Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Attraction and Similarity-Based Interference in Object Gender Agreement

Two key processes in sentence processing are syntactic movement and the computation of agreement. We report two studies exploring the consequences of gender mismatch in the comprehension and production of French object relatives, requiring both the computation of movement and agreement. We show that gender mismatch enhances comprehension while penalizing production. We argue that comprehension and production are sensitive to different kinds of intervention: while comprehension is sensitive to similarity-based interferences, which are reduced by feature mismatch, production is sensitive to attraction effects, which arise in configurations of feature mismatch.
IDEOLOGI DALAM PENERJEMAHAN BUDAYA: ANALISIS PADA NOVEL TERJEMAHAN “NEGERI 5 MENARA” KARYA AHMAD FUADI

Abstract This research aims to describe the translation procedures, methods, and ideology applied to translate novel Negeri 5 Menara,and assess the impact of the ideology on equivalence. This research is using qualitative approach and content analysis. The source of data for this research consists of documents that refer to novel Negeri 5 Menara and its translation in English. The units of analysis of this research data comprise of words, phrases, sentences, and dialogue taken from Negeri 5 Menara Ahmad Fuadi’s Work and its translation (The Land of 5 Towers) by Angie Kilbane. Findings of this research show followings. First, translation procedures were used 90 times to render Negeri 5 Menara into English. On the basis of the frequent use of each translation procedures, functional equivalent (20) appears to be first rank, followed by cultural equivalent (19), reduction and couplets (10), transference and naturalization (7), descriptive equivalent (6), notes (4), transposition (3), and modulation and compensation (2). Second, theoretically, transference and naturalisation are oriented to source language while cultural equivalent, functional equivalent, descriptive equivalen, transposition, modulation, compensation, reduction, couplets, and notes are oriented to target language. This means that the translator tended to choose adaptation, free, idiomatic, and communicative methods. Third, the use of translation procedures and the selection the translation methods tend to be based on the adoption of the ideology of domestication. Fourth, in terms of the equivalence of the translations, it was found that 80 data were accurately translated and 10 data were inaccurately translated. Therefore, the domestication ideology has a good impact to the quality of translations. Keywords: ideology of translations, translation method, translation procedure, culture .
Why AIM? - Educator Perspectives and Implementation of an Instructional Method for Teaching Core French as a Second Language in Ontario

Since 2003, the Canadian government has repeatedly called for research into innovative ways to teach Core French (CF) – a non-immersion program, where French as a Second Language (FSL) is taught on a daily basis, or a few times per week. This exploratory study investigates the driving forces behind the widespread popularity of a CF method called the Accelerative Integrated Method (AIM), which combines target language use with gestures, high-frequency vocabulary, and drama to accelerate the development of fluency from the onset of classroom instruction. In order to learn more about the “meaningfulness” of this growing trend (Fullan, 2007), this mixed-method inquiry attempts to shift the focus from product to process, comparing educator perspectives and AIM implementation within two Ontario contexts: (a) where AIM was mandated for elementary (Grades 4-6) FSL instruction, and (b) where AIM was an optional method for FSL teachers to use (or not). Survey and interview data were collected from and triangulated across a variety of educators from both contexts, including FSL consultants (n = 18), principals (n = 8), CF teachers (n = 9), and one Ontario Ministry of Education representative. Four semistructured interviews and multiple observations were also conducted with those CF
Affect-Aware Reflective Writing Studios

Writing involves complex affective and cognitive processes highly influenced by the environments where we write, and these environments are undergoing critical change. Writing in the 21 century is typically performed using digital devices connected to the Internet, enabling writers to interact with content and with other people in completely new ways. This increased interconnectedness opens the door to new opportunities as well as challenges. This paper proposes a new type of tool, Reflective Writing Studios, that can be used to study writing phenomena in a most encompassing way, taking into account the writer’s physical and social surroundings and their emotions and mental states in addition to the cognitive processes generally studied. The paper introduces the architecture for the affect-aware multimodal interaction system, its components and their evaluation. Two types of data are used: structured information about the activity and multimodal sensor data from the writer and the environment. Data fusion and user interaction (e.g. visualizations) are developed using affective computing techniques. We discuss how RWS can support novice writers to reflect on the context, process, and outcomes, which are aspects acknowledged as key for developing writing skills. The framework opens avenues for research in terms of multimodal data collection and interpretation.
Learning binary multi-scale games on networks

Network games are a natural modeling framework for strategic interactions of agents whose actions have local impact on others. Recently, a multi-scale network game model has been proposed to capture local effects at multiple network scales, such as among both individuals and groups. We propose a framework to learn the utility functions of binary multi-scale games from agents’ behavioral data. Departing from much prior work in this area, we model agent behavior as following logit-response dynamics, rather than acting according to a Nash equilibrium. This deﬁnes a generative time-series model of joint behavior of both agents and groups, which enables us to naturally cast the learning problem as maximum likelihood estimation (MLE). We show that in the important special case of multi-scale linear-quadratic games, this MLE problem is convex. Extensive experiments using both synthetic and real data demonstrate that our proposed modeling and learning approach is effective in both game parameter estimation as well as prediction of future behavior, even when we learn the game from only a single behavior time series. Furthermore, we show how to use our framework to develop a statistical test for the existence of multi-scale structure in the game, and use it to demonstrate that real time-series data indeed exhibits such structure.
Youth participation in vegetable production towards improvement of livelihoods in Kakamega town, Kenya

Urban vegetable production is critical in supplementing food, saving on food expense, income generation and improving the livelihood of farmers. However, minimal research has been done to establish whether youth participation in vegetable production could improve livelihoods. This study focused on the extent of youth participation in vegetable production towards improvement of livelihoods in Kakamega Town, Kenya. It specifically aimed to: establish the contribution of youth to vegetable production, assess the farming resources accessible to youth, establish the benefit of vegetable production to livelihoods, and identify the major constraints to vegetable production and livelihoods. This study employed the Theory of Planned Behaviour, Sustainable Livelihood Approach and a conceptual model to understand the problem. A survey research design was adopted whereby 159 households were randomly selected and data was collected by use of structured questionnaires, interview schedules, and photography. It was established that youth mainly engaged in land preparation, planting, weeding, pest and disease control and harvesting of vegetables mainly in the afternoon on weekdays. It was revealed that more than 90% of the youth would continue engaging in vegetable production in future. Youth engaged in other livelihood activities due to the higher and quick returns, interests, academic qualifications and job satisfaction obtained. Vegetable plots were mainly obtained through negotiation with the county government officials. Most youth were accessible to water for irrigation. Personal savings were the main source of finance while the farm inputs were mainly bought. Parents were the main alternative source of labour and the extension services were mostly sought from agricultural shows. Parents and older siblings influenced the youth to start engaging in vegetable production. Youth participation in vegetable production enhanced food supply, saving on food expenses, income generation and involvement in social activities. The main vegetable production constraints included: chicken destruction of vegetable; insect pests and diseases; vegetable theft; inadequate land and insufficient finance. Some of the vegetable production constraints were managed by: fencing of vegetable gardens; applying insecticides; reporting theft cases to the administration and hiring of more land. In conclusion, youth participation in vegetable production promoted food supply, reduction on food expenditure, income generation and participation in social activities. It is recommended that access to farming resources should be enhanced and production constraints minimized to promote youth participation in vegetable production. Urban planners and scholars should focus on youth participation in vegetable production on community lands in Kakamega or other urban centres towards improvement of livelihoods.
Which museums to fund? Examining local government decision-making in austerity

ABSTRACT The paper develops a conceptual framework to analyse empirical data relating to the bases, both ‘evidence’ and assumptions, on which decisions about museum provision were made by two local authorities where budget cuts prompted the restructuring of museum services. Its specific focus is on why some museums retain funding and status as part of direct public provision while others are identified to be transferred to community groups via the asset transfer process. The paper demonstrates why certain types of museum are more vulnerable to funding cuts and being transferred to community-management. Whilst acknowledging the pressure local authorities are under to both save and generate money from their museums, the article questions the implications of this approach to deciding which museums should be transferred as it indicates a reworking of conventional notions of universal entitlement and results in transferring museums that may prove to be financially unviable without continued state support.
Firm Size, Life Cycle Dynamics and Growth Constraints: Evidence from Mexico

This paper examines the variation in life cycle growth across the universe of Mexican firms. We establish two stylized facts to motivate our analysis: first, we show that firm size matters for development by illustrating a close correlation with state-level per capita incomes. Second, we show that few firms grow as much as their U.S. peers while the majority stagnates at less than twice their initial size. To gain insights into the distinguishing characteristics of the two groups, we then econometrically decompose life cycle growth across firms. We find that firms that have financial access and multiple establishments and that are formal, part of diversified industries and located in population centers can grow at sizeable rates.
Impact of white matter hyperintensity location on depressive symptoms in memory-clinic patients: a lesion–symptom mapping study

Background We investigated the association between white matter hyperintensity location and depressive symptoms in a memoryclinic population using lesion–symptom mapping. Methods We included 680 patients with vascular brain injury from the TRACE-VCI cohort (mean age ± standard deviation: 67 ± 8 years; 52% female): 168 patients with subjective cognitive decline, 164 with mild cognitive impairment and 348 with dementia. We assessed depressive symptoms using the Geriatric Depression Scale. We applied assumptionfree voxel-based lesion–symptom mapping, adjusted for age, sex, total white matter hyperintensity volume and multiple testing. Next, we applied exploratory region-of-interest linear regression analyses of major white matter tracts, with additional adjustment for diagnosis. Results Voxel-based lesion–symptom mapping identified voxel clusters related to the Geriatric Depression Scale in the left corticospinal tract. Region-of-interest analyses showed no relation between white matter hyperintensity volume and the Geriatric Depression Scale, but revealed an interaction with diagnosis in the forceps minor, where larger regional white matter hyperintensity volume was associated with more depressive symptoms in subjective cognitive decline (β = 0.26, p < 0.05), but not in mild cognitive impairment or dementia. Limitations We observed a lack of convergence of findings between voxel-based lesion–symptom mapping and region-of-interest analyses, which may have been due to small effect sizes and limited lesion coverage despite the large sample size. This warrants replication of our findings and further investigation in other cohorts. Conclusion This lesion–symptom mapping study in depressive symptoms indicates the corticospinal tract and forceps minor as strategic tracts in which white matter hyperintensity is associated with depressive symptoms in memory-clinic patients with vascular brain injury. The impact of white matter hyperintensity on depressive symptoms is modest, but it appears to depend on the location of white matter hyperintensity and disease severity.
Analysis of the Effect of Supply Chain Management and Pricing Theory on Excess Return of Stocks

The primary purpose of this study is to compare Capital Asset Pricing Model with Arbitration Pricing Theory by considering the supply chain strategy. Another objective of this study is to determine the effect of Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and Arbitration Pricing Theory (APT) on excess returns and to determine the best asset pricing model in terms of ability to explain the estimation of excess return. This study examines the effect of variables in asset pricing models and compares the ability of asset pricing models in explaining excess return. The population in this study are Kompas 100 stock for periods 2013 to 2017, and the sampling method of this study is purposive sampling. Then, it is obtained as many as 46 companies selected as research samples. To compare the accuracy between the CAPM model and APT is calculated with R2 or R Square and the Prob. values (F-statistic). Based on the results, the best model that can be used in assessing asset pricing model is Arbitration Pricing Theory, this is evidenced by the value of R2 or R Square of 33.41 % and Prob. (F-statistic) value 0.000000, this value is better than the value of R2 Capital Asset Pricing Model of 2.68% and Prob. (F-statistics) value 0.007354.
The Disposition Effect in Boom and Bust Markets

The disposition effect is one of the most explored biases in behavioral finance, yet most papers investigating the disposition effect use data that only cover boom periods and assume that the disposition effect is constant over time. We use individual investor trading data that comprise several boom and bust periods (2001-2015) and show that the disposition effect is not constant over time. Instead, the disposition effect moves countercyclical with the market, i.e., is elevated in bust periods and reduced in boom periods. We find that this phenomenon is mainly driven by the amplified frequency of gain realizations in bust periods. Investors are, in relative terms, 25 percent more likely to realize winner assets in bust than in boom periods. Our study encourages further investigations into the effect of macroeconomic cycles on investors’ trading behavior.
Rural Credit and the Time Allocation of Agricultural Households: The Case of Pronaf in Brazil

This paper evaluates the impact of Brazil's National Program to Strengthen Family Farming (PRONAF) on the time allocation of household members. We use data from the 2014 Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domic&#237;lios, and we apply propensity score methods to complex surveys recently recommended in the literature. We find that PRONAF helps to increase focus on agricultural activities, but it also stimulates female partners to engage in unpaid work. The results show significant effects of PRONAF on child labor and on the gender&#8208;specific division of labor within households, although it does not have the usual adverse effects of rural credit programs on school attendance.
Public-private partnerships: market development through management reform

Abstract The transformation of public infrastructure and services into vehicles of profit-making through privately financed and operated partnerships (PPPs) has successfully weathered high profile project failures, changes in government, scathing audits, public resistance, financial crises, fiscal austerity, and found a home around the world despite vastly different legal, cultural, and institutional contexts. Public procurement and traditional budgeting practices are now a distant memory in many jurisdictions – not by happenstance but through dogged efforts to transform public sectors from service provider into commodity purchaser. Understanding the political economy of global PPP markets requires knowing the connection to managerialism underpinning the story of public administration as contract management. This paper explores the emergence, sophistication, and normalization of PPP using primary and secondary sources including interviews with those involved in, or keenly aware of, the historical creation of pioneering PPP markets. It identifies three apposite categories of PPP management: models, methods, and mindsets. Models are homogenously portable yet malleable templates for partnering. Methods include accounting treatment and standards, and new budgeting and tendering practices. Mindsets are the ideas and ideals initially spread by enthusiasts like the Big Five consultancy firms and Macquarie Bank, later entrenched through specialized quasi-public agencies such as Partnerships UK and the World Bank’s PPIAF.
The final session of psychodynamic psychotherapy for satisfied and unsatisfied clients who initiate the end of treatment

ABSTRACT We compared the occurrence of termination behaviors in final sessions of 10 cases where clients stated that they had achieved their goals in therapy (satisfied cases) and five cases where clients expressed dissatisfaction with the therapy or therapist (unsatisfied cases). In all cases, treatment involved individual open-ended psychodynamic psychotherapy, and clients initiated the ending of treatment. In the satisfied cases, therapists and clients mutually engaged in many termination activities (e.g. described helpful aspects in therapy, anticipated challenges in the future). In contrast, in unsatisfied cases, therapists initiated a review of the therapy, noted challenges, suggested future coping strategies, and expressed appreciation for the client’s work, whereas clients did not actively participate in the review. Implications for research, training and practice are considered.
Errors in Creative Problem-Solving: Identify, Deliberate, and Remediate

It is often assumed creative performance is error free. Even a cursory inspection of eminent, creative, individuals indicates errors permeate creative efforts. In the present effort, the impact of error management on creative problem-solving is examined. Undergraduates, 136 in all, were asked to work through 10 potential problem solutions where half the solutions evidenced errors and half did not. Participants were asked to identify potential errors, deliberate on these errors, and remediate, or fix, errors prior to providing solutions to a problem calling for creative thought. It was found the number of errors correctly identified, and the quality of error remediation was positively related to the quality, originality, and elegance of problem solutions. More extensive deliberation, however, was found to be especially important for the production of original problem solutions. The implications of these observations for understanding the importance of error management in creative problem-solving are discussed.
E-Learning Needs Assessment among Students in the Colleges of Education.

The purpose of this survey study was to clearly identify major gaps and needs of e-learning components among students in theColleges of Education (one year Bachelor of Education or B.Ed. degree programme) affiliated by University of Mysore, India. A questionnaire was designed and validated by experts. A pilot test was carried out on a sample of 45 students and the Cronbach alpha value for the instrument was . 89. Data were collected from 346 students selected through stratified random sampling method to gauge students’ needs on learning elearning components. Findings highlighted that in the ranking of needs for learning of e-learning components, Internet tools and video streaming ranked on the highest level also instructional theories and mobile technology graded as the lowest one. tTest revealed a non-significant association between gender and needs to learning e-learning components. Moreover, One Way ANOVA test showed there is no significant difference among type of colleges (government / private aided and unaided) and different subjects (science / art / language) in needs for learning of e-learning components.
Peeking Into the Black Box of School Turnaround: A Formal Test of Mediators and Suppressors

A growing body of research evaluates the effects of turnaround on chronically low-performing schools. We extend this literature by formally testing factors that may either mediate or suppress the effects of two turnaround initiatives in Tennessee: the Achievement School District (ASD) and local Innovation Zones (iZones). Using difference-in-differences models within a mediational framework, we find that hiring effective teachers and principals partially explains positive iZone effects. In the ASD, high levels of teacher turnover suppress potential positive effects. Also, in iZone schools, increased levels of student mobility and chronic absenteeism suppress potentially larger positive effects. Policies that increase capacity within turnaround schools, such as financial incentives for effective staff, appear to be important ingredients for realizing positive effects from turnaround reforms.
Can industrial policy foster innovation in renewable energy technologies in the OECD and in EU regions?

We cross fertilise scholarship on industrial policy (IP) and renewable energy (RE) innovation and submit that RE serves as a General Purpose Technology that contains more specific RE technologies (RETs). We develop five Hypotheses and provide econometric evidence for the impact of demand-pull, technology-push and systemic IP instruments on different RETs. We test for the role of country experience, for EU North-South regional variations, and for the quality of RE innovations. We employ a large data set for thirty-four OECD countries and find support for our theory-derived hypotheses.