Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Values and Values Education As Perceived By Primary School Teacher Candidates

In this study which is carried out in the phenomenology pattern, the aim of this course is to determine the opinions of the pre-service teachers about the value concept and values education. In this study, twelve prospective teachers in 4th grade in the department of primary education in a faculty of education were interviewed. The opinions of prospective teachers on values and values education were grouped under two categories as “My Values” and “Values Education”. In the category of “My Values”, prospective teachers included the concept of values and the values that guided their lives within personal and social values. The category of Values Education was examined under the purpose of values education and the path I will follow. While some prospective teachers emphasized that the primary goal in values education should be to raise good citizens, other teacher candidates highlighted the importance of having a good character by focusing on personal values. Prospective teachers thought that active learning methods, modelling, and cooperating with family would be effective in values education.
Efficacy of Neurocognitive Rehabilitation After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery in Improving Quality of Life: An Interventional Trial

Introduction Cognitive deficits are frequent after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and consequently could lead to a decrease in quality of life. This is the first study that has been conducted with the aim of examining the efficacy of a computerized cognitive rehabilitation therapy (CCRT) in improving quality of life in patients after CABG surgery. Methods In this study, an interventional trial with pre-, post-, and follow-up assessments in active (CCRT), active control and control groups was conducted. Seventy-five patients after CABG surgery were selected and assigned to the groups (n = 25 for each group). CCRT consists of four modules of attention, working memory, response inhibition and processing speed training with graded schedule in 20-min sessions three times per week within 8 weeks. Cognitive functions (attention and working memory) were assessed by the tests of continuous performance, Flanker, useful field of view and digit span at three time points: pre- and post-intervention (T0 and T1) and 6-month follow-up (T2). Quality of life was assessed by the SF-36 questionnaire at the same time points. The CCRT group received the cognitive rehabilitation for 2 months, active control group received a sham version of CCRT in an equal time duration and control group did not receive any cognitive intervention. Results Repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) revealed a time by group interaction on cognitive functions, with CCRT producing a significant improvement at T1 (p < 0.01) and these improvements were maintained at T2. Moreover, in CCRT and active control groups, quality of life (QoL) improved at T1 and these improvements remained stable throughout follow-up (T2). However, improvement of QoL in CCRT group was greater than improvement of QoL in the other two groups at T1. Pearson’s correlation analysis shows a positive correlation between QoL improvement and sustained attention and working memory enhancement (p < 0.05). Conclusion Cognitive rehabilitation can lead to a significant improvement in the cognitive functions that have been trained in patients receiving CABG. Interestingly enough, cognitive rehabilitation can also improve quality of life in patients after CABG surgery and this improvement is maintained for at least 6 months.
Effect of Diet Management on Anxiety in Combat Sports

Weight control in contact sports implies an additional stress to competitors, mostly when strategies to reduce it are inadequate. The present work analyzes if a correct diet planning could decrease anxiety in competitors. The validated CSAI-2 questionnaire was used before and after the weight control with judo, karate and taekwondo competitors from both genders following a free diet vs those that followed a diet plan. Results indicated that the intensity for somatic and cognitive anxiety in the pre-weight event was lower in male and female competitors following a controlled diet. Regarding gender, no differences in anxiety intensity and directionality were observed between individuals following a free diet in the pre-weight event. Regarding sport discipline, judo and taekwondo practitioners presented higher somatic and cognitive anxiety than karate competitors did. Altogether, the correct control of the corresponding weight throughout the sports season decreases anxiety and increases self-confidence, allowing to the participants to focus on the contest objectives.
Relationship between game-related statistics in elite men’s beach handball and the final result: a classification tree approach

ABSTRACT This study’s objectives were to (i) to compare beach handball game-related statistics by match outcome (winning and losing teams) and (ii) to develop a multivariate model explaining the performance in elite men’s beach handball. Seventy-two matches of the VIII Men’s Beach Handball World Championship held in Kazan (Russia) in 2018 were analysed. The dependent variable was match outcome (winning and losing teams), and the independent variables were the game-related statistics. A paired sample t-test was used to examine differences between teams. The effect sizes of the differences were calculated. The data were subjected to a multivariate analysis in the form of a regression and classification tree. The game statistics with the greatest effect size (ES≥0.88) and which differentiated the winning and losing teams were the team’s overall valuation and total points. The classification and regression tree model correctly classified 94.5% of the records on the basis of eight variables distributed over 20 nodes: overall valuation, goalkeeper blocked spin-shots, goalkeeper received spin-shots, goalkeeper received one-pointer, spin-shot goals, specialist goals, blocks, technical fouls. Coaches could apply these results to seek better performance in the goalkeeper position and in two-pointer goals.
Investigating Preexposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Uptake Among Black African Communities in East London and Hertfordshire: A Brief Report of a Mixed Methods Study

Abstract Objective: This study investigated the factors influencing preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake among Black African heterosexuals in the United Kingdom, while using a 2-phase sequential mixed-methods design. Methods: Surveys from 247 mixed-gender participants were followed by focus groups involving 18 women. Results: Despite the general lack of HIV and PrEP awareness, the study found significant associations between HIV testing, HIV awareness, PrEP awareness, and uptake interest. Stigma was also seen as key barrier: PrEP being connected with HIV positivity, promiscuity, and risky behaviors. Conclusion: This study underlines the need for service providers to develop HIV-prevention interventions that take into account the Black African sociocultural contexts in the United Kingdom.
Imaginarios Sociales de Excombatientes sobre el Postconflicto colombiano. La metáfora del abandono del guardián

Introducción: este artículo es producto de la investigación: “Discursos sobre paz en personas vinculadas a la violencia sociopolítica en Colombia”. Objetivo: analizar los imaginarios sociales de excombatientes en proceso de reintegración a la vida civil, sobre el postconflicto colombiano. Metodología: a través de un diseño cualitativo y el análisis del discurso como método, se exploran las estrategias retóricas utilizadas por los participantes, a través de las cuales construyen sus versiones sobre la realidad sociopolítica colombiana. Usa la entrevista a profundidad y el grupo focal como técnicas de generación de información. Resultados: la metáfora “la guerrilla como guardián del campesino” constituye una figura retórica estructurante del discurso de la indefensión, desde donde es enunciado el campesino. Esto lleva a concebir la firma de la paz como un abandono del guardián, que no está relacionado con las expresiones: “sentirse vencidos o vencedores”, mostrando el conflicto armado como un fenómeno que se encuentra más allá de la lucha ideológica. Conclusiones: la política pública debería orientar sus programas de intervención y acompañamiento a excombatientes, con base en las metáforas a través de las cuales estos han pensado, sentido, visibilizado y narrado el conflicto armado y la transición política.
Economic Policy Uncertainty in China and Stock Market Expected Returns

We investigate the impact of China's economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on the time series variation of Chinese stock market expected returns. Using the news‐based measure of EPU, we find that EPU predicts negatively future stock market return at various horizons. This negative relation between economic policy uncertainty and expected future return remains significant as we control for a number of economic and market uncertainty variables or conduct out‐of‐sample tests. Our findings are consistent with behavioural asset pricing models, in which high uncertainty amplifies behavioural biases and generates speculative mis‐pricing under short‐sales constraint.
Genius Becomes Rare: A Comment on the Doctrine of Social Responsibility Pt. I

Corporate social responsibility is more than an expedient response to momentary social pressures. It is, instead, a manifestation of deep, farreaching social changes in our society. If it is indeed akin to the Industrial Revolution, then the implications for business of the new social responsibility may be very different from those usually forecast.
Influences on Loneliness in Older Adults: A Meta-Analysis

A widely held stereotype associates old age with social isolation and loneliness. However, only 5% to 15% percent of older adults report frequent loneliness. In this study, we report a meta-analysis of the correlates of loneliness in late adulthood. A U-shaped association between age and loneliness is identified. Quality of social network is correlated more strongly with loneliness, compared to quantity; contacts with friends and neighbors show stronger associations with loneliness, compared to contacts with family members. Being a woman, having low socioeconomic status and low competence, and living in nursing homes were also associated with higher loneliness. Age differences in the association of social contacts and competence with loneliness are investigated as well.
How Do Theist (Muslim) Pre-Service Science Teachers Reconcile Their Individual Ontologies with Premises of Modern Science

The purpose of this study was to investigate how theist (Muslim) pre-service science teachers’ reconcile their individual ontologies, which stem from their worldviews, with premises of modern science. 23 pre-service science teachers (10 males and 13 females, ages ranged from 19 to 23) were selected by purposeful sampling. Data sources included open-ended questions and semi-structured follow-up interviews. The qualitative analysis of data revealed that theist participants believing in a created Nature which is being lawful and understandable but also open to supernatural intervention diverged in their perspectives about the ontological premises that scientists must have and presupposed theism, theism/naturalism or just naturalism for doing science. They all asserted the physical universe as the boundary for science and evaluated the possibility of the scientific investigation of miracles and jinn within that boundary with the criterion of being able to obtain empirical data. They did not perceive any incompatibility between science and Islam and proposed methodological naturalism for scientific practice in order to overcome potential conflicts.
Fortifying the future of human rights with human rights education

Abstract Those scholars debating the health of the human rights movement completely ignore the role of human rights education, HRE. Whether it is Samuel Moyn and Stephen Hopgood declaring the demise of what they also term the “human rights project”, or Kathryn Sikkink defending it, none explore the effect HRE is having or can have. This article argues that those who neglect to recognize the substantial and substantive conversation going on in our institutions of higher education cannot provide a complete picture of the human rights project. It will demonstrate which of the naysayers Moyn and Hopgood's arguments are weakened by ignoring HRE and argue that Sikkink's recommendations for human rights efforts can be strengthened by HRE. Also explored is what HRE should learn from the critiques of these three scholars and how university HRE can be improved.
The Influence of Work Environment, Competence and Compensation on Employee Performance through Intervening Variable Job Satisfaction at Bank BJB Tangerang Branch

This study aims to analyze the influence of Work Environment, Competence and Compensation Against Employee Performance Through Intervening Variable Job Satisfaction At Bank BJB Tangerang Branch. In essence, performance is the end result to be achieved by an organization. Achievement of good performance will not be realized without the support of qualified human resources. The object of research in this research is employees of Bank BJB Branch Tangerang, which amounts to 80 people. So the authors take the object of research on employees of Bank BJB Branch Tangerang, where all the population used as the subject of research and no sample research, then this study using the census method. The method of analysis used is Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results of this study indicate that (1) Work Environment has positive and significant effect on Job Satisfaction, (2) Competence has positive and significant effect on Job Satisfaction, (3) Compensation has positive and significant effect to Job Satisfaction, (4) (6) Competence has a positive and significant impact on Employee Performance, (7) Compensation has positive and significant impact to Employee Performance, (8) Work Environment, Competence And Compensation Simultaneously on Work Satisfaction, and (9) Work Environment, Competence, Compensation, and Job Satisfaction Simultaneously affect Towards Employee Performance.
Power law viscoelasticity of a fractal colloidal gel

Power law rheology is of widespread occurrence in complex materials that are characterized by the presence of a very broad range of microstructural length and time scales. Although phenomenological models able to reproduce the observed rheological features exist, in general a well-established connection with the microscopic origin of this mechanical behavior is still missing. As a model system, this work focuses on a fractal colloidal gel. We thoroughly characterize the linear power law rheology of the sample and its age dependence. We show that at all sample ages and for a variety of rheological tests the gel linear viscoelasticity is very accurately described by a Fractional Maxwell (FM) model, characterized by a power law behavior. Thanks to a unique set-up that couples small-angle static and dynamic light scattering to rheological measurements, we demonstrate that the power law rheology observed in the linear regime originates from reversible non-affine rearrangements and discuss the possible relationship between the FM model and the microscopic structure of the gel.
Role of causal attributions in dynamic self-regulation and goal processes.

A dynamic model of self-regulation and goal process was tested with student survey responses and exam scores over successive performance episodes. A model of goal processes related to performance within episodes was developed and supported in both instances. The locus and stability dimensions of causal attributions were examined as moderators of how self-regulation and goal processes develop over time in a between-episode model. Results of the between-episode model showed stability attributions as moderating goal achievement-self-efficacy change relations following both episodes, whereas the locus attributions moderated the goal achievement-satisfaction relationship only after the first exam. Findings were discussed in terms of the evolution of goal processes over time and the use of attributional framing interventions
Resilience Building in Biracial and Multiracial, Bisexual Adults: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

Resilience Building in Biracial and Multiracial, Bisexual Adults: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis by Melissa Gale Swartz MS, Walden University, 2014 BS, Salem Teikyo University, 1991 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
Validity and reliability of peer-grading in in-service teacher training

This paper aims to investigate the validity and reliability of peer-grading in in-service teacher training, a field where this practice has been little explored. The study has examined the peer-grading results in an inservice teacher training course involving high school teachers. The validity was measured by using the similarity between peer-grading and trainer-grading scorescalculated by the Pearson correlation coefficient; while the reliability was measured by using the agreement of scores given by multiple peer graders calculated by the intraclass correlation coefficient. The empirical findings indicate that in-training teachers provided scores similar to those of the course trainers as well as fairly consistent grading results, thus highlighting that peer-generated grades seems to be valid and reliable in the field of in-service teacher training.
Die Allianz als Prädiktor für den Therapieerfolg internetbasierter Interventionen bei psychischen Störungen: Eine korrelative Metaanalyse

Hintergrund: Die therapeutische Beziehung zwischen Patient*in und Therapeut*in (Allianz) in herkömmlichen Face-to-Face-Interventionen ist einer der am meisten untersuchten Faktoren der Psychotherapie und ein robuster Prädiktor des Therapieerfolgs. Zahlreiche Forschungsergebnisse weisen bei internetbasierten Ansätzen, die einen Kontakt mit Fachleuten beinhalten, auf gute bis sehr gute Behandlungseffekte hin. Bezüglich der Bedeutung der Allianz für den Therapieerfolg internetbasierter Interventionen werden jedoch uneinheitliche Ergebnisse diskutiert. Ziel der vorliegenden Metaanalyse ist, den Zusammenhang zwischen Allianz und Therapieerfolg internetbasierter Interventionen systematisch zu untersuchen. Material und Methode: Durch die systematische Literaturrecherche konnten 18 Studien zu internetbasierten Interventionen mit 23 unabhängigen Stichproben und 1’177 Teilnehmenden eingeschlossen werden. Ergebnisse: Die gewichtete durchschnittliche Gesamt-Effektstärke betrug r = 0,252, p < 0,001, 95% CI [0,19, 0,31], was einen moderaten Zusammenhang mit einer Varianzaufklärung von ungefähr 6% hinsichtlich des Therapieerfolgs darstellt. Dabei war die Übereinstimmung zwischen Patient*in und Therapeut*in bezüglich der Aufgaben innerhalb der Behandlung (rtask = 0,28) leicht prädiktiver für den Therapieerfolg als die emotionale Bindung zum*zur Therapeut*in (rbond = 0,16; QM(3) = 26,85, p < 0,001). Die Effektstärken zeigten sich homogen und es wurden keine signifikanten Moderator-Variablen identifiziert. Diskussionen und Schlussfolgerung: Auch bei internetbasierten Interventionen kommt der Allianz eine wichtige Rolle in Bezug auf den Therapieerfolg zu.
Mindfulness-based meditation and its effects on college students

Mindfulness-based meditation is a practice that has been proven to have many physiological and psychological health benefits such as positive lifestyle habits, increased mindfulness, decrease in substance use, decrease in stress, better mood states, and enhanced coping strategies. University students undergo many different types of stressors at one time such as financial instability, identity development, academic pressures, parental expectations, and racial/cultural differences (Kadison & Geronimo, 2004). Intense stress when it is not coped with effectively can lead to many different health problems physically and mentally. The current study evaluates the effects of mindfulness meditation with undergraduate students and it was expected that practicing mindfulness meditation would 1) reduce perceptions of stress, 2) increase perceptions of mindfulness, and 3) increase rates of acceptability in relation to mindfulness and meditation. It was also expected that an increase in compliance and acceptance would occur after experiencing the intervention. Thirty-one undergraduate students participated in an intervention, a 7-day phase of completing a survey on their meditation practice, and a 30day follow up survey. There was no statistical significance between the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) at 30-day follow up from pre­ intervention scores. However, students who continued meditation practice over the 7-day phase did see a significant outcome between the scores (p < .05) and students who practiced meditation highly valued the time they took each day. Students had decreased stress in the moment during the intervention from baseline stress levels (p < .01) and accepted deep breathing the most (p < .05). Students favored implementing a course into universities and did not have a significant change with their attitudes from post-intervention to 30-day follow up. Findings overall stayed consistent with the current literature and new questions were discussed for future implications. MEDITATION AND STRESS 11 Table of
The Effectiveness of a Multimodal Vowel-Targeted Intervention in Accent Modification

ABSTRACT: Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a vowel-targeted intervention with a nonnative speaker of English using traditional articulation strategies combined with a visual feedback program. Method: A single-subject, multiple-probe-acrossbehaviors design was used. The participant was a 24-year-old native speaker of Farsi who produced a number of American English vowels in error. Three vowels were targeted in the study, and an additional untreated vowel served as a control. The accuracy of the participant’s vowel production was assessed perceptually at baseline, during training, and in a follow-up session. Results: The accuracy of production of each target vowel improved immediately following the onset of A
Negotiations Between Chinese Gay Men and Lesbians and Their Parents About Marriage

This article aims to demonstrate how critical discourse analysis (CDA) can be used for studying and analyzing self-identified gay men’s and lesbians’ (simplified as gays and lesbians in the following) marriage challenges. Chinese gay men and lesbians face many challenges, among which marriage is conceivably their top concern. The majority of these individuals must negotiate this issue with their parents. Discourses woven by gays and lesbians to influence their parents are crucial for understanding how they negotiate this issue. Such an understanding is the focus of the present study of 20 participants including 10 lesbians and 10 gay men in China. This study applies CDA to unveil the functions, linguistic techniques, and ideological bases of gay men’s and lesbians’ discourses in negotiation. The application demonstrates the strength of CDA in analyzing how people use language to produce and construct identities and activities. The current research advances the use of CDA not only by taking the initiative of using it to study this emerging issue but also by incorporating the analysis of inherent discursive ideologies.