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Evolving a Model of Sustainable Leadership: An Ex-post Facto Research

The cascading effects of globalization, changing business environment, economic uncertainties, technological advancements, heightened stress levels and increasing incidence of behavioural deviance have changed the workplace requiring sustainable leadership. Although there is plethora of literature on leadership, there is dearth of scholarly work on sustainable leadership as the subject is still evolving. This aroused academic curiosity and provided impetus to me to undertake this study to explore the ideology of the leaders in political and organizational contexts and study their attributes in the backdrop of extant literature on spiritual leadership and humanistic management to find answer to the question ‘does spirituo-humanistic ideology lead to sustainable leadership? ’ The present research seeks to (a) study the link between secular spirituality and leadership, (b) examine attributes and behaviour of leaders of long standing in political and business contexts and (c) evolve a model of sustainable leadership for organizations with an operational definition. For a long-time spirituality and leadership were considered apart: one, a realm of intangible ideas and emotions; the other, a practical area of scientific inquiry, however, the article embraces a holistic view of secular spiritual leadership. It adopts anti-positivism paradigm (theory) focusing on qualitative analysis (Cohen et al., Research Methods in Education [5th ed.], London: Routledge Falmer, 2000). As research on sustainable leadership requires studying leadership behaviour over a period, the study adopted ex-post facto research for conducting two case studies of leaders in political and business contexts from India who provided leadership in their respective spheres for decades. Finally, the study contributes a spirituo-humanistic model of sustainable leadership for organizations.
THE ANALYSIS OF THE PARTICIPATION MOTIVATION IN LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS DOING BADMINTON SPORT

This study was done with the aim of analysis of the involvement motivation in leisure time activities of students participating in Badminton interuniversity competitions according to some variables.The universe of the study is athletes participating in Badminton interuniversity competitions in 2015. The sample group of the study is 375 athletes. Leisure time Motivation Scale was used in order to determine the athletes’ involvement motivation in leisure time activities. The statistical analysis of the data obtained in the study was done with SPSS 22.0 software package. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient which is used for testing the internal consistency was regarded to test the reliability of the scale. The factor analysis was used for testing the validity of the scale. Frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test for two independent samples, ANOVA and Bonferroni multiple comparison tests for the comparison of more than two independent groups were used for the evaluation of the data. The results of the study are that the majority of those surveyed are women and students studying in Physical Education and Sports Department mostly do Badminton sport and the average age is at most 17-19 age range and there was no significant difference between gender and department the athletes study in with the leisure time scale and there was a significant difference among age,external arrangement and amotivation with lower dimension of the leisure time scale.
Gender, Mobile, and Mobile Internet| Mother, May I? Conceptualizing the Role of Personal Characteristics and the Influence of Intermediaries on Girls’ After-School Mobile Appropriation in Nairobi

Education interventions for girls in the Global South often seek to expand their present and future life choices. Increasingly, this goal is pursued by enhancing preexisting mobile phone access. Girls’ personal characteristics, particularly their age and gender, and adult intermediaries influence their mobile appropriation—and the outcomes they can realize when using their phones for any reason. Drawing on data from research with community members of a girls’ secondary school in Nairobi, this article seeks to understand how girls’ mobile appropriation during after-school hours is shaped. Building on Kleine’s Choice Framework as a capability approach operationalization, a schema is proposed to conceptualize additional considerations needed when engaging girls in mobile for development work. The aim is to demonstrate how and why girls’ after-school mobile use was influenced by the convergence of intermediaries in their lives, age, and gender. The analysis presents implications for mobile for development interventions with girl children.
A simple explanation for the increase in relative humidity between 11 and 14 km in the tropics

[1] We use a very simple model with no adjustable parameters to simulate the increase in relative humidity between 11 and 14 km in the tropics. The rate of increase in relative humidity, in this interval, appears to be largely determined by the shape of the convective detrainment profile, the temperature profile, and the level of zero radiative heating. It appears to be unaffected by evaporative moistening or the complex three-dimensional structure of convective systems. We also show that the rapid increase in the fraction of supersaturated air parcels above 150 mb (∼14.5 km) is associated with a transition from large scale descent to ascent.
Frontloading in der Produktentwicklung handgehaltener Power-Tools – Lastmodelle für den Einsatz in Antriebsstrangprüfständen/Frontloading in the Product Development of Hand-held Power Tools – Load Models for the Usage in Powertrain Test Benches

Inhalt: Das entwicklungsbegleitende Testing handgehaltener Power-Tools benötigt geeignete Entwicklungsprüfstände mit anwendungsnahen Belastungen, damit Entwicklungsvarianten realistisch getestet und Zielgrößen für die Konstruktion ermittelt werden können. In diesem Beitrag wird ein Lastmodell zur Abbildung der äußeren mechanischen Belastung von Akkubohrschraubern auf einem Antriebsstrangprüfstand vorgestellt. Mit einem handgehaltenen Akkubohrschrauber, der mit Messtechnik ausgerüstet wurde, werden Einschraubvorgänge in Holz experimentell erfasst und daraus ein Modell der äußeren mechanischen Belastung des Akkubohrschraubers abgeleitet. Dieses wird in Form eines virtuellen Lastmodells für die Lastaufbringung am Antriebsstrangprüfstand eingesetzt. Die experimentellen Ergebnisse erlauben zusätzlich die Zuordnung des Drehmomentverlaufs zur Gestalt der Schraube. Das virtuelle Lastmodell wird auf einem Antriebsstrangprüfstand zur Untersuchung der Überlastkupplung von Akkubohrschraubern eingesetzt. Das entwickelte Lastmodell erweitert den Antriebstrangprüfstand zur realitätsnahen Abbildung der mechanischen Belastung und unterstützt so den Einsatz von Antriebsstrangprüfständen in der Produktentwicklung.
A generalized Nadler-type theorem in partial metric spaces

Nadler’s Fixed Point Theorem for Multi-valued functions (see [6]) was generalized by H. Aydi et al in their recent paper [1]. We use the approach of Gordji et. al. [3] to further generalize this result for a larger class of multifunctions (with a more general contraction condition) on complete partial metric spaces. The result yields the main theorem in [1] as a special case. Mathematics Subject Classification: 54H25
Response of a microbial food web to prolonged seasonal hypoxia in a boreal lake

The clearwater boreal Lake Vesijarvi ex- periences annual periods of hypolimnetic hypoxia with unknown consequences for the microbial food web. We quantified the abundance of heterotrophic bacteria, autotrophic picoplankton (APP), nanoflagel- lates (NF) and ciliates in Lake Vesijarvi throughout the water column and vegetation season and deter- mined how these varied with changes in environ - mental conditions, including dissolved oxygen con- centrations. The abundance and diversity of ciliates increased significantly throughout the water column with the development of thermal stratification and the onset of hypoxia leading to distinct ciliate communi- ties in the oxic epilimnion and hypoxic hypolimnion. Bacterivorous taxa dominated in the hypoxic zone, while in the epilimnion, bacterivorous, algivorous and predatory taxa feeding on other protozoa were pre- sent. Seasonal changes in oxygen and temperature explained nearly 80% of variance in ciliate community composition. Changes in total ciliate numbers corre- lated with seasonal dynamics of bacteria, but not with the dynamics of NF. In the epilimnion, NF were abun- dant in early spring and their numbers were positively correlated to numbers of prostomatids and haptorids, but not to APP or bacteria. In the hypolimnion, a sig- nificant correlation was found between NF and bacte- ria, but not NF and ciliates. Significant positive corre- lations between ciliates and bacteria suggest that concentrations of food resources are important in de- termining the abundance of ciliates in the plankton. Moreover, we recorded close coupling between sea- sonal dynamics of bacteria and productivity of phyto- plankton, including APP.
EVIDENCE OF QUASI-LINEAR SUPER-STRUCTURES IN THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND AND GALAXY DISTRIBUTION

Recent measurements of hot and cold spots on the cosmic microwave background (CMB) sky suggest the presence of super-structures on (>100 h −1 Mpc) scales. We develop a new formalism to estimate the expected amplitude of temperature fluctuations due to the integrated Sachs–Wolfe (ISW) effect from prominent quasi-linear structures. Applying the developed tools to the observed ISW signals from voids and clusters in catalogs of galaxies at redshifts z < 1, we find that they indeed imply a presence of quasi-linear super-structures with a comoving radius of 100 ∼ 300 h −1 Mpc and a density contrast |δ| ∼ O(0.1). We also find that the observed ISW signals are at odds with the concordant Λ cold dark matter model that predicts Gaussian primordial perturbations at ≳3σ level. We confirm that the mean temperature around the CMB cold spot in the southern Galactic hemisphere filtered by a compensating top-hat filter deviates from the mean value at ∼3σ level, implying that a quasi-linear supervoid or an underdensity region surrounded by a massive wall may reside at low redshifts z < 0.3 and the actual angular size (16°–17°) may be larger than the apparent size (4°–10°) discussed in literature. Possible solutions are briefly discussed.
Globalization and Inequality in CIS Countries: Role of Institutions

The process of opening and integration into the world economy in the CIS countries has been part of a more complex process of transition from the planned to market economy. Over the last 10 years most of these countries have liberalized their trade regimes versus non-CIS countries, introduced their own currency, and to some extent liberalized flows of direct and portfolio investment. These and other reforms were accompanied by a pronounced output decline, an increase in poverty rates and inequality indexes. Of course, most of these changes in output and income inequality are attributable to the transition process. However, it is still interesting to know whether globalization and trade opening have enhanced or, on the contrary, decreased the negative effect of transition on incomes in transition countries. Comparison of outcomes in various countries suggests that trade policy per se was less important than the ability of governments to enforce it. Countries, where reforms were implemented slowly, but the government institutions did not collapse, experienced smaller overall output decline, and smaller increase in inequality. Countries with weak governments often performed as “passive globalizers”: the trade-to-GDP ratios in them were quite high, partly accounting for capital flight. In contrast to active globalizers, output in these countries declined, while poverty and inequality increased. However, the worst results were seen in countries cut off from international trade, because of being landlocked or at war or in bad economic relations with the neighboring countries.
Eigenvalues of Matrices and Graphs

The interplay between spectrum and structure of graphs is the recurring theme of the three more or less independent chapters of this thesis. The first chapter provides a method to relate the eigensolutions of two matrices, one being the principal submatrix of the other, via an arbitrary annihilating polynomial. This is extended to lambda-matrices and to matrices the entries of which are rational functions in one variable. The extension may be interpreted as a possible generalization of other known techniques which aim at reducing the size of a matrix while preserving the spectral information. Several aspects of an application in order to reduce the computational costs of ordinary eigenvalue problems are discussed. The second chapter considers the straightforward extension of the well known concept of equitable partitions to weighted graphs, i.e. complex matrices. It provides a method to divide the eigenproblem into smaller parts corresponding to the front divisor and its complementary factor in an easy and stable way with complexity O ( N2 ) . The exploitation of several equitable partitions ordered by refinement is discussed and a suggestion is made that preserves hermiticity if present. Some generalizations of equitable partitions are considered and a basic procedure for finding an equitable partition of complex matrices is given. The third chapter deals with isospectral and unitary equivalent graphs. It introduces a construction for unitary equivalent graphs which contains the well known GM-switching as a special case. It also considers an algebra of graph matrices generated by the adjacency matrix that corresponds to the 1-dimensional Weisfeiler-Lehman stabilizer in a way that mimics the correspondence of the coherent closure and the 2-dimensional Weisfeiler-Lehman stabilizer. The algebra contains the degree matrix, the (combinatorial, signless and normalized) Laplacian and the Seidel matrix. An easy construction produces graph pairs that are simultaneously unitary equivalent w.r. t. that algebra.
Influence of Pulse Heating on Rayleigh Area of Amorphous FINEMET-Type Alloy

The effect of pulse annealing on magnetization processes in FINEMET-type alloy in weak magnetic fields (the Rayleigh area) is studied in this paper. Rapidly quenched FINEMET ribbon in the original amorphous state was chosen for the study. The significant differences in behavior of studied materials are ascribed to the differences in internal mechanical stresses, which bring about the changes in total magnetic anisotropy and consequently also changes in domain walls thickness.
A Focus Group Discussion on Using Guide Dogs

The success of the partnership between a guide dog handler (or owner) and a guide dog depends upon both the suitability of the dog and the skill of the handler in maintaining the relationship. This qualitative study explored the use of guide dogs from the perspective of those who use them as a prelude to a larger scale, quantitative project assessing the matching process and the outcome of the partnership. The data were collected from a focus group discussion from which eight themes emerged. These included: mobility; adjustment to vision loss; advantages and disadvantages of using a guide dog; the matching process; training with the dog; social function, feelings of friends and family; and the outcome of the relationship. In this article, these themes are described and exemplified with extracts from the focus group discussion. The study fulfilled its purpose as an information gathering exercise to further investigate the relationship between guide dog handlers and their dogs, and has added to a small but growing body of literature on the topic.
Classification of small ruminant production sub-systems in Ethiopia: Implications for designing development interventions

Livestock and Irrigation Value chains for Ethiopian Smallholders Livestock and irrigation value chains for Ethiopian smallholders project aims to improve the competitiveness, sustainability and equity of value chains for selected high‐value livestock and irrigated crop commodities in target areas of four regions of Ethiopia. It identifies, targets and promotes improved technologies and innovations to develop high value livestock and irrigated crop value chains; it improves the capacities of value chain actors; it improves the use of knowledge at different levels; it generates knowledge through action‐oriented research; and it promotes and disseminates good practices. Project carried out with the financial support of the Government of Canada provided through Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD). lives-ethiopia.org
Towards an Understanding Approach of the Insurance Linked Securities Market

The paper aims to present the insurance linked securities market behaviour, that has changed a lot the past three years, both in terms of structure and in terms of ceded risks. After having introduced some stylized facts characterizing the insurance linked securities we capture their market price of risk, following the methodologies of Wang (2004), Lane (2000) and Fermat Capital Management (2005). A dynamical study of the insurance linked securities is also provided in order to understand the elements driving the spreads : the consequences of the catastrophic events, the seasonality and the diversification effects between some different risks are highlighted.
Exhumational history of the north central Pamir

The Pamir plateau forms a prominent tectonic salient along the western end of the Tibet‐Tarim margin. Despite its tectonic significance, relatively little is known about the timing of major Cenozoic tectonic events in the Pamir. Here we present new apatite and zircon (U/Th)‐He ages, bulk rock geochemistry, and Al‐in‐hornblende barometry results from the Karakul graben, a prominent north‐south oriented rift basin located ∼50 km south of the Main Pamir Thrust. Although cooling ages do not record the onset of extension, graben‐bounding normal faults provide exposures of otherwise slowly eroding rocks which record two Cenozoic thermal events. Existing geochronology and new results suggest that granitic rocks in the Karakul region were shallowly emplaced, cooled very quickly through ∼300°C, and have experienced less than 10 km of exhumation since the late Triassic. A long period of relatively slow exhumation throughout much of the late Mesozoic and Cenozoic was punctuated by two periods of accelerated exhumation during the middle Eocene (∼50–40 Ma) and early Miocene (∼25–16 Ma). We interpret the first period of accelerated exhumation as a result of tectonic uplift and subsequent erosion due to the northward propagation of the India‐Asia collision. We attribute the second period of rapid exhumation to a renewed phase of tectonism and plateau uplift in the Pamir, perhaps related to a break off event along the down‐going Indian plate at ∼25 Ma or to the onset of slip along the nascent Karakoram fault.
Lactobacillus gasseri SBT2055 Stimulates Immunoglobulin Production and Innate Immunity after Influenza Vaccination in Healthy Adult Volunteers: a Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group Study

Background: Lactobacillus gasseri strain SBT2055 (LG2055) is a human intestine-originating probiotic bacterium and potent probiotic known to exert various health promotion effects, including prevention of abdominal adiposity in rats and humans. A recent finding in mice has suggested that oral administration of LG2055 induces a protective effect against influenza A virus infection. In this context, evidence for efficacy of LG2055 using a human clinical trial was imminently required. Methods: To confirm this in humans, a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study in healthy adult volunteers was conducted to examine the effect of drinkable yogurt (DY) containing LG2055 on influenza vaccine-specific antibody responses as the primary objective and innate immune responses as the secondary objective. Subjects were asked to consume 100 g/day of DY with LG2055 (LG2055 group; n = 94) or without LG2055 (placebo group; n = 94) for 16 weeks. After 4 weeks, all subjects received a trivalent influenza vaccine. Results: We found that the intake of LG2055 DY increased hemagglutination inhibition titers against influenza viruses A/H1N1 and B and the rate of seroprotection against influenza B after vaccination as compared with the intake of placebo DY by healthy volunteers. In support of this result, we confirmed that total IgG and IgA levels in plasma and sIgA production in saliva were also higher in the LG2055 group than in the placebo group. Furthermore, the intake of LG2055 DY enhanced natural killer cell activity and myxovirus resistance A gene expression, which is one of the antiviral genes stimulated by type I or type III Interferons in peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Conclusions: These results strongly indicate that LG2055 activates both the innate and adaptive human immune responses, suggesting the potential to prevent influenza virus infections by providing specific probiotics as complementary foods. Keywords: human clinical trial, innate immunity, influenza virus, Lactobacillus gasseri , vaccine
Trends in Second/Foreign Language Teaching and Learning: The Position Assigned to the Learning of Lexis over the Years

There is no doubt that second/foreign language teaching and learning has evolved over the years, distinguishing varied trends in the course of its history. Interestingly, vocabulary has been the dominant focus in the last decades despite it being an undervalued and often overlooked component in the earlier stages. This reorientation is reflected not only in terms of classroom practices and education policies, but also in second/foreign language acquisition (SLA) research. The following seeks to provide an understanding of the position assigned to lexis within the scope of different methods implemented throughout the years, thus allowing us to: 1) trace the evolvement of the significance of vocabulary in SLA, and 2) appreciate the importance of lexical development in SLA. In congruity with these elements, current trends and practices related to second/foreign language vocabulary knowledge development are also discussed. This paper is of significance to scholars, researchers, language educators and curriculum designers. Keywords: SLA, lexis, lexical development, vocabulary learning, historical trends, current approaches