Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The expatriate's experience in China : an exploration of the expatriate's satisfaction in their international organization setting

This research wanted to know why expatriates left their assignments in China. Since finding expatriates who had quit their international assignment was impossible, to understand why they left, this research used satisfaction as a proxy and asked expatriates ‘what affected their satisfaction in their international organization setting. ’ By understanding what constructs differentiated satisfied and dissatisfied expatriates in their organization setting, insights maybe offered about why the expatriate leaves. To achieve this, this research drew upon the Framework of International Adjustment and ASA/PO fit, two frameworks that propose how a person adjusts or fits into their organization. Much of the research has described the expatriate’s adjustment or fit in the organization in reference to culture. The perspective of this research was culture is a factor; however, it is the person interacting with their organization which may offer insights. This research suggested underpinning both frameworks was social cognition; that is, the person’s interpretation of their satisfaction in the international organization was the focus. A unique mixed approach consisting of a satisfaction/intention to quit survey, causal mapping, and a semi-structured interview was used. Upon completion of the exploration of what expatriate’s identified as important to their satisfaction, this research addressed the second objective. Were the two frameworks describing similar phenomena except from different perspectives? If so, could these frameworks be wed? Findings from this research suggest the expatriate is often caught between two incompatible solitudes, the home office expectations and the abilities of the China operations, to deliver. Although, most expatriates were satisfied with their situation, what was described in detail is dissatisfaction was often a result of the home office falling short in supporting the expatriate in the field. Interrogation of the two frameworks suggests the frameworks may in fact be presenting similar processes except from different research perspectives. Finally, this research suggests employing mixed methods is a valuable tool in the arsenal of the expatriate researcher. Employing this protocol has allowed their complex story to be revealed which may otherwise remain hidden.
Black Women: Then and Now

Abstract Social media and traditional resources were used to examine discourse about the role and position of Black women during the civil rights movement of the 60s and the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Discourse in both eras highlighted persistent issues with the gendered oppression of Black women, systems of patriarchy and misogyny supporting that oppression, and conflicts about the role of feminism. Common themes included in past and contemporary discourse included issues of invisibility, vulnerability, colorism, and negative stereotyping. The clinical implications of this discourse for Black women and of the current movement’s emphasis on an intersectional approach are discussed.
Usage of Social Media Tools for Collaborative Learning: The Effect on Learning Success With the Moderating Role of Cyberbullying

The adoption level of emerging web technologies is rapidly growing in educational settings. Given the widespread popularity of social media, it has become essential to understand and adopt social media sites to develop future educational plans as well as deploy current course material on new technologies. This article addresses the issue of perception and usage of social media from the perspective of student collaborative learning and learner performance by incorporating the Technology Acceptance Model and Constructivism Theory about collaborative learning. By analyzing the results using a Structure Equation Modeling technique, this study found that perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and perceived enjoyment all have a significant positive relationship with social media usage. The results indicate that social media serves as a dynamic tool to expedite the development of learning environments by encouraging cooperation and communication among students which reinforce their learning behavior and performance. However, it was found that a negative relationship exists between perceived enjoyment and collaborative learning. Cyberbullying as a moderator was found to be a dampening factor in the positive relationship between collaborative learning and learner performance.
Moderate Reverberation Does Not Increase Subjective Fatigue, Subjective Listening Effort, or Behavioral Listening Effort in School-Aged Children

Background noise and reverberation levels in typical classrooms have negative effects on speech recognition, but their effects on listening effort and fatigue are less well understood. Based on the Framework for Understanding Effortful Listening, noise and reverberation would be expected to increase both listening effort and fatigue. However, previous investigations of the effects of reverberation for adults have resulted in mixed findings. Some discrepancies in the literature might be accounted for by methodological differences; behavioral and subjective indices of listening effort do not often align in adults. The effects of sustained listening on self-reported fatigue in school-aged children are also not well understood. The purposes of this project were to (1) evaluate the effects of noise and reverberation on listening effort in school-aged children using behavioral and subjective measures, (2) compare subjective and behavioral indices of listening effort, and (3) evaluate the effects of reverberation on self-reported fatigue. Twenty typically developing children (10–17 years old) participated. Participants completed dual-task testing in two rooms that varied in terms of reverberation, an audiometric sound booth and a moderately reverberant room. In each room, testing was completed in quiet and in two levels of background noise. Participants provided subjective ratings of listening effort after completing the dual-task in each listening condition. Subjective ratings of fatigue were completed before and after testing in each level of reverberation. Results revealed background noise, not reverberation, increased behavioral and subjective listening effort. Subjective ratings of perceived performance, ease of listening, and desire to control the listening situation revealed a similar pattern of results as word recognition performance, making them poor candidates for providing an indication of behavioral listening effort. However, ratings of time perception were moderately correlated with behavioral listening effort. Finally, sustained listening for approximately 25 min increased self-reported fatigue, although changes in fatigue were comparable in low and moderately reverberant environments. In total, these data offer no evidence that a moderate level of reverberation increases listening effort or fatigue, but the data do support the reduction of background noise in classrooms.
An Indoor Path Loss Prediction Model Using Wall Correction Factors for Wireless Local Area Network and 5G Indoor Networks

A modified indoor path loss prediction model is presented, namely, effective wall loss model. The modified model is compared to other indoor path loss prediction models using simulation data and real‐time measurements. Different operating frequencies and antenna polarizations are considered to verify the observations. In the simulation part, effective wall loss model shows the best performance among other models as it outperforms 2 times the dual‐slope model, which is the second best performance. Similar observations were recorded from the experimental results. Linear attenuation and one‐slope models have similar behavior, the two models parameters show dependency on operating frequency and antenna polarization.
Financial Reporting and Economic Implications of Statements of Financial Standards No. 132(R) and No. 158

Purpose - – The purpose of this paper is to address two questions: did adoption of Statements of Financial Accounting Standards No. 132(R) and No. 158 affect neutrality of the financial reporting with regard to the disclosed expected rate of return (ERR) on pension assets assumptions, and did pension asset allocations change in response to the new recognition and disclosure requirements? Design/methodology/approach - – The author uses several measures of association between reported expected return and pension assets allocations to assess neutrality of the reported ERR. The series of tests explores changes in correlations between asset allocations and expected rates of return and changes in the implied risk premiums following adoption of Statements No. 132(R) and No. 158. Granger causality analysis is used to explore the second research question: did pension asset allocations change in response to the new recognition and disclosure requirements? Findings - – The empirical results are consistent with improved neutrality of financial reporting following adoption of Standard No. 132(R). There were no detectable changes in neutrality following adoption of Standard No. 158. While the data are consistent with portfolio allocations changing to a greater degree than did expected rates of return following Statement No. 132(R) adoption, the effect appears short-lived. Originality/value - – The overall results are consistent with Standard 132(R) having a positive effect on the neutrality of the reported ERR. Also, there is no evidence of persistent and systematic structuring of transactions around preferred financial reporting outcomes.
Topical Administration of a Soluble TNF Inhibitor Reduces Infarct Volume After Focal Cerebral Ischemia in Mice

Background Tumor necrosis factor, which exists both as a soluble (solTNF) and a transmembrane (tmTNF) protein, plays an important role in post-stroke inflammation. The objective of the present study was to test the effect of topical versus intracerebroventricular administration of XPro1595 (a solTNF inhibitor) and etanercept (a solTNF and tmTNF inhibitor) compared to saline on output measures such as infarct volume and post-stroke inflammation in mice. Methods Adult male C57BL/6 mice were treated topically (2.5 mg/ml/1μl/h for 3 consecutive days) or intracerebroventricularly (1.25 mg/kg/0.5 ml, once) with saline, XPro1595, or etanercept immediately after permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion (pMCAO). Mice were allowed to survive 1 or 3 days. Infarct volume, microglial and leukocyte profiles, and inflammatory markers were evaluated. Results We found that topical, and not intracerebroventricular, administration of XPro1595 reduced infarct volume at both 1 and 3 days after pMCAO. Etanercept showed no effect. We observed no changes in microglial or leukocyte populations. XPro1595 increased gene expression of P2ry12 at 1 day and Trem2 at 1 and 3 days, while decreasing Cx3cr1 expression at 1 and 3 days after pMCAO, suggesting a change in microglial activation toward a phagocytic phenotype. Conclusion Our data demonstrate that topical administration of XPro1595 for 3 consecutive days decreases infarct volumes after ischemic stroke, while modifying microglial activation and the inflammatory response post-stroke. This suggests that inhibitors of solTNF hold great promise for future neuroprotective treatment in ischemic stroke.
Does service quality increase the level of banks performance

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to unfold the relationship between service quality and level of performance of conventional and Islamic banks. Also, it intends to uncover what are the features of service quality which can raise the level of performance either in conventional banks or Islamic banks. There is rare literature available that focused on comparative study between above stated banking systems based on emerging parameters of SERVQUAL model. Design/methodology/approach To meet the objectives of this investigation, research data has been from 450 customers who have had accounts and dealings with conventional and Islamic banks in the previous five years. The customers are selected based on cluster sampling from regional offices of conventional and Islamic banks. Findings The collected data have been analyzed by using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) technique followed by common method variance (CMV), multiple regression test and independent sample t-test used to examine the parameters of service quality in the context of banks performance. The purpose of CFA is to find the model validity, while multiple regression and t-test is performed in order to examine the influence of service quality parameters on banks performance. Originality/value The study used compliance as a one of the emerging and unique dimension of service quality. This dimension is rarely investigated in the context of measuring the level of bank performance of conventional and Islamic banking systems. Findings reveal responsiveness and assurance is the strongest predictor of conventional banking performance. Compliance and reliability has significant and positive impact on the level of performance of Islamic banks. Moreover, the study has practical implications for the top management and stakeholders of conventional and Islamic banks to increase the level of performance by using SERVQUAL model.
Political selection and the optimal concentration of political power

We study how policy choice and political selection are affected by the concentration of political power. In a setting with inefficient policy gambles, variations in power concentration give rise to a trade-off. On the one hand, power-concentrating institutions allocate more power to the voters’ preferred candidate. On the other hand, they induce the adoption of more overly risky policies and decrease the voters’ capability to select well-suited politicians. We show that full concentration of power is optimal if and only if the conflict of interest between voters and politicians is small. Otherwise, an intermediate level of power concentration is optimal.
Disciplinary and Gender Interactions: Corpus Analysis of Stance and Engagement in L2 Research Articles

This study investigates the use of certain features of authorial stance and engagement in 40 recently published research articles in the disciplines of linguistics and literature written in English by male and female native speakers of Egyptian Arabic. The study adopts Hyland’s (2005b) Model of Interaction, complements it with his (1998b) Model of Scientific Hedging, and proposes an extension of the latter model to boosting devices. The freeware corpus analytic toolkit AntConc is used for concordancing and text analysis. The results revealed clear cross-disciplinary effects but only limited gender effects with regard to the type and frequency of the metadiscursive features under study. Furthermore, certain metadiscursive choices by writers in linguistics and literature were observed to be consistent with the discourse of empirical and non-empirical sciences, respectively.
Examining Scientific Literacy through New Media

This study aims to evaluate the impact of new media on scientific literacy. Content analysis with a coding scheme was performed on 42 filtered websites and 20 microblogs to analyze the role of new media in disseminating scientific knowledge. The results showed that the quality of science-oriented websites was higher than that of microblogs. Although both types of new media include valid and accurate information, concerns have been expressed regarding the lack of in-depth analysis of scientific knowledge. In addition, a questionnaire was administered to 1,870 sampled college students to determine their scientific literacy levels. According to the results, the use of science-oriented microblogs does not produce a statistical difference, whereas students who use science-oriented websites have higher scientific literacy level than the non-users. Furthermore, students’ identification ability for scientific information from new media is significantly correlated with their scientific literacy. Students’ education, major, and identification ability contributed to their scientific literacy. Suggestions about how to improve the quality of science-oriented new media and how to develop students’ scientific literacy through new media have been discussed.
Fewer reasons to sin: a five-factor investigation of vice stock returns

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the return performance of a portfolio of US “vice stocks,” firms that manufacture and sell products such as alcohol, tobacco, gaming services, national defense and firearms, adult entertainment, and payday lenders. Design/methodology/approach Using daily return data from a portfolio of vice stocks over the period 1987-2016, the author computes the Jensen’s α (capital asset pricing model (CAPM)), Fama-French Three-Factor, Carhart Four-Factor, and Fama-French Five-Factor results for the complete portfolio, and each vice industry individually. Findings The results from the CAPM, Fama-French Three-Factor Model, and the Carhart Four-Factor Model show a positive and significant α for the vice portfolio throughout the sample period. However, the α’s significance disappears with the addition of the explanatory variables from the Fama-French Five-Factor Model. Originality/value The author provides academics and practitioners with results from a new model. As of this writing, the author is unaware of any articles published in peer-reviewed academic journals that investigate vice stocks within the framework of the Fama-French Five-Factor Model (2015). First, the existing literature does not shed light on the relationship between “profitability” and “aggressiveness” (the fourth and fifth factors of the Fama-French Model) and vice stock returns. Second, within the framework of the Fama-French Five-Factor Model, the author shows results not only from a portfolio of vice stocks, but from various vice industries as well.
Speaking Assessment Based On The 2013 Curriculum From English Teachers And Their Perception

This study was focused on the speaking assessment used by six English teachers at three Junior High School in Probolinggo. The objectives of this study are to explain; 1) the Implementation of Speaking Assessment based on 2013 Curriculum, 2) the types of speaking assessment from English teachers, and 3) teachers’ perception on speaking assessment based on 2013 curriculum. Type of this research was qualitative. The data were collected from interview, questionnaires, observation, and document analysis. The samples of this study were six English teachers who taught eight grade from three Junior High schools in Probolinggo. The data were classified and analyzed in qualitative way. The result showed that; 1) the English teachers of three Junior High Schools in probolinggo have applied the assessment in speaking, but not all standard was completed, 2) role play performance was used in assessing the students’ speaking skill, 3) teachers’ perception on speaking assessment was very good, and thought that the assessment could be the solution for their problems in assessing student’s speaking skill. Keywords: assessment, speaking, curriculum 2013, perception .
Using fMRI to Explore the Influence of Road Network Patterns on Geospatial Cognition

Abstract. Road networks play an important role in our daily life. People strongly interact with roads in commuting and tourism. The road network patterns influence human cognition, behaviour and the road safety. However, how the influence takes places remains unclear. In this paper, we experiment with fMRI (functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) to explore the influence of regular and irregular road networks on spatial cognition. Nine subjects were asked to accomplish orientation and shortest-route-selection tasks in both a regular and an irregular road network using street view. SPM (Statistical Parametric Mapping) was used to analyse the brain activities in the process. The results of orientation tasks show more activation in the middle frontal gyrus, relating to cognition, the superior frontal gyrus, relating to voluntary movement and eye movement, and the medial frontal gyrus, relating to executive process in irregular road network. The results indicate that the orientation task in an irregular road network is more demanding and requires more information. For shortest route selection tasks in both road networks, no common active brain areas among different subjects were found. This indicates that the associated cognition process is hardly influenced by road network patterns. In summary, orientation tasks are harder for subjects in irregular road networks, while the cognition difficulty is almost the same for shortest-route-selection tasks in regular and irregular road networks. Besides, subjects tend to use egocentric frame of reference more and switch between ego- and allocentric frame of reference more frequently in irregular road networks.
Anger and Indignation

Indignation seems a kind of anger, but what kind? Both anger and indignation are responses to offences, but what, if anything, makes the difference between them? I shall consider these two questions in the light of a view of the emotions for which I have previously argued (Drummond 2004, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2017). On this view, which is a modification of Edmund Husserl’s account, the emotions involve feelings that can be considered in two respects. First, they are sensory states that register physiological changes in the body. Second, they are intentional feelings that (1) apprehend the affective or value-attribute of the thing or situation, which attribute is – to use language popularized by Anthony Kenny ([1963] 2003, 132) – the ‘formal’ object of the emotion, and (2) thereby grasp the ‘material’, that is, the concrete or particular, object of the emotion as positively or negatively valued or, perhaps, as indifferent. The emotion-type and its evaluative sense are founded on an underlying cognitive sense as grasped by a subject with a particular physiological constitution; a particular experiential history; and particular interests, concerns, and commitments. I distinguish mere intentional feelings from emotions in virtue of the degree of determination of the underlying Chapter 2
Analisis Penerimaan Penggunaan E-Learning dengan Pendekatan Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) pada Mahasiswa Akuntansi Universitas Jember

This study aims to analyze the acceptance and use of e-learning by using Theory of Planned Behavior approach (TPB) in accounting students of University of Jember who have done programming of academic year 2016/2017 even semester. This research is classified as explanatory research with quantitative approach. The data obtained in the form of primary data obtained directly on the object of research through the submission of questionnaires through personal chat either through social media and e-mail. Then, the respondent access and fill the questionnaire online through the questionnaire link that has been given. Data analysis method used in this research is Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) by using SmartPLS version 3.2. 3 test instrument. The result of analysis shows that by using TPB method can be known significant relationship between behavioral intention toward acceptance behavior and the use of e-learning as well as not significant relationship between perceptive behavior control toward acceptance behavior and the use of e-learning by accounting student of Jember University. Keywords: Attitude toward Behavior, Subjective Norm, Perceived Behavior Control, Behavioral Intention, and Behavior The Acceptance and The Use of E-Learning