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The effect of talent management factors on teacher’s leadership at the secondary schools

Article history: Received: June 9 2019 Received in revised format: July 9 2019 Accepted: July 29, 2019 Available online: July 30, 2019 Talent management is one of the roles in human resources management and there has been a long debate about talent management for years. This study aims to identify the relationship between talent management and teacher leadership development. In addition, the study also analyzes the talent management and teacher leadership levels. The data are analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences Software (SPSS) version 23 and Partial Least Squares Structural (Smart PLS) version 3 are also applied to analyze the data. The survey study involves 473 teachers in Malaysia residential school. The findings reveal that talent management and teacher leadership practices were at high levels. There is a significant positive relationship between talent management and teacher leadership development. The results of the study promote the role of talent management that can lead to positive changes in teacher leadership at schools. It is hoped that through this study various stakeholders such as schools, district education offices and the ministry of education of Malaysia will be able to assist in planning and organizing efforts in order to produce good leaders in future. It is hoped that through this study, various stakeholders such as school, district education offices as well as the Ministry of Education will be able to assist in planning and organizing efforts to address the role of teacher leadership to produce highly talented future leaders at schools. © 2020 by the authors; licensee Growing Science, Canada
Macroeconomic Analysis of Interest Rate and Economic Growth in Nigeria: A Time Series Approach

This study examines the impact of interest rate on economic growth in Nigeria using annual time series data spanning 1980 to 2017. This phenomenon is particularly interesting from a theoretical standpoint as well as for the understanding of financial market mechanisms. The Vector Autoregression (VAR) model and the Granger causality test are employed to estimate the model coefficients and measure the causal relationship among the concerned variables. From the VAR-based impulse response function and its corresponding variance decomposition estimates, result shows the existence of negative relationship between interest rate and economic growth in Nigeria. In addition, the Granger causality test indicates the presence of bi-directional causal relationship between interest rate and economic growth. Consequently, monetary authorities should designed and implement interest rate policies that enhance investment and take into cognisance other elements that retard investment progression. To attain the desired growth level in Nigeria, monetary authorities and policy makers should adopt policy measures that are growth oriented and have the potentials to accelerate the economy to higher productivity and sustainable economic growth.
Experimentation and Startup Performance: Evidence from A/B Testing

Recent scholarship argues that experimentation should be the organizing principle for entrepreneurial strategy. Experimentation leads to organizational learning, which drives improvements in firm performance. We investigate this proposition by exploiting the time-varying adoption of A/B testing technology, which has drastically reduced the cost of testing business ideas. Our results provide the first evidence on how digital experimentation affects a large sample of high-technology start-ups using data that tracks their growth, technology use, and products. We find that, although relatively few firms adopt A/B testing, among those that do, performance improves by 30%–100% after a year of use. We then argue that this substantial effect and relatively low adoption rate arises because start-ups do not only test one-off incremental changes, but also use A/B testing as part of a broader strategy of experimentation. Qualitative insights and additional quantitative analyses show that experimentation improves organizational learning, which helps start-ups develop more new products, identify and scale promising ideas, and fail faster when they receive negative signals. These findings inform the literatures on entrepreneurial strategy, organizational learning, and data-driven decision making. This paper was accepted by Toby Stuart, entrepreneurship and innovation.
Do External Imbalances Matter in Explaining the Cross-Section of Currency Excess Returns?

External imbalance is a central variable in international economics and recent research shows it is priced in currency portfolios. But Ang et al. (2017), among others, show that with a small and time-varying cross section, tests with individual assets are preferable. We find testing with individual currencies matters. Going down from portfolio level to individual currencies, the estimated risk premium of external imbalances changes from a statistically significant 3.4% per year to an (insignificant) return of the opposite sign. Its premium is totally subsumed by carry. This suggests new currency factors should be tested using both individual currencies and portfolios.
A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES

The study investigated grade 6 students' comprehension of narrative text when presented on a computer and as printed words on paper. A set of comprehension tests were developed for three stories of varying length (382 words, 1047 words and 1933 words) using a skills hierarchy protocol. The text for each story was prepared for presentation on a Macintosh computer using a program written for the study and as print in the form of exact copies of the computer screen. Students from two grade 6 classes in a suburban elementary school were randomly assigned to read one of the stories in either print form or on the computer and subsequently completed a comprehension test as well as a questionnaire concerning attitude and personal information. The responses from the comprehension tests were evaluated by graduate students in Language Education. The data evolved from the tests and questionnaires were analysed to determine measures of test construct validity, inter-rater reliability, and any significant difference in the means of comprehension scores for the two experimental groups for each story. The results indicated small but insignificant differences between the means of the three comprehension test scores for computer and print. A number of students reading from the computer complained of eye fatigue. The scores of subjects reading the longest story and complaining of eye fatigue were significantly lower. Table of
Objective and subjective stress, personality, and allostatic load

Despite the understanding of allostatic load (AL) as a consequence of ongoing adaptation to stress, studies of the stress–AL association generally focus on a narrow conceptualization of stress and have thus far overlooked potential confounding by personality. The present study examined the cross‐sectional association of objective and subjective stress with AL, controlling for Big Five personality traits.
Molecular insight into cotton leaf curl geminivirus disease resistance in cultivated cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)

Summary Cultivated cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) is the most important fibre crop in the world. Cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) is the major limiting factor and a threat to textile industry in India and Pakistan. All the local cotton cultivars exhibit moderate to no resistance against CLCuD. In this study, we evaluated an exotic cotton accession Mac7 as a resistance source to CLCuD by challenging it with viruliferous whiteflies and performing qPCR to evaluate the presence/absence and relative titre of CLCuD‐associated geminiviruses/betasatellites. The results indicated that replication of pathogenicity determinant betasatellite is significantly attenuated in Mac7 and probably responsible for resistance phenotype. Afterwards, to decipher the genetic basis of CLCuD resistance in Mac7, we performed RNA sequencing on CLCuD‐infested Mac7 and validated RNA‐Seq data with qPCR on 24 independent genes. We performed co‐expression network and pathway analysis for regulation of geminivirus/betasatellite‐interacting genes. We identified nine novel modules with 52 hubs of highly connected genes in network topology within the co‐expression network. Analysis of these hubs indicated the differential regulation of auxin stimulus and cellular localization pathways in response to CLCuD. We also analysed the differential regulation of geminivirus/betasatellite‐interacting genes in Mac7. We further performed the functional validation of selected candidate genes via virus‐induced gene silencing (VIGS). Finally, we evaluated the genomic context of resistance responsive genes and found that these genes are not specific to A or D sub‐genomes of G. hirsutum. These results have important implications in understanding CLCuD resistance mechanism and developing a durable resistance in cultivated cotton.
Impact of a Patient Blood Management monitoring and feedback programme on allogeneic blood transfusions and related costs

A Patient Blood Management programme was established at the University Hospital of Zurich, along with a monitoring and feedback programme, at the beginning of 2014 with a first analysis reported in 2015. Our study aimed to investigate the further impact of this Patient Blood Management monitoring and feedback programme on transfusion requirements and related costs. We included adult patients discharged between 2012 and 2017. A total of 213,882 patients underwent analysis: 66,659 patients in the baseline period (2012–2013); 35,309 patients in the year after the introduction of the Patient Blood Management monitoring and feedback programme (2014) and 111,914 patients in the continued sustainability period (2015–2017). The introduction of the Patient Blood Management monitoring and feedback programme reduced allogeneic blood product transfusions by 35%, from 825 units per 1000 hospital discharges in 2012 to 536 units in 2017. The most sustained effect was an approximately 40% reduction in red blood cell transfusions, from 535 per 1000 discharges to 319 units. Fewer patients were transfused in the periods after the introduction of the Patient Blood Management monitoring and feedback programme (6251 (9.4%) vs. 2932 (8.3%) vs. 8196 (7.3%); p < 0.001). Compared with 2012, the yearly OR for being exposed to any blood transfusion declined steadily after the introduction of the Patient Blood Management monitoring and feedback programme to 0.64 (95%CI 0.61–0.68; p < 0.001) in 2017. For patients requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, transfusion requirements were also sustainably reduced. This reduction in allogeneic blood transfusions led to savings of 12,713,754 Swiss francs (£ 9,497,000 sterling; EUR 11,100,000; US$ 12,440,000) in blood product acquisition costs over 4 years. In‐hospital mortality was not affected by the programme. The Patient Blood Management monitoring and feedback programme sustainably reduced transfusion requirements and related costs, without affecting in‐hospital mortality.
Acute vascular effects of vascular endothelial growth factor inhibition in the forearm arterial circulation

Objective: Although vascular endothelial growth factor inhibition (VEGFi) represents a major therapeutic advance in oncology, it is associated with hypertension and adverse vascular thrombotic events. Our objective was to determine whether VEGFi caused direct vascular dysfunction through increased endothelin-1 (ET-1) activity or impaired endothelial vasomotor or fibrinolytic function. Methods: Using forearm venous occlusion plethysmography, we measured forearm blood flow during intra-arterial infusions of bevacizumab (36–144 μg/dl forearm volume per minute) administered for 15–60 min in healthy volunteers (n = 6–8). On two separate occasions in 10 healthy volunteers, we further measured forearm blood flow and tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) release during intra-arterial bradykinin infusion (100 and 1000 pmol/min) in the presence and absence of bevacizumab (144 μg/dl forearm volume per minute), and the presence and absence of endothelin A receptor antagonism with BQ-123 (10 nmol/min). Plasma t-PA and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) concentrations were measured at baseline and with each dose of bradykinin. Results: Baseline blood flow and plasma ET-1, t-PA and PAI-1 concentrations were unaffected by bevacizumab. Bradykinin caused dose-dependent vasodilatation (P < 0.0001) and t-PA release (P < 0.01) but had no effect on plasma PAI-1 concentrations. Neither bevacizumab nor BQ-123 affected bradykinin-induced vasodilatation and t-PA release. Conclusion: Acute exposure to bevacizumab does not directly cause endothelial vasomotor or fibrinolytic dysfunction in healthy young volunteers.
Goal-setting in Islamic Banking : the Effects Of Personality And Perceptions Of the Goal-Setting Process on Job Satisfaction And Service Performance

This conceptual review shows the effect of setting conscious goals in terms of goal setting based on objective goals, transcendent goals and no goal setting that will result in the creation of personality and perception, while at the same time job satisfaction will also have an impact on the creation of job satisfaction and improved service performance that results improvement of company performance. In other words, the development of goal-setting is based on religious grounds.
Novel diagnostic method to differentiate antilaminin‐332 pemphigoid from other forms of pemphigoid

1 Naoe Y, Hata T, Tanigawa K et al. Bidimensional analysis of desmoglein 1 distribution on the outermost corneocytes provides the structural and functional information of the stratum corneum. J Dermatol Sci 2010; 57:192–8. 2 Haftek M, Callejon S, Sandjeu Y et al. Compartmentalization of the human stratum corneum by persistent tight junction-like structures. Exp Dermatol 2011; 20:617–21. 3 Igawa S, Kishibe M, Murakami M et al. Tight junctions in the stratum corneum explain spatial differences in corneodesmosome degradation. Exp Dermatol 2011; 20:53–7. 4 Kitajima Y. Desmosomes and corneodesmosomes are enclosed by tight junctions at the periphery of granular cells and corneocytes, suggesting a role in generation of a peripheral distribution of corneodesmosomes in corneocytes. J Dermatol Sci 2016; 83:73–5. 5 Goto H, Tada A, Ibe A, Kitajima Y. Basket-weave structure in the stratum corneum is an important factor for maintaining the physiological properties of human skin as studied using reconstructed human epidermis and tapestripping of human cheek skin. Br J Dermatol 2020; 182:364–72.
Audit Teams and Audit Quality A Sustainable Development Goal Perspective

v Introduction . 1 Audit Teams and Their Context . 1 Audit Quality . 4 Purpose. 6 Research Questions . 6 Methodology: Positioning in the Field . 8 Methods and Ethics . 9 Interview and Questionnaire Instruments . 10 Sample Selection . 10 Data Collection . 13 Data Analysis . 14 Ethical Reflections . 16 Review and Conceptual Analysis . 16 Audit Quality in Audit Teams . 17 SDG 17: How well do audit teams achieve the SDGs? Audit Quality and the Balanced Scorecard Framework . 17 SDG 16: What are the audit team determinates of AQTBs? Audit Quality Threatening Behaviour . 18 SDG 17: How well do audit teams achieve the SDGs? Sustainability Accounting and Accounting for Sustainability . 20 Audit Teams . 21 SDG 16: How are audit teams structured? 21 SDG 16: How do audit teams influence audit judgements and decisions? Hierarchical structures . 23 SDG 8: Why do audit team structures influence audit outcomes? Power . 24 SDG 10: How do audit team structures function? Status . 25 SDG 8: Why do audit team structures influence audit outcomes? Trust . 27 SDG 3: Which and how do audit team inputs trigger audit team stress? Team Stress . 28 SDG 3: Which and how do audit team processes trigger audit team stress? Intrinsic Motivations . 29
EFFECTS OF ACTUAL FIELD TRIP FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCE AND VIDEO INSTRUCTION METHODS ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS ’ ACHIEVEMENT IN AGRICULTURE SCIENCE

The study investigated the effects of actual field trip for environmental influence and video instruction methods on the undergraduate students’ interest and achievement in crop production techniques. The design of this study was a quasi-pretest and posttest experimental research design. The population of this study was undergraduate students (N=145) in the Faculty of Agriculture, University who enrolled in the course Ag 401 titled “Field crops” during the first semester 2013/2014 academic session. Three research questions and three null hypothesis tested at 0.05 probability level guided the research. Instrument used for data collection were pretest and posttest achievement scores. The instrument, achievement test (AT) was validated by expert in crop production technique. The reliability of the instrument was tested using Cronbach’s Alpha and result showed correlation co-efficient of 0.85. Hence the instrument was found to be reliable for this research. Data analysis was done using means, standard deviation and Co-variance analysis (ANCOVA). The result indicated that students taught with field trip had slightly lower score in the achievement test than those taught with video instruction. Similarly, female students taught agricultural science using Video instruction scored higher posttest means of (73.55) than their male counterparts that scored posttest means of (69.87) with mean gains of 33.97 and 27.20 respectively. The ANCOVA result showed that there were significant differences in gender achievement test scores, modes of instruction and their interactions. Therefore, the hypotheses of no significant differences between male and female, field trip and video instructions in teaching agricultural science and their interactions were rejected. The present study evidently showed that field trip and video instructional approaches to teaching agriculture science significantly stimulated students’ interest and achievement.
Modeling of the 3D unsteady multiscale multiphase fluid flow with shocks: Numerical methods and implementation algorithms

Numerical simulation is widely applied in the fluid dynamic research. Unsteady multiphase flow with high Mach and Reynolds numbers has high physical and mathematical fidelity and a special approach of its correct modeling is required. In this paper the appropriate numerical methods and special algorithms of implementation are developed for high-performance numerical modeling using the modern computational systems. The results of validation tasks and problems of practical importance are presented.
Pervasive Signaling

How does the increasing publicness of decisions (due, e.g., to social media) affect the total costs of social signaling distortions? While pervasive signaling may induce pervasive distortions, it may also permit people to signal while distorting each choice to a smaller degree. Ironically, for a broad class of environments, a sufficient increase in the number of signaling opportunities allows senders to “live authentically,” that is, to signal their types at arbitrarily low overall cost. This result survives when social networking technologies expand signaling opportunities and audience size in tandem, provided the returns to the latter are not too great.
The Effect Of A Unilateral Vagotomy And Subsequent Vagal Sprouting On Diving Bradycardia In The Frog

Unilateral vagotomies were performed on frogs to see if the diving reflex would be altered and if subsequent sprouting would correct this alteration. It was found that a unilateral vagotomy had no effect on diving bradycardia which occurred in a normal manner after surgery. Diving bradycardia was also found to be free of sympathetic influence.
Carbon and inequality: From Kyoto to Paris Trends in the global inequality of carbon emissions (1998-2013) & prospects for an equitable adaptation fund World Inequality Lab

This study presents evolutions in the global distribution of CO2e emissions (CO2 and other Green House Gases) between world individuals from 1998 and 2013 and examines different strategies to finance a global climate adaptation fund based on efforts shared among high world emitters rather than high-income countries. To this end, we combine data on historical trends in per capita country-level CO2e emissions, consumption-based CO2e emissions data, within-country income inequality and a simple income-CO2e elasticity model. We show that global CO2e emissions inequalities between individuals decreased from Kyoto to Paris, due to the rise of top and mid income groups in developing countries and the relative stagnation of incomes and emissions of the majority of the population in industrialized economies. Income and CO2e emissions inequalities however increased within countries over the period. Global CO2e emissions remain highly concentrated today: top 10% emitters contribute to about 45% of global emissions, while bottom 50% emitters contribute to 13% of global emissions. Top 10% emitters live on all continents, with one third of them from emerging countries.
The AGN fuelling/feedback cycle in nearby radio galaxies – II. Kinematics of the molecular gas

This is the second paper of a series exploring the multicomponent (stars, warm and cold gas, and radio jets) properties of a sample of 11 nearby low-excitation radio galaxies, with the aim of better understanding the active galactic nuclei (AGN) fuelling/feedback cycle in these objects. Here, we present a study of the molecular gas kinematics of six sample galaxies detected in 12CO(2-1) with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). In all cases, our modelling suggests that the bulk of the gas in the observed (sub-)kpc CO discs is in ordered rotation. Nevertheless, low-level distortions are ubiquitous, indicating that the molecular gas is not fully relaxed into the host galaxy potential. The majority of the discs, however, are only marginally resolved, preventing us from drawing strong conclusions. NGC 3557 and NGC 3100 are special cases. The features observed in the CO velocity curve of NGC 3557 allow us to estimate a supermassive black hole (SMBH) mass of (7.10 ± 0.02) × 108 M⊙, in agreement with expectations from the MSMBH–σ* relation. The rotation pattern of NGC 3100 shows distortions that appear to be consistent with the presence of both a position angle and an inclination warp. Non-negligible radial motions are also found in the plane of the CO disc, likely consistent with streaming motions associated with the spiral pattern found in the inner regions of the disc. The dominant radial motions are likely to be inflows, supporting a scenario in which the cold gas is contributing to the fuelling of the AGN.
Impact of Social Media Usage Factors on Green consumption Behavior Based on Technology Acceptance Model

This study applies the theory of Technology acceptance model to adjudicate the impact of social media usage factors on green consumption behavior subjected to different level of social media usage perceptions. It tries to assess how different level of perceived ease-of-use or perceived usefulness or perceived feeling from usage influence the impact of advertisements through social media, blogs, peer opinion via social networking or news and product updates in tilting consumers’ towards making green purchase decisions. Binary logistic regression analysis, one – way MANOVA and factor analysis were used for data analysis collected through questionnaire survey. Results indicate that impact of social media factors positively influences consumers’ green choice behavior. The interaction among level of perceived ease-of-use or perceived usefulness or perceived feelings positively influences the impact of social media factors. This study enumerates the role of consumers’ in discharging environmental responsibility by emphasizing green consumption when being exposed to social media impact factors.