Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Engineering Students’ Academic Reading Comprehension: The Contribution of Attitude, Breadth and Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge

The objectives of this study were to investigate Engineering students’ attitudes and problems in academic reading comprehension and to determine the contribution of academic reading attitude, breadth and depth of vocabulary knowledge to academic reading comprehension. The participants were 122 undergraduate students of Engineering at Iran University of Science and Technology. The Vocabulary Levels Test, the Word Associates Test, a reading section of an academic IELTS sample followed by one open-ended question about reading problems, and an academic reading attitude survey were the instruments of this study. The results of the study showed that (a) the global value the learners placed on the academic reading was the most frequent factor in their attitude towards academic reading; (b) the breadth and depth of vocabulary knowledge were the statistically significant contributors to academic reading, while the contribution of attitude to academic reading was not statistically significant; and (c) ‘weak vocabulary knowledge’ was the most frequent problem reported by the learners.
Barriers and drivers of multi-channel e-commerce: A cross-country examination

This study addresses the lack of integrative and cohesive frameworks to study the variables influencing the development of multi-channel e-commerce. This exploratory research proposes a theory-grounded, comprehensive and systematic model for the study of the development of multi-channel e-commerce, and further refines the model based on a qualitative study. The study performs a cross-country examination to control for the effect of country-specific characteristics and uses data from interviews to managers of ten Spanish and Argentinian companies from different sectors. The results of the analysis identify the main barriers and drivers of multi-channel e-commerce development, which are discussed in detail. Finally, the study highlights the main contributions from the research and details the implications for theory and practice. Keywords : e-commerce, multi-channel, Spain, Argentina, qualitative analysis, cross-country.
MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY LAMINATED COMPOSITE PLATES

In the present work, laminated composite plates with surface bonded shape memory alloy sheets are modeled and analyzed based on the modified higher-order shear deformation theory. The energy balance equations in conjunction with Brinson’s SMA constitutive model are used to formulate the heat transfer governing equations. The static responses as well as dynamic characteristics of the plates are obtained using Ritz solution technique. The plates are subjected to mechanical loads with two types of boundary conditions, simply-supported and cantilevered. A Mathematica code is developed to analyze different plate problems. The time response of the shape memory alloy laminated composite plate is studied. The obtained results are compared to the available studies solved by different theories. Parametric studies are conducted to demonstrate the effect of thickness ratio, aspect ratio, material properties, thermal expansion coefficient, and thickness of shape memory alloy sheet on the transverse deflections, natural frequencies, and response time.
Fish skin acellular dermal matrix: potential in the treatment of chronic wounds

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Asian-American Immigrant Parents' Beliefs about Helpful Strategies for Addressing Adolescent Mental Health Concerns.

Title of Thesis: ASIAN-AMERICAN IMMIGRANT PARENTS’ BELIEFS ABOUT HELPFUL STRATEGIES FOR ADDRESSING ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS Kristen Marie Frese, Master of Arts, 2018 Thesis Directed By: Assistant Professor Cixin Wang, Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education The present exploratory, mixed-methods study explores Asian-American immigrant parents’ beliefs about helpful strategies for addressing youth mental illness (i.e., depression and eating disorders). Nineteen Asian-American immigrant parents (M=46.1 years, SD=3.9) completed closed-ended surveys and semi-structured interviews. Frequency counts were collected from the surveys on parents’ attitudes toward mental health services, products, and providers for the prevention and intervention of adolescent mental illnesses. The interviews were coded for themes using thematic analysis in order to explore parents’ beliefs about helpful strategies for addressing youth mental illness. Five primary strategies for addressing youth mental health concerns emerged: Providing social support; providing strategies to improve mental health; teaching adolescents about mental health; seeking help from professionals; and identifying the cause or diagnosing the problem. The roles that the school and culture play in each of those strategies is discussed. Implications are given for school-based mental health providers. ASIAN-AMERICAN IMMIGRANT PARENTS’ BELIEFS ABOUT HELPFUL STRATEGIES FOR ADDRESSING ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS
Environmental innovation practices and operational performance

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of management accounting and control systems (MACS) on environmental innovation practices and operational performance. Specifically, this study relies on Simons’ levers of control (LOC) framework to investigate how managers implement environmental innovation practices. This paper hypothesizes that a forward-looking use of MACS (i.e. interactive use) triggers the implementation of environmental innovation practices, resulting in higher operational performance. Furthermore, the authors argue that the monitoring role of MACS (i.e. diagnostic use) combined with environmental training improves the effect of environmental innovation practices on operational performance. Design/methodology/approach Hypotheses are examined through a questionnaire survey. The analyses are based on responses in an empirical study from 89 Brazilian hotels. Findings Empirical findings from a hierarchical moderated regression analysis support the hypothesized links. Originality/value This study contributes to the environmental management and management control literature by providing novel evidence on the roles MACS play in the field of sustainable development. Based on the LOC framework, the authors shed light on the understanding of how managers introduce and monitor environmental innovation practices, as well as also outlining the key effects of environmental training in enabling the novel abilities of managers and employees to better understand environmental data and identify novel potential environmentally friendly solutions in the case of deviations. This paper also adds to Wijethilake et al. (2017), providing new empirical evidence on how firms design, implement and use MACS that capture institutional pressures for sustainability from multiple stakeholders.
A LETALIDADE DOS ACIDENTES DE TRÂNSITO NAS RODOVIAS FEDERAIS BRASILEIRAS

A preocupação com a mortalidade por acidentes de trânsito tem crescido em todo o mundo, sendo um importante problema de saúde pública e a principal causa de morte entre jovens de 15 a 29 anos de idade (WHO, 2015). No Brasil, em 2016, aproximadamente 37 mil pessoas morreram em decorrência de acidentes de trânsito, das quais 6.400 (17%) vieram a óbito após ocorrências em rodovias federais. Tendo em vista a relevância dessas mortes, o objetivo do presente artigo é identificar os fatores associados à letalidade dos acidentes de trânsito nas rodovias federais brasileiras em 2016, considerando, além das características das vítimas, informações sobre o contexto de ocorrência desses eventos. Para tal finalidade, foi utilizado um modelo binomial de regressão logística. Os resultados indicam que, em média, as chances de um acidente detrânsito ser letal aumentam para indivíduos do sexo masculino, pedestres, com ocorrências na região Nordeste, aos domingos, durante a madrugada, nas curvas, nas áreas rurais e para vítimas com idades mais elevadas.
Critical reflection, unlearning, and engagement

Although individual unlearning is believed to play a critical role in promoting higher-order learning, there has been little quantitative research on this process. This article aimed to investigate the antecedents and consequences of individual unlearning based on transformative learning theory. A survey was conducted among 301 employees working in various occupations and organizations in the United States. The results of structural equation modeling indicated that unlearning mediated the relationship between critical reflection and work engagement and that critical reflection mediated reflection and unlearning. This study contributes to the literature by quantitatively demonstrating the direct and indirect influences of critical reflection on work engagement through individual unlearning, which has been discussed only conceptually and qualitatively in the extant transformative learning literature.
Confocal spectrometer for study of organic-inorganic perovskites

Organic-inorganic perovskites (OIPs) are promising photovoltaic materials due to the simplicity of synthesis technique and attractive physical properties. It is known that the power conversion efficiency of solar cells with an OIP photoabsorbing layer has recently reached approximately 23%. Unfortunately, OIPs easily degrade under influence of heat, moisture, oxygen and light soaking. Encapsulation of OIP layers to protect them against moisture and oxygen is necessary, which hampers to use traditional methods of analysis such as electron and probe microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray analysis, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, etc. As a result, significant difficulties in determination of photodegradation mechanisms arise, so, we are forced to look for other techniques of highly informative nondestructive analysis of such structures. For studying photoinduced processes in OIP layers, we applied confocal spectrometer, which allowed to use a laser beam (i) as a source of optical radiation causing photodegradation; (ii) for the local analysis of changes in the structure of the area exposed to optical radiation using Raman and photoluminescence (PL) spectra; (iii) for local measurement of solar cell parameters (short circuit current, open circuit voltage). The presence of a 3D piezoelectric scanner enables one to do the mapping of spectral and photoelectric parameters, which is important for establishing the homogeneity of the objects under study. The proposed approach allows obtaining information on the phase composition and spectrum of electronic states (from the Raman and PL spectra), as well as on the dynamics of charge carriers. By recording PL and Raman spectra, short circuit current and open circuit voltage under laser beam illumination, one can observe the evolution of the system in the online mode, which gives information regard to processes occurring in the OIPs when they are illuminated.
Effect of nutrition education programme on adolescents girls in Uttarakhand state

The present study was carried out on 511 adolescents of 13 to 17 years of age. The sample was selected from government school of district Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand. A comprehensive and exhaustive questionnaire was formulated specifically keeping in mind the objectives of the study. The existing nutritional knowledge of adolescents was assessed with the help of a questionnaire which comprised of 15 multiple choice question and each questions carrying one marks in which student had to choose one correct answer. For assessing the existing knowledge of nutrition a pre-test was conducted in which nutrition and health related questions were included and after conducting pre-test, nutrition education was imparted to the adolescents. After imparting nutrition education post test was conducted and the data collected was analyzed. Results revealed that the increment in knowledge level of adolescents was 41.03 per cent. It can be concluded that nutrition education has positive effect on nutritional awareness level and it will help the adolescents to understand the requirements of their age which will further help them to be happy and healthy throughout their lives.
The Effect of School Discipline on Offending across Time

Abstract Despite decreases in offending and victimization in schools across the United States, many schools continue to use exclusionary discipline. Although school punishment has been tied to a variety of negative outcomes, the link between suspension and offending remains unclear. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, this study examines the extent to which school punishment contributes to within-individual increases in offending across time and/or amplifies offending between-individuals. Results of a series of cross-lagged dynamic fixed-effects panel models reveal that school suspensions contribute to within-individual increases in offending. This relationship remains even when accounting for the effect of baseline levels of offending on future offending. Further, repeated suspensions amplify offending differences between-individuals.
INFLUENCE OF SPD PROCESS ON LOW-CARBON STEEL MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

Paper analyses the influence of different values of the angle of the deformation zone in the forming tool on severe plastic deformation (SPD) process and on mechanical properties of resulting steel strip. Forming equipment using the severe plastic deformation (SPD) process and DRECE (Dual Rolling Equal Channel Extrusion) method builded and installed in the laboratory for the development of new technologies at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of VSB – Technical University of Ostrava is described. Tests were carried out at selected low-carbon deep-drawing steel DC01. By magnetoelastic method the residual stresses in material after separate passes were analyzed. DRECE method of forming brings compression stress into the material, which is favorable for further use.
Chemical and Application Properties of Some Solvent and Water Based Coatings on Wooden Substrate

Wood finishes are used extensively to improve the aesthetic value and protect wood products from moisture. These organic coatings generally contain volatile organic compounds (VOC) as solvents that evaporate when the coatings cure over the surface. Due to strict legislations against these hazardous VOCs, the buyers across the globe are shifting towards products finished with water borne coats. Two of the most commonly used wood coatings in India are polyurethane and nitrocellulose (NC) lacquer. This paper aims at comparing these two wood coatings with their water borne counterparts. The study was conducted on the wood substrate of Melia dubia. Chemical characterization of the cured coats was attempted through FTIR spectroscopy. Physical appearances in terms of gloss and film thickness were also studied. Bands of urethane, urea and nitric groups were identified, which helped in understanding the changes in chemical structure of the finishes after curing. The thickness of the organic coatings was significantly higher than that of their water-borne counterparts. Gloss of water based coatings was observed to be lesser than that of their organic solvent based counterparts in either coating material. In case of lacquer, the reduction was up-to 33 %. whereas in case of PU, gloss dropped down by about 54 %.
Client acceptance and continuation decisions

This paper presents the results of a study designed to understand how auditors make client acceptance and continuation decisions. Descriptive evidence was gleaned from the professional literature, audit firm materials, and interviews with seven audit partners. Based on the evidence we present a framework that delineates the key activi ties in this area. Avenues for additional research are presented.
AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE LEXICAL BOOST 1 Running head: AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE LEXICAL BOOST An investigation into the lexical boost with nonhead nouns

In five structural-priming experiments, we investigated lexical boost effects in the production of ditransitive sentences. Although the residual activation model of Pickering and Branigan (1998) suggests that a lexical boost should only occur with the repetition of a syntactic licensing head in ditransitive prepositional object (PO)/double object (DO) structures, Scheepers, Raffray, and Myachykov (2017) recently found that it also occurs with the repetition of nouns that are not syntactic heads. We manipulated the repetition of the subject (Experiments 1-3), and the verb phrase (VP) internal arguments (i.e., either theme or recipient, Experiments 4-5) in PO/DO structures. In Experiment 2, the verb was also repeated between prime and target, while in the other experiments it was not. Three different tasks for eliciting the target were employed: picture description via the oral completion of a sentence fragment (Experiments 1-2, and 4), oral completion of a sentence fragment with no visual context (Experiment 3), and oral production of a sentence from a given array of words and no visual context (Experiment 5). Priming occurred in all experiments and was stronger when the verb was repeated (Experiment 2) than when it was not (Experiment 1). However, none of the experiments showed evidence that priming was stronger when either the subject or one of the VP-internal arguments were repeated. These findings support the view that structural information is associated with syntactic heads (i.e., the verb), but not with nonheads such as the subject noun and the VP-internal arguments (Pickering & Branigan, 1998).
The Question Teacher and the Case for a Therapeutic Turn Within Teacher Education

Reflexivity figures increasingly in teacher education, and different reflexive turns have produced a range of directions for thinking about teachers and teaching. This article problematizes some reflexive practices, including self-study and teacher renewal, as a means of contextualizing a call for the inclusion of a therapeutic reflexivity aimed at the “question teacher. ” Derived from the psychoanalytic and psychotherapeutic subject, this “question teacher” is vulnerable and motivated by forces not entirely conscious or rational. It is argued that a psychotherapeutic pedagogy enables teachers to address their existential and relational difficulties and contributes to a teacher education that sees teacher identity and practice as highly relational and situated. Examples of a fully committed therapeutic reflexivity are given, alongside some research results of their transformational potential. It is proposed that the generation of empirical evidence for the efficacy of therapeutic reflexivity will permit its advocates to answer critics and overcome a systemic resistance.
From the neighbourhood to the square. Capturing (and comparing) perceptions on subjective well-being at two different scales

The paper presents a methodology employed to measure the subjective dimension of quality of life (QoL) responding to subjective well-being (SWB), based on the perceptions of people using and interacting with the urban and social space. To check the levels of satisfaction, two surveys were created using the fundamental human needs of the Human Scale development paradigm as study categories. The selected places constituting the case study refer to two different scales of the same urban area corresponding to i) Vila de Gracia neighbourhood and ii) Virreina square, of the Gracia district of Barcelona (Spain). Results show scores per need and in total (SWB) are lower for the neighbourhood scale. The classification of questions per need favours theidentification of potential problems and can be used to implement measures of improvement. By using combined intervention axes we prove that an average 20% increase in SWB is possible for both cases.
Appraisal-based cognitive bias modification in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder: a randomised clinical trial

ABSTRACT Background: Negative appraisals of the trauma and its sequelae play a crucial role in the development and maintenance of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Experimental studies have shown promise in reducing negative appraisal through Cognitive Bias Modification (CBM) training. Objective: To determine whether an online CBM training designed to modify dysfunctional appraisals is successful in reducing appraisal bias in PTSD patients. Method: In this double-blinded 2-arm randomised clinical trial, 107 patients with PTSD were randomly allocated to active (n = 49) or control online CBM training (n = 57). Training comprised the completion of four sessions of online CBM training within one week. Change in bias, as measured by a scenario task and questionnaire (i.e. PostTraumatic Cognition Inventory), was the primary outcome. Secondary outcome included change in PTSD symptoms. Assessments took place prior to training, during training sessions, post-training and at 1- and 6-month follow-up. Results: Intent-to-treat analysis indicated that there was no interaction effect of condition by time. Regardless of training condition, participants showed a small to moderate decline in appraisal bias and PTSD symptoms from pre- to post-training. In both conditions, bias change during training sessions was related to decline in PTSD symptomatology following training. No moderators of outcome were found. Conclusions: There was no evidence that active training was more effective than control training in reducing dysfunctional appraisals. In both conditions, participants showed a decline in dysfunctional appraisals and PTSD symptoms following training. Importantly, bias reduction during training was related to PTSD symptom decline following training. Explanations and future research directions are discussed. HIGHLIGHTS CBM training aimed at reducing negative appraisals yielded promising findings in clinical analogue samples• In this RCT, active CBM training did not lead to a greater decline in dysfunctional appraisals than control training. • This study highlights the impact of appraisal on PTSD symptoms: irrespective of training condition, bias reduction during training was related to lower PTSD symptoms following training. • Follow-up studies are needed to further explore the possible clinical efficacy of CBM interventions in PTSD.
How Social Media-Enabled Communication Awareness Enhances Project Team Performance

Project teams increasingly rely on computer-mediated communication. In this paper, we propose that communication within these teams benefits from a communication-awareness feature that summarizes communication at one common place. We argue that such a feature pays out specifically during action episodes, when team members engage in taskwork. We conducted two studies of 51 and 35 project teams to examine how the amount of communication during action episodes relates to team performance under low versus high communication awareness. In both studies, we technologically designed communication awareness as the availability of a feed, known from social media platforms, that displays all team-internal, computer-mediated communication. The results show that the communication-awareness feature makes communication during action episodes more beneficial, both in term of effectiveness and efficiency. Zooming into the temporal patterns of communication during action episodes further reveals that high-performing teams in the high-communication-awareness condition stick out by early and steady communication. Implications for current and future research on team communication and awareness support are discussed.