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The Effect of Movement on Attention in Elementary-Aged Students

As the number of students diagnosed with attentional issues continue to rise, educators are constantly looking for alternative ways to keep students engaged for longer periods of time so that they are accessible for learning. The purpose of this study is to determine if a movement strategy, a bouncy band, will help students focus attention for longer periods of time and increase on-task behavior. A convenience sample of 25 students identified with attentional issues were selected to participate in the current study. Pre and post assessments indicated that the bouncy bands did have a positive effect on the student's ability to maintain attention, listen attentively to adults/peers, and follow oral directions. In addition, results from the pre and post observations suggested that when the bouncy band was used as a movement strategy, there was a marked decrease in students off-task behaviors. Results from the interviews suggested that most of the participants believed that the bouncy bands were fun, helped them to focus, relax, and feel calmer when taking tests.
Inicios de la Psicología como Ciencia del Comportamiento en San Luis (Argentina)

Se analiza el desarrollo de la psicologia entendida como ciencia del comportamiento, en el marco de los primeros veinticinco anos de la carrera de psicologia en San Luis (Argentina): 1958-1982. Se explican los procesos de gestacion y evolucion de la comunidad de psicologos que sustentaron un modelo comportamental. Se realiza un analisis cuantitativo y cualitativo del impacto de dicho modelo en la carrera de psicologia de San Luis: 1958 - 1982, en base a la construccion de indicadores de tres aspectos esenciales de la vida universitaria: investigacion, docencia y servicio. En contraste al resto de universidades nacionales donde hubo carreras de psicologia en ese periodo, se demuestra el significativo impacto de la psicologia comportamental en la carrera de psicologia de San Luis en el periodo investigado.
Pengaruh Corporate Governance, Kompetisi dan Karakteristik Perusahaan Terhadap Pengungkapan Risiko Perusahaan

Abstract. The study aims to determine the impact of corporate governance, competition and corporate characteristics on corporate risk disclosure in consumer goods sector manufacturing industry listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange period 2013-2017. The population in this study is consumer good sector manufacturing industry listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange period 2013-2017. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling and obtained 21 companies with a research period of 5 years. The analytical method used in this study is panel data regression analysis using E-views 10 Student Version software. The results showed that simultaneously corporate governance, competition and corporate characteristics had a significant effect on corporate risk disclosure. Partially, Independent board of commisioners, quality of external auditors, firm size, profitability had no significant effect on corporate risk disclosure. Meanwhile, competition has a positive significant effect on corporate risk disclosure.Keywords: Corporate Governance; Competition; Corporate Characteristics; Corporate Risk DisclosureAbstrak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh corporate governance, kompetisi dan karakteristik perusahaan terhadap pengungkapan risiko perusahaan pada industri manufaktur sektor barang konsumsi yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia tahun 2013-2017. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah industri manufaktur sektor barang konsumsi yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia tahun 2013-2017. Teknik pengambilan sampel yaitu purposive sampling dan diperoleh 21 perusahaan dengan periode penelitian selama 5 tahun. Metode analisis data dalam yang digunakan adalah analisis regresi data panel dengan menggunakan software E-views 10 Student Version. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa secara simultan corporate governance, kompetisi dan karakteristik perusahaan berpengaruh signifikan terhadap pengungkapan risiko perusahaan. Secara parsial, dewan komisaris independen, kualitas auditor eksternal, ukuran perusahaan dan profitabilitas berpengaruh tidak signifikan terhadap pengungkapan risiko perusahaan. Sedangkan, kompetisi berpengaruh signifikan dengan arah positif terhadap pengungkapan risiko perusahaan.Kata Kunci: Corporate Governance; Kompetisi; Karateristik Perusahaan; Pengungkapan Risiko Perusahaan
Externalities of Credit Default Swaps on Corporate Disclosure

We investigate the externality influence of credit default swap (CDS) trading on management forecasting activity when the reference entity of the CDS is the firm’s customer. We find that firms which derive a greater proportion of their revenue from CDS-referenced customers tend to reduce the frequency of forecast issuance, suggesting that the information revelation after customers’ CDS referencing saves the supplier’s disclosure cost. The general negative relationship between forecasting activity and exposure to CDS-referenced customer firms manifests only for good news forecasts, possibly due to the litigation concern associated with disclosing good news and withholding bad news being heightened for firms with greater exposure to CDS-referenced customers. In a test employing a measure of ex ante litigation risk, we find consistent evidence that when litigation risk increases, the negative relationship between revenue derived from CDS-referenced customer firms and forecasting activity exacerbates (weakens) for good (bad) news forecasts. Furthermore, we find that when customers are covered by other information intermediaries such as analysts, the information effect of their CDS referencing on the supplier’s forecasting is mitigated. Our findings add to the literature examining the externality effects of CDSs on corporate decisions of entities outside those directly referenced by CDSs.
Data selection for naturalness in HMM-based speech synthesis

We describe experiments in training HMM text-to-speech voices on professional broadcast news data from multiple speakers. We compare data selection techniques designed to identify the best utterances for voice training in a corpus not explicitly recorded for synthesis, aiming to select utterances from the corpus which will produce the most natural-sounding voices. We also explore different methods for voice training and utterance synthesis that can improve naturalness. While the ultimate goal of this work is to develop intelligible and natural-sounding synthetic voices in Low Resource Languages rapidly, without the expense of collecting and annotating professional data speciﬁcally for text-to-speech, we focus on English ﬁrst, in order to develop our methods. We also describe results of crowdsourced listening tests which identify the strengths and weakness of different data selection and voice training methods when rated by listeners in terms of naturalness.
Crime, remittances, and presidential approval in Mexico

ABSTRACT Previous work on remittances and incumbency support has focused on recipients’ (pocketbook and sociotropic) economic assessments. In Mexico, however, crime has become the second (if not the first) concern of voters and security evaluations have become closely linked to the national executive’s performance. In this paper we posit that in Mexico remittances can also increase incumbent support through their effect on recipients’ security assessments. We attribute this finding to remittances allowing recipients to take crime-preventive measures and alleviate some of the pressure associated with crime and violence, which in turn improves recipients’ assessments of the security situation of the country and evaluations of the incumbent. Using individual data from Mexico for the period 2006–2017, we find that remittance recipients have higher levels of perceived personal safety and better national security evaluations than non-recipients, and that security assessments are a significant predictor of presidential approval rates. The evidence thus suggests that in Mexico, where crime is rising, and presidents are increasingly rewarded or blamed for containing violence, the effect of remittances on presidential approval also operates through improved personal safety perceptions and public security assessments.
IMPLEMENTATION OF ISLAMIC SOCIAL REPORTING IN ISLAMIC BANKS MALAYSIA

The objectives of this study are (1) to measure the extent to which the Islamic Social Reporting (ISR) is practiced by Islamic banks in Malaysia and (2) to examine the ISR aspect which is most widely disclosed in annual reports. This study used ten Islamic banks in Malaysia as the research sample. The data used were secondary data in the form of information about social activities reported in 2015, 2016, and 2017. The analytical method used was content analysis technique and scoring to assess social activities disclosed in annual reports of the research object. The results showed that the average level of disclosure of the ISR of Malaysian Islamic banks was 32.81%, while the theme that had the highest level of disclosure was society with 10.77%.
Does Aid for Trade Diversify the Export Structure of Recipient Countries?

The importance of aid for trade as a tool for facilitating trade, economic growth and social development has received attention since the concept was introduced in 2005. While one of the main targets of aid for trade is export diversification, reflecting the fact that the exports of many developing countries are concentrated in a small range of items, there have not been many efforts to measure the effect of aid for trade on export structure. This study, therefore, attempts to trace the relationship between aid for trade and 133 aid recipients' export structure between 1996 and 2013. Using the Herfindahl–Hirschman Index to measure the degree of export concentration, the findings suggest that total aid for trade has reduced the concentration level in the short run. In the long run, on the other hand, aid for trade has had no significant effect on export structure of recipient countries. Only aid for building productive capacity, which is one of the three categories of aid for trade, contributes to lower concentration. Yet, this change is not caused by an increase in export diversity but by the redistribution of shares of existing products of a similar sophistication level.
Selective Influence: The Policy Impact of House of Commons Select Committees

This report is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher's prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. Acknowledgements It is common for publications to start with an acknowledgement that they would not have been possible without the input of various others beyond the authors. That claim can rarely be more true than it is with respect to this report, as the research which led to it was genuinely a joint effort. It is important first to acknowledge our funders, the Nuffield Foundation. They provided the essential grant to support the research, and we are grateful in particular to Sharon Witherspoon. But the proposal that we made to them was submitted jointly by the Constitution Unit and the Committee Office of the House of Commons, and much of the most demanding work on the project was done by House of Commons staff. Paul Evans, Principal Clerk of Committees, helped with the drafting of the research proposal, recruited a team of volunteers from amongst the committee staff, and provided support and feedback throughout. The lion's share of the data collection was then carried out by a team of committee staff, who devoted many long hours to the project. Only thanks to their help were we able to code nearly 700 select committee reports, and over 5000 conclusions and recommendations that they contained. The members of this team were (with the committees that they respectively They remained remarkably constructive and good humoured throughout, and we hope that they feel the project outputs are worthy of all their hard work. In the later stages of the project they had some support from additional parliamentary volunteers: We also benefited greatly from volunteer support at the Constitution Unit. We owe a particular debt of thanks to Kristina Wollter, who worked for many months on the project, helping to ensure that the team was coordinated professionally and that the guidelines used by the coders were clear. In addition we benefited greatly from support by We are very grateful to all of those who gave up time to be interviewed for the project. These Various people provided useful feedback on our conclusions and draft outputs. These …
Why are some universities better? An evaluation in terms of organizational culture and academic performance*

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships between organizational culture and academic performance among higher education institutions. The sample was composed of 647 faculty members working in the colleges of education, health, engineering, law, economics, and administrative sciences in four central research universities in Turkey. The Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI) was used to describe organizational culture, whereas University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) data were used to investigate academic performance. A multilevel analysis in which one unit of analysis (i.e., faculty member) was nested within another (i.e., college) was performed. The original contribution made to the literature by this research is its examination of the relationships between organizational culture and tangible performance indicators (e.g., the number of academic publications and citations). Results show that three different culture types were observed in the universities: Innovative team culture, competitive culture, and hierarchic culture. Although significant relationships were found between academic performance and both competitive culture and innovative team culture, the sole significant predictor of academic performance was competitive culture. One particularly interesting finding was that whereas competitive culture was effective on quantitative indicators (i.e., number of publications and number of citations), only innovative team culture affected the indicators related to effectiveness (i.e., article impact level and citation impact level).
Ring by Spring: The Impact of Marriage on Undergraduate Student Engagement

Responding to a gap in literature regarding married students and undergraduate student engagement, this study explored the experiences of eight married undergraduate students at a faith-based, liberal arts institution in the Midwest. In an effort to answer the question, “What is the impact of marriage on undergraduate student engagement? ,” students shared their adjustments to married life in college; their interactions with peers, family, and university personnel; and their attitudes and behaviors in academic and social activities. In this qualitative study with a grounded theory approach, an original theory and a visual paradigm of the theory was derived from the data in order to represent the themes of marital adjustment and student engagement, which emerged from the findings of the study and connected with the literature. The results of this study suggested that marriage causes a number of factors, such as added responsibilities beyond academic studies; limited time; shifted priorities; and altered interactions with friends, family, and the campus environment. Students connected all of the factors with their student engagement, most often referring to limitation on available time and energy and/or a change of interest from which they invested in their coursework and social interactions.
Transformational Leadership and Individual Creativity: an Integrated Approach of Empowerment as a Mediator

the present study aimed to build a theoretical model for the causal relationship between the variables of the study and verifying the validity of the proposed model by examining the direct and indirect impact of transformational leadership (TLS) on individual creativity and whether, integrating of structural and psychological empowerment acts as a mediating strength this relationship. Consequently, to investigate these relationships, a survey was conducted of 429 faculty members from Higher Institutes of Technology in western Libya. The researcher used four measures to measure the variables of the study: TLS, structural empowerment, psychological empowerment, and individual creativity. Accordingly, the results of mediating and path analysis indicated that both structural empowerment and psychological empowerment separately, each playing a partial mediation role in the relationship between TLS and individual creativity. Moreover, the main hypothesis of the model has been tested, whether the integration of structural and psychological empowerment plays the mediating role and promoting the relationship of TLS to individual creativity. The results proved that TLS was strongly associated with individual creativity. In addition, the results also showed that the integrated approach of empowerment mediated and strengthened this relationship further than in the case of mediation via both of structural empowerment or psychological empowerment. In conclusion, this study represented an attempt to investigate TLS and its impact on individual creativity in the higher education institutions in a non-Western country. Also, this study sought to broaden the general understanding of the TLS concept and how its relevance with many other variables, as the individual's creative performance and integrated approach of empowerment. Keywords—Transformational Leadership; Empowerment approaches; Structural Empowerment; Psychological empowerment Individual creativity; higher technical institutes; Libya
Ellipsoidal droplet formation on anisotropic superhydrophobic copper surface

Superhydrophobic copper surfaces with contact angle (CA) as high as 158° are fabricated using the one-step process of femtosecond fiber laser writing. Low spacing between the laser scanning lines was chosen purposefully to observe the anisotropic surface structures on the copper surfaces. This resulted in the formation of an ellipsoidal water droplet with anisotropic CAs, which are different along the major and minor axes. We quantified an experimentally measured parameter that correlates the droplet anisotropy and is related to the one-dimensional root mean square surface height deviation (1D RMS SHD). Theoretical CAs prediction based on triple contact line (TCL) theory on an ellipsoidal droplet volume is formulated and the calculations are in excellent agreement with experimentally observed anisotropic CAs. We presented an analytical expression for effective volume function relating the anisotropic contact angles, height, and the three semi-major axes of the ellipsoidal droplet. These functional values and observed contact angles are falling within the experimental errors of less than 5%. This work strengthens the validity of TCL theory. Our method of fabrication, high CAs results, correlation with 1D RMS SHD and theoretical prediction of elliptical CAs on an anisotropic surface will guide to design surfaces for many future applications.
The Olympics as an urban policy choice: Post-Games assessments of economic value by host city residents

ABSTRACT Olympic boosters have increasingly encountered opposition among city residents about the idea of hosting the Games. Among factors leading cities to question the advisability of hosting the Olympics is the issue of cost, which has critically shaped public opinion in bid cities. Considerable attention has been given to public opinion among local residents in host Olympic cities in both the bid phase and the preparation phase. In contrast, this paper uses microdata from Game-time public opinion surveys and post-Games surveys gathered 1 year and 4 years after the Games in both Vancouver and London using models that control for the demographic characteristics of respondents in order to understand how local residents perceive the economic value and economic outcomes of hosting the Games. Experiencing the Games leads to attitudinal shifts about value but does not resolve the question of whether hosting the Olympics is an appropriate urban priority.
Aid Effectiveness Agenda and the Politics of Ownership in Donor-Recipient Relationships

This article argues the political factors behind aid implementation continuously become dominant motive in donor-recipient relationships. Thus this makes the effort to effective aid which already started since post-Cold War era did not really find significant achievements. Although in the Paris meeting aid communities regards the idea of ownership as a new effort to effective aid intervention in developing countries, however, once again, the issue of power and politics remain hidden in the discussion. In fact, ownership has political dimension in which it involves power and interest among actors. In this context, each development actor is in position to win ‘ownership’ over development according to their agenda. Thus, this makes aid effectiveness agenda, once again, did not fully achieve much progress
Teaching in a Continuously and Dynamically Changing Digital Information and Learning Environment of a Modern University

Th e article is devoted to the problem of speciﬁ cation of approaches to the design and implementation of electronic educational courses in conditions of continuously and dynamically changing digital information and learning environment of the modern university. Based on the results of the content analysis of the digital infrastructure and regulatory documentation of the Siberian Federal University and the discursive analysis of the leading trends in the ﬁ eld of digital education, necessary conditions for a successful professional pedagogical activity are described. On the basis of smart education principles, possible solutions to the problems of teaching at university, such as personiﬁ cation of teaching, project-oriented courses and initiating the launch of mechanisms for students’ informal self-education are synthesized and justiﬁ ed.
On becoming a hag: gender, ageing and abjection

In this article, I explore, through the novels of Elena Ferrante, the role played by the ‘abject’ in mediating ageing in women, focusing on its role in the movement from a disempowered to a more powerful subject position. The article has three sections. The first describes the role of the abject in constituting the feminine, focusing on the place of temporality and ageing in this process. Represented by the symbolic figure of the hag, the old woman is a source of primal fear which forms the foundation of a violently misogynistic gendered (self-)formation. However, following Barbara Creed, there are two representational forms of the hag, that of victim (hag) and that of monster (Hag), which I argue also suggest alternative subjectivities associated with ageing femininity. In the second section, I explore the movement from one form to the other by means of conceptual models drawn from Simone de Beauvoir and Margaret Morganroth Gullette, in which process a battle over the symbolic meaning of abjection is central. Moreover, ageing itself is significant in mediating the shift from an oppressed/fragmented to a powerful/integrated subject position. Whilst the structures of feeling involved in this subjectivity are emergent, fiction and imaginative literature may provide helpful early depictions and in the last section I illustrate the psychosocial domain with material drawn from two early novels by Elena Ferrante.