Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Homosexuality as a silent insider: a call for social work discourse among Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals (LGB) in Zimbabwe

While Zimbabwean laws are not divergent from those of most countries in the region with regards to criminalising same-sex relationships, social work discourse in this topic remains unarticulated. However, the law, in itself, is not the only real culprit in the politics of sex and sexuality, and there is very little evidence to indicate how powerful the law is in acting as a deterrent. In this article the author reviews literature evidence in corroborations with debates and discussions on the prevalence of multiple problems facing homosexuality scenery. The paper also highlights that Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals (LGB) have a higher prevalence of social challenges than heterosexuals. This article argues the hate speech and the didactic morality of the leadership, among others, are part of authentic reasons why individuals are not realising their human rights as sexual citizens, and are instead being actively vetoed from accessing public social service facilities. This detestable behaviour is born from patriarchal values and social systems that are being propped up by laws, policy, the media and other institutions. This paper revealed that LGB in Zimbabwe experience prejudicial events, expectations of refutation, hiding and concealing, internalized homophobia, and ameliorative coping processes. In this case, the paper suggested that social work, as a caring profession has role in play in protecting the LGB against life adversities in Zimbabwe. Keywords: homosexuality, social work, Zimbabwe
Adventure Learning in Basics Statistics: Impact on Students Critical Thinking

Malaysia Ministry of Education has put critical thinking skills elements into one of the six aspirations that pupils need to achieve. This was a turning point that teaching methods should be transformed. Therefore, innovation of teaching methods needs to be done. One of the strategies suggested is adventure-based learning (ABL). The main objective of this study is to examine the impact of ABL methods in the teaching of Basic Statistics on critical thinking skills. This study uses a quantitative approach with quasi experimental pre and post design. Only one group of students is formed. The study was based on the cluster sampling method and involving the semester two students of the Preparation Programme of Teaching Bachelor (PPTB). Instruments used are modules of adventure-based teaching methods and critical thinking skills tests. The findings of this study are to prove that this adventure-based learning can be used as an alternative method to assist the lecturers of the Teacher Education Institute to produce credible graduates. It helps lecturers apply the 21st century learning method in their teaching and learning.
The project manager core competencies to project success

Purpose The past few decades have produced a number of investigations into the correlation between project managers’ competencies and project success. As a result, competencies lists have become extensive “shopping lists. ” The purpose of this paper is to define the most important competencies to project success and investigate their correlations. Design/methodology/approach The authors surveyed project managers on the importance of 28 project manager competencies to project success. Data were analyzed using univariate and multivariate procedures. Findings Data show that communication, commitment and leadership appear as the three most relevant aspects. Multivariate analysis identified seven groups of competencies: leadership, self-management, interpersonal, communication, technical, productivity and managerial. Practical implications The results confirm a growing trend toward soft skills and reinforce the need for an update on project management education to fill the gap between theory and practice. Originality/value Project manager competencies lists have become too extensive, and the field is in constant change; therefore, this study updates the discussion and downsizes the number of competencies to fewer, more relevant items.
SUATU ANALISIS PENDEKATAN ABDULLAH NASIH ULWAN DALAM MENANGANI PENYELEWENGAN TERHADAP PENDIDIKAN ANAK-ANAK

Kajian ini menghuraikan pendekatan Abdullah Nasih Ulwan dalam karya beliau "pendidikan anak-anak dalam Islam" dalam menangani penyelewengan anak-anak. Kajian ini dilakukan untuk mengkaji apakah kaedah atau pendekatan yang terbaik bagi menangani penyelewengan anak-anak memandangkan kes jenayah dan masalah sosial hari ini banyak melibatkan anak-anak yang masih muda terutama dalam kalangan remaja Islam. Kajian akan menyentuh karya Abdullah Nasih Ulwan, mengenai pendidikan anak-anak dalam Islam, punca penyelewengan dan kaedah mengatasinya. Dalam menghasilkan kajian ini, pengkaji menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif iaitu kaedah perpustakaan dalam mencari maklumat atau bahan kajian. Kesimpulannya, punca penyelewengan dan pendekatan menanganinya sebagaimana diutarakan Abdullah Nasih Ulwan patut diberikan perhatian serius oleh semua pihak kerana ia sesuatu yang bukan sahaja bertolak dari ajaran al-Quran malah diperkukuhkan dengan realiti semasa. This study describes the approach of Abdullah Nasih Ulwān in his work "the education of children in Islam" in addressing delinquencies among children. The approaches assessed the method in addressing the children as delinquency and current social problems which involve young children, especially young Muslims. The study analyses the work of Abdullah Nasih Ulwan on the education of children in Islam, causes of children’s delinquencies and methods to overcome them. Researchers used a qualitative approach, which is library research. In conclusion, the causes of delinquencies and handling approaches as stated by Abdullah Nasih Ulwan should be given serious attention by all parties because it was derived from the teaching in the Quran and strengthened with the current reality.
Exploring Demographic Diversity in Low-Skilled Jobs: The Effect of Surface-Level Dormant Faultlines on Team Performance and Social Integration

We build on diversity literature by theorizing that teams with strong surface-level faultlines (based on age, gender, nationality or origin) are more likely to be broken into subgroups. To examine this, we conducted research in low-skilled teams as less creative job allows neutralizing the effect of deep-level diversity. Using data collected from 300 employees nested in 32 teams from a Dutch cleaning company, we do not find that dormant faultlines’ strength has an effect either on faultlines’ activation or on team outcomes. Nevertheless, our results demonstrate that if the team is split into subgroups, it negatively affects its performance and social integration with conflicts as a mediator of this relationship. These findings contribute to the diversity literature by providing strong evidence that it seems impossible to predict team performance by focusing exclusively on teams’ demographic composition. Therefore, we call for more field research of subgrouping process in diverse teams. The main implication for diversity management is that subgroups in low-skilled teams worsen its work outcomes, thus, the creation of team unity and cohesion is a key to better performance. It requires skilled line managers who see teams on daily basis and should be able to monitor team dynamics and prevent subgrouping based on demographic or other differences.
Reliability of biceps femoris and semitendinosus muscle architecture measurements obtained with ultrasonography

Introduction Currently, little attention is given to the muscle architecture reliability studies of the hamstring using a robust statistical. Our purpose was to determine the reliability of ultrasound measurements of muscle thickness, fascicle length and pennation angle of the biceps femoris and semitendinosus muscles, including heteroskedasticity and internal consistency analyses. Methods Two images of biceps femoris and semitendinosus at 50% of the thigh length were acquired from 21 volunteers, in two visits. The parameters were measured three times in each image, and for each muscle. The reliability was analyzed by the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and Cronbach’s alpha (αCronbach). The relative standard error of the measurements (%SEM) were calculated and Bland-Altman plots were generated. Results All parameters presented excellent ICC for the three repeated measurements (ICC from 0.93 ‒ 0.99) and moderate to excellent reliability intraday (ICC from 0.70 ‒ 0.95) for both muscles. The present study indicates that ultrasound is a reliable tool to estimate the biceps femoris fascicle length (ICC = 0.97, αCronbach = 0.98, %SEM = 7.86) and semitendinosus (ICC = 0.90, αCronbach = 0.95, %SEM = 7.55), as well as the biceps femoris muscle thickness (ICC = 0.89, αCronbach = 0.94, %SEM = 10.23) and semitendinosus muscle thickness (ICC = 0.87, αCronbach = 0.93, %SEM = 1.35). At last, biceps femoris pennation angle (ICC = 0.93, αCronbach = 0.96 and %SEM = 4.36) and semitendinosus (ICC = 0.96, αCronbach = 0.98 and %SEM = 4.25) also had good repeatability. Conclusion Ultrasonography show good repeatability in estimating of muscle architecture parameters.
Principals' Leadership Styles and Teachers' Job Satisfaction: A Correlation Study at Secondary Level.

The core purpose of the research was to explore the relationship between leadership styles of the principals' and teachers' job satisfaction. A sample of two hundred teachers (100 male and 100 female) was selected randomly from Public Secondary Schools of Lahore. A Questionnaire was developed to collect the data from the research respondents. The questionnaire was consisted of three sections. The first part of the questionnaire was consisted of demographic variables. The second part was related to the ten statements of principals’ leadership styles (Autocratic and Democratic) and last part contained the fifteen statements regarding the job satisfaction of teachers. The researchers visited the secondary schools and took permission from principals for data collection from teachers. Mean, SD, Pearson product moment for correlation and independent sample t-test were applied to analyze the data. The major findings of the study indicated that mostly principals decide the operational objectives and standards of the school by themselves. It is also revealed from the study that most of principals use democratic leadership style because they take suggestions from teachers, cooperate and support with them in any matter. Findings of the study also proved that there is a significant relationship between democratic leadership style and job satisfaction of teachers. The school principals should enhance the participation of faculty in decision making.
My New School
 : transition to high school for children with special educational needs in England – findings and ideas for practice

While transition from primary to secondary school is an exhaustively researched area, there is limited research into how the ideas and insights of children, particularly those with Special Educational Needs (SEN), could inform or guide successful school transition planning. The current article presents the final stage of an action research project in which a transition intervention was designed by students in collaboration with their schools and educational psychology services. The intervention, 'My New School', was initially piloted in an inner‐city primary school in England (see Bunn, Davis and Speed 2017) and since has developed into a working tool for several other schools. Children's views, alongside those of school staff, were used to inform the final design of 'My New School' intervention. The article explores findings from analysing the participating children and school staff, alongside relevant literature, and final discussions and implications for practice conclude. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Entrepreneurship as a Career?: An Investigation of the Relationship Between Entrepreneurial Experience and Entrepreneurial Outcome

Article history: Received 22 August 2012 Received in revised form 8 July 2013 Accepted 9 July 2013 Available online 6 August 2013 Field Editor: D. Shepherd This study tackles the puzzle of why increasing entrepreneurial experience does not always lead to improved financial performance of new ventures. We propose an alternate framework demonstrating how experience translates into expertise by arguing that the positive experience–performance relationship only appears to expert entrepreneurs, while novice entrepreneurs may actually perform increasingly worse because of their inability to generalize their experiential knowledge accurately into new ventures. These negative performance implications can be alleviated if the level of contextual similarity between prior and current ventures is high. Using matched employee–employer data of an entire population of Swedish founder-managers between 1990 and 2007, we find a non-linear relationship between entrepreneurial experience and financial performance consistent with our framework. Moreover, the level of industry, geographic, and temporal similarities between prior and current ventures positively moderates this relationship. Our work provides both theoretical and practical implications for entrepreneurial experience—people can learn entrepreneurship and pursue it with greater success as long as they have multiple opportunities to gain experience, overcome barriers to learning, and build an entrepreneurial-experience curve. © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Phenomenon-Based Learning for Teaching ICT Subject through other Subjects in Primary Schools

Due to the lack of practical usage of the learned subject, traditional learning is becoming an obstacle in front of further knowledge gaining. Classical learning methods are out-dated for the modernized world that required more productive, collaborative, and more curious individuals. Therefore, a new learning method is essential to provide knowledge and skills to pursue world development without falling behind. The purpose of this study is to find the positive effects of using Phenomenon-Based Learning (PhenoBL) as a studying approach in teaching ICT skills to students and its impact on giving the motivation and improving ICT skills for students at primary schools of Sulaimani city in Iraq. The key method is to teach ICTs through other classes with a universal as PhenoBL, the cross-curricular approach which is built into the classes. Then, a survey is established to uncover the reason behind making students learn about the ICT from places other than school and shortage in keeping those skills in student’s mind for a longer time. Our results showed that using Phenomenon-based learning students’ scores are improved by more than 10% which makes using this method significantly effective. Furthermore, using phenomenon-based learning allows the student to keep and maintain gained skills for longer periods of time.
Cultural Trait Vs. Personality Trait: Predicting the Appeal of Korean Entertainment among Asian Viewers in Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong

This research explores transnational consumption of Korean entertainment among Asian viewers. To explain the appeal of Korean entertainment, this research focuses on mixed response of two opposing states (e.g., laughing and crying) that are induced, and examines the theoretical framework of personality trait (need for affect) vs. cultural trait (naïve dialecticism). Results from a survey (n = 745) reveal that mixed response mediates the positive association between naïve dialecticism (not need for affect) and the appeal. Findings are discussed regarding a cultural trait that predicts Asian viewers’ gratification from experiencing culturally fit emotions that fulfill central cultural (vs. personal) goals.
Finding the Right Balance: Integrating Old and New Approaches for Anatomy Teaching

Although anatomy is one of the core knowledge pillars within medical teaching, the level of knowledge covered in the modernized medical curriculan recent years around the world has declined considerably, due to the use of old-fashioned pedagogical methods. This study examines available approaches to anatomy teaching and how to improve student learning in this area, while also targeting higher skills and knowledge for future medical personnel. Using a mix of qualitative and quantitative methodologies to collect data, mini-interviews and online surveys were conducted with a sample of four participants (a student, a resident, and two medical educators) to explore the different aspects of anatomy learning and its key challenges. From this small sample of medical students and educators, data was collected around four key themes: fundamental introductory learning, technology-based education, teaching techniques, and updated curriculum. A thematic analysis of the participants’ insights revealed that, while technology-based alternatives were considered effective tools, dissecting cadavers was the preferred means of learning anatomy.
Oral language and literacy : teachers’ phonological awareness knowledge and effective classroom practices.

International research into literacy acquisition makes evident that the large inequity of literacy outcomes, even in wealthy countries, continues, despite heavy investment in raising achievement for all children (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation—UNESCO, 2009; United Nations Children’s Fund— UNICEF, 2010). There are a number of different approaches that incorporate key predictors of literacy that have been considered, and programs implemented to attempt to raise literacy levels and reduce inequality. Phonological Awareness (PA) has been recognised as one of the underlying constructs for literacy success and PA is one of the most powerful predictors of early literacy (Al Otaiba, Kosanovich, & Torgesen, 2012; Castles & Coltheart, 2004; Pressley, 2006; Yopp & Yopp, 2000). Evidence of the benefits of PA to literacy development has been well documented within controlled outside of the classroom environment research settings (Ehri et al., 2001; Gillon, 2005a; McNeill, Gillon, & Dodd, 2009b). There have been PA approaches that have been implemented into classroom literacy practices (Ball, 1997; Carson, Gillon, & Boustead, 2013) and a large number of websites that teachers can access for information on assessing PA and classroom resources. However, there is less known about practices in early childhood or education settings, and whether teachers’ underlying knowledge, and skills, can appropriately support effective integration of PA into typical literacy programs during early childhood and early school years. For this reason, five investigations of teacher knowledge and practices that may support children’s phonological awareness development are
Can “Acts of Kindness“ enhance mental well-being and flourishing in individuals from the general Dutch population?

An intervention to enhance levels of well-being in individuals is the acts of kindness intervention. Research showed that well-being increases because of an increase in positive emotions and presumably positive relations. Moreover, performing kind acts to others is expected to be more effective than performing kind acts for oneself. The present research examined whether other-kindness is more effective in enhancing well-being, flourishing, positive emotions and positive relations compared to self-kindness, while self-kindness leads to an increase in self-acceptance. 254 participants from the general Dutch population (89.4% female, Mean age = 48.7) were randomly assigned to an acts of kindness condition (n=85, other-kindness), an active control condition (n=85, self-kindness) or a waitlist control condition (n=84). Participants had to perform five kind acts per week for a period of six weeks. Levels of well-being, positive emotions, positive relations and self-acceptance were measured using self-reporting questionnaires at baseline, at post-test and at a follow-up measure (six weeks after post-test). ANCOVA’s showed that other-kindness was even effective as self-kindness in enhancing levels of well-being at post-test. However, other-kindness was more effective in enhancing well-being up to six weeks compared to the waitlist control condition. Compared to self-kindness, other-kindness was even effective in improving flourishing, levels of positive relations, positive emotions and self-acceptance. The present research demonstrated that kind acts improved well-being but just the same as self-kindness did. Implications for future research are given concerning the implementation of the acts of kindness intervention in the Dutch population and further exploration of possible working mechanisms and effects of self-kindness.
Financial Support and Growth of Township and Village Enterprises in China: Fresh Evidence From Regional Analyses

This article aims to investigate the impact of financial support on output of township and village enterprises (TVEs) during 2007 to 2013. We use panel data of 28 provinces of China to study the heterogeneous effects of financial support on output of TVEs by introducing control variables and financial support variables of interaction terms and panel threshold model. This article uses the counterfactual measurement method to measure the actual contribution of financial support toward the output of TVEs. The results show that there is an inverted-U relationship between financial support and output of TVEs. Foreign capital participation and economic development enhance the driving effect of financial support, whereas, export intensity, fiscal support, and expansion of enterprise scale reduce the financial support effect. Regional analyses indicate that financial support in the central region of China has a significant positive effect; however, the effect of financial support is not significant in the western region. Furthermore, the contribution of financial support to the total output is 16% to 18% in the eastern region, and 14% to 16% in the central region.
Social and Family Factors Related to Intercountry Adoptees and Immigrants’ Bicultural Identity Integration

Intercountry adoptees constitute a distinct acculturating group that differs from traditional immigrant groups. Yet, there is a lack of research examining the psychosocial processes related to the well-being of this group and how these differ from other immigrant groups. A study carried out in Italy based on a sample group of young immigrants (N = 168) and intercountry adoptees (N = 160) tests a model in which social (perceived discrimination) and family factors (parental autonomy support) predict psychological well-being. The model also examines whether these associations are mediated by Bicultural Identity Integration (BII), the degree to which the ethnic and national identities are experienced as blended and compatible. Results indicate that while discrimination undermines BII among immigrants, it does not among adoptees. Moreover, parental autonomy support improves BII for both immigrants and intercountry adoptees. The findings showed significant associations between BII and psychological well-being. The implications of these results are discussed with regard to possible interventions with immigrants and intercountry adoptees.