and the momentum returns is less pronounced. Even the slopes of sentiment are positive, only three of them are significant. However, the investor sentiment exhibits strong predictability on future returns of momentum strategy in the short-run, suggesting it can be a contrarian predictor of expected returns of momentum in the short-run.
Does E-Marketing Mix Influence Brand Loyalty and Popularity of E-Commerce Websites?

E-commerce portals are increasing exponentially in terms of both business and data. Many organizations rely on their online websites to attract new customers, while still retaining their existing ones. E-commerce websites provide consumers with flexibility in terms of time, price, and space, during their purchases. The traditional marketing mix comprising of product, price, place and promotion (4Ps) identifies important factors in a purchase journey. In the online environment the concept of the marketing mix remains the same, except that the characteristics and functions of each factor are dynamic, suiting the online marketplace. The e-marketing mix, namely e-product, price intelligence (price sensitivity), delivery risk (place) and promotional intelligence, influences consumer buying-decisions in online markets. This research is an attempt to find the effect of the e-marketing mix on the loyalty and popularity of e-commerce sites. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire and was analyzed using a structural equation modeling-partial least squares method. The results showed that brand popularity was significantly influenced by the characteristics of the product and intelligent promotional techniques. Brand popularity had an influence on brand loyalty in an electronic marketing space.
Individual Psychotherapy and the Science of Psychodynamics, 2Ed

Psychotherapy in everyday life inner mechanisms in everyday life unconscious communication elementary psychotherapy the observations of psychoanalysis common syndromes the relation with the therapist - "transference" the dialogue of psychotherapy and the two triangles three linked themes - aggression, elimination of bodily products, obessional phenomena depression regression and long-term therapy deeper layers of depression primitive phenomena termination and breaks in treatment assessment for psychotherapy general principles, psychiatric enquiry and differential diagnosis, psychotherapeutic forecasting, indications and contraindications for therapies the future.
The affinity of antigen-binding domain on the antitumor efficacy of CAR T cells: Moderate is better

The overall efficacy of chimeric antigen receptor modified T cells (CARTs) remain limited in solid tumors despite intensive studies that aim at targeting multiple antigens, enhancing migration, reducing tonic signaling, and improving tumor microenvironment. On the other hand, how the affinity and engaging kinetics of antigen-binding domain (ABD) affects the CART’s efficacy has not been carefully investigated. In this article, we first analyzed 38 published solid tumor CART trials and correlated the response rate to their ABD affinity. Not surprisingly, majority (25 trials) of the CARTs utilized high-affinity ABDs, but generated merely 5.7% response rate. In contrast, 35% of the patients treated with the CARTs built from moderate-affinity ABDs had clinical responses. Thus, CARTs with moderate-affinity ABDs not only have less off-target toxicity, but also are more effective. We then reviewed the effects of ABD affinity on the biology and function of CARTs, providing further evidence that moderate-affinity ABDs may be better in CART development. In the end, we propose that a fast-on/fast-off (high Kon and Koff ) kinetics of CART-target engagement in solid tumor allow CARTs to generate sufficient signaling to kill tumor cells without being driven to exhaustion. We believe that studying the ABD affinity and the kinetics of CART-tumor interaction may hold a key to designing effective CARTs for solid tumors.
Training Choices Toward Low Value Options

Food decisions are driven by the differences in value such that high value items are preferred over low value items. However, recent research has demonstrated that by implementing the Cue- Approach Task (CAT) the odds of choosing low value items over high value items can be increased. This effect was explained by increased attention to the low value items induced by CAT. Our goal was replicate original findings and to address the question of the underlying mechanism by employing eye-tracking during participants’ choice making. Within the CAT participants were presented with images of food items and were instructed to quickly respond to some of them when an auditory cue was presented (cued items), and not without this cue (uncued items). Next, participants made choices between two food items that differed on whether they were cued in the CAT (cued versus uncued) and value (high versus low). Results showed participants were more likely to select a low value food item over a high value food item for consumption when the low value food item had been cued compared to when the low value item had not been cued. Important, and against our expectation, there was no significant increase in gaze time for low cued items compared to low uncued items. Participants did spend more time fixating on the chosen item compared to the unchosen alternative, thus replicating previous work in this domain. The present research thus establishes the robustness of CAT as means of facilitating choices for low value over high value food but could not demonstrate that this increased preference was due to increased attention for cued low value items. The present research thus raises the question how CAT may increase choices for low value options.