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Gender Integration and the Promotion of Inclusive Classroom Climates

The purpose of this article is to highlight the important role that gender plays in organizing and affecting the quality of the classroom climate. We review research showing how students’ peer relationships tend to be segregated by gender and discuss the consequences of children spending much of their time almost exclusively with same-gender peers, which perpetuates and exaggerates gender segregation. We suggest that a more beneficial pattern is enhancing students’ exposure to other-gender peers—that is, promoting gender integration. We describe the theories that support the benefits of integrating across social groups. Next, we review methods and results of strategies we have used to promote integration. Finally, we draw attention to the issues about gender integration that require further consideration and argue for more research that can help guide the development of effective strategies that build more inclusive environments, practices, and policies for today’s children and youth.
Teaching English Vocabulary for Young Learners through Electronic Guessing Game

This study was an evaluative study as a part of research and development study which aimed at: (1) describing the benefits and the problems of implementing Electronic Guessing Game in teaching vocabulary; and (2) the students’ vocabulary mastery and their achievement motivation after the Electronic Guessing Game Implementation. The researcher collected the data of the study through observation, interview, questionnaire, and test. Since the data were in the form of quantitative and qualitative data, the researchers analyzed the data both qualitatively and quantitatively. The results of the study show that: (1) the benefits of implementing Electronic Guessing Game were: It makes teaching and learning process becomes fun; it activates the students to get involved; it integrates spelling, pronunciation, and meaning; it helps the students to memorize the vocabulary; and the learners like it. While the problems were: it needs sufficient facilities and some technical problems occur during the implementation; (2) the students’ vocabulary mastery improved after Electronic Guessing Game Implementation; and (3) most of the students are very motivated in learning vocabulary through Electronic guessing Game.
Comparative Study of Bullying Perceptions between Boy and Girl Students in Bekasi City High School

The Difference views about bullying make students differ in providing perceptions about bullying. Bullying experience male and female students, as well as those experienced directly or indirectly will affect the perception of bullying behavior. This study aims to determine whether there are differences in perceptions of bullying between male students and famale students in the Bekasi city high school. This study uses a quantitative approach. The method used in this study is comparative method. Subjects in the study were high school students in the city of Bekasi. Sampling technique in this study using cluster sampling technique. The amount of samples in this study was 400 high school students who sit in class one and grade two. Measurement used in this study was a perception scale of bullying behavior with Alpha Crombach value of 0.868. Data analysis techniques in this study used ANOVA Test. The results of this study indicate that there were differences in perceptions of male students and famale students in the Bekasi city high school. Famale students have a high perception of bullying compared to the perception of bullying for male.
Thinking About Victimization: Context and Consequences

of participants (especially of women and of young people). This weakness is made more troubling by the paucity of Long’s discussion about her research methods—readers are left with little sense of how participants were recruited, where interviews were conducted, the length of the interviews, and the geographic settings of policing interactions (e.g., urban, suburban, rural.) In spite of these weaknesses, Perpetual Suspects may serve as good introductory text for a course on British policing/criminal justice, comparative policing (for example, if coupled with a text focused on similar issues in the U.S., such Hands Up, Don’t Shoot by Cobbina (2019) and Invisible No Moreby Ritchie (2017), or on race and criminal justice more broadly.
A mixed methods inquiry of caregivers of U.S. veterans with sustained “invisible” injuries from Iraq/Afghanistan

ABSTRACT An exploratory study of caregiver burden associated with family caregivers enrolled in the VA Caregiver Support Program who assist veterans with serious invisible injuries sustained post September 11, 2001. A mixed methods analysis was completed with a retroactive chart review of already collected data (172 participants) in addition to a phenomenological query of 16 participants. Results: T-tests resulted in a significantly higher caregiver burden score with caregivers who had children in the home (M = 6.84; SD = 3.21) versus those who did not (M = 5.57; SD = 2.75), t (160) = −2.36, p = . 02. An ANOVA across caregiver role (parent, spouse, significant other and other) and the Zarit Burden Inventory (ZBI) resulted in a significant difference (F [3, 159] = 1.59, p < .01, with spousal caregivers having a significantly higher ZBI score (M = 6.83; SD = 3.10) than parental caregivers (M = 4.46; SD = 2.70). The phenomenological research resulted in 22 major themes (family adjustment, subjective demands, coping techniques, social support, VA/DOD, self-care, intimacy, role strain, financial resources, life course, obligation, rewards, isolation/loss of self, reciprocity, stigma, community resources, spiritual support, tools, hope, uncertainty, guilt, leash syndrome) which supported quantitative findings. Conclusions: Caregivers and their families had a difficult time adjusting post injury. Caregivers relied heavily on their own coping mechanisms to adapt to their new role and did not find social support to be helpful with caregiving. Spousal caregivers and caregivers with children in the home had more difficulty adjusting when compared with parental caregivers.
Juvenile Detention Center Effects on Futures of At-Risk Youth

Juvenile Detention Center Effects on Futures of At-Risk Youth by Jennifer L. Turner MS, Walden University, 2014 BS, University of Maryland University College, 2011 Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Forensic Psychology Walden University August 2019 Abstract Many juvenile offenders return to the justice system after serving their incarceration sentences. Detaining youth has a negative impact on their mental health, education, employment, and ability to secede from a criminogenic life course. Identifying detention center effects on youths’ futures can provide further insight on why the current approach does not successfully deter youth from secondary delinquency. The purpose of thisMany juvenile offenders return to the justice system after serving their incarceration sentences. Detaining youth has a negative impact on their mental health, education, employment, and ability to secede from a criminogenic life course. Identifying detention center effects on youths’ futures can provide further insight on why the current approach does not successfully deter youth from secondary delinquency. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore future effects on incarcerated youth. A qualitative research design using a phenomenological paradigm was used to investigate study constructs. Labeling and social learning theories served as theoretical frameworks. Labeling theory was used to describe impact on youth after they receive a label of juvenile delinquent. Conceptualization on learned criminal behaviors in incarceration environments was made using social learning theory. Data was collected from personnel directly involved with juvenile incarceration, release, and rehabilitation. In-depth, semistructured interviews were used for data collection. Coding software, bracketing, and concept mapping were implemented for data analysis. Detention centers attribute to a decrease in abilities required for youth to become functioning society members. Implications for social change include enhancing knowledge for professionals working to rehabilitate juveniles in effort to increases ability for future success. Participants specifically noted a lack of collaboration and understanding on how to implement evidenced-based practices into juvenile offender rehabilitation. Collaboration between the JJS, detention center staff, parents, and community programs is necessary to address this social problem. Juvenile Detention Center Effects on Futures of At-Risk Youth by Jennifer L. Turner MS, Walden University, 2014 BS, University of Maryland University College, 2011 Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Forensic Psychology Walden University August 2019 Dedication This study is dedicated to my daughter Caiden and my son Blaide. The two single most amazing people in the world. They inspire me and motivate me to achieve my best and accomplish all that is within my ability to give them the best life possible. My accomplishments are all for them.
Why Don't Prices Rise During Periods of Peak Demand? Evidence from Scanner Data

We examine retail and wholesale prices for a large supermarket chain over seven and one-half years. We find that prices fall on average during seasonal demand peaks for a product, largely due to changes in retail margins. Retail margins for specific goods fall during peak demand periods for that good, even if these periods do not coincide with aggregate demand peaks for the retailer. This is consistent with "loss leader" models of retailer competition. Models stressing cyclical demand elasticities or cyclical firm conduct are less consistent with our findings. Manufacturer behavior plays a limited role in the counter-cyclicality of prices.
Adolescent athlete’s knowledge, attitude and practices about menstrual hygiene management (MHM) in BKSP, Bangladesh

Maintaining proper hygiene during menstruation prevents certain reproductive illnesses. For female athletes, they need to put an extra effort to keep themselves healthy at this time because of their daily strenuous activities. In this study, we assessed the level of knowledge, attitude and practices about menstrual hygiene management among adolescent trainee athletes. A cross-sectional study was carried out among adolescent trainee athletes from BKSP. Samples were chosen conveniently from different sports departments. In total, 143 Female athletes who regularly menstruate were included. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to determine the level of knowledge, attitude and practices and their associated factors. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to compare means of outcome variables. The mean ± SD age of our participant was 14.31 ± 1.48. Majority of the participants were scared during their first menstruation (39.9%). Mothers were the main source of information (84.6%). Majority of the participants had poor knowledge (56.6%) and practices (68.5%) while the level of attitude was good (67.1) regarding menstruation. Age-group was associated with knowledge score (p=0.034) regarding menstruation while family income was associated with attitude (p=0.014). Educational level of father was associated with both knowledge (p=0.049) and attitude (p=0.010). Poor level of knowledge and practices were observed among the survey respondents, though the level of attitude was satisfactory. Mothers were the primary source of information regarding menstrual hygiene. It is important to provide menstrual hygiene education to the young athletes from a reliable and formal source. Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. June 2019, 5(2): 126-137
CHRONIC PAIN: A COMMUNITY-BASED EXERCISE AND EDUCATION PROGRAM

Chronic pain affects approximately 16% to 36% of Canadian adults and is one of the most common reasons for physician visits in Canada. The effects of a self-referral community-based education/exercise program (Y-PEP) on physical function and wellbeing were initially evaluated in 20 individuals with chronic pain who had attended one of three Y-PEP sessions in 2007. The 10-week program incorporated chronic pain education/self-management and various exercise modalities to allow individuals with chronic pain to try different physical activities in a safe and supported environment. Questionnaires were administered pre-, post-program, and at 10-weeks follow-up and provided data on demographic information, physical activity levels, depression, pain perception, and pain catastrophizing. Maximal activity levels and adjusted activity levels increased 7% and 10% respectively at post-program, but only the adjusted activity levels remained elevated at the 10-week follow-up. No significant changes occurred in any of the other outcome measures, however, the extent to which maximal and daily activity increased was significantly correlated with greater improvements in the extent to which pain interfered with one’s life (r=0.45) and with pain catastrophizing (r=0.45). These latter two improvements were significantly associated with greater decreases in depression score (r=0.50). Overall, these findings suggest that a community-based program for individuals with chronic pain can improve physical function and psychosocial well-being. Further effort is required to establish such programs in communities for ndividuals with chronic pain. i
Appealing to the base or to the moveable middle? Incumbents’ partisan messaging before the 2016 U.S. congressional elections

ABSTRACT This paper examines partisan communications of incumbent members of Congress during the nine weeks leading up to the 2016 U.S. election. The central premise is rooted in the median voter theorem, which is coupled with theories of political activation and reinforcement, to show how politicians communicate in order to attract support from large swaths of the public. We analyze the partisanship of tweets posted by incumbents in Congress using mixed-effects models to examine the relationships between party, time, and race competitiveness on the degree of partisanship expressed by politicians. Our results reveal that Democrats and Republicans exhibited different partisanship signaling patterns in the weeks before the election. Specifically, Democrats decreased their partisanship, perhaps to appeal to the median voter, while Republicans stayed consistent in their partisanship, potentially using Twitter to activate and reinforce voters rather than to win them over.
Circuit Synthesis Using Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs)

In this article, we present a generative adversarial network (GAN) design framework for circuit synthesis design. While the existing methods, such as domain knowledgeand metaheuristic-based methods have been applied successfully in circuit synthesis, they are suited for certain types of circuits and thus limited. Recent advances in efficient circuit topology enumeration methods have proven to be useful for circuit synthesis problem with moderately-sized component catalogs; enumeration methods, however, cannot be used as a solution method for problems with large catalogs. Here we present a strategy based on Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) that facilitates solution of synthesis problems that are too large for enumeration. A GAN is a generative unsupervised learning model where a lower-dimensional latent space is predefined as an abstract representation of the circuit topology space. The GAN is trained to learn the mapping from the latent space to circuit topology space. Circuit topologies can be produced using the generator, and a discriminator helps to improve generator quality. A comparative study is conducted using several recent GAN models, including GANs, DCGANs, WGANs, and improved WGANs. We designed and carried out a series of numerical experiments to evaluate the ability of these GANs to generate new circuit topologies and support design exploration. Two circuit synthesis case studies are presented here: frequency response matching and low-pass filter realizability. The work presented here is an effort to leverage recent advancements in artificial intelligence to 1) create the ability to solve larger synthesis problems than previously possible, and 2) gain deeper design insights into engineering synthesis problems.
Convolutional Neural Network Application in Biomedical Signals

Recent improvements in big data and machine learning have enhanced the importance of biomedical signal and image-processing research. One part of machine learning evolution is deep learning networks. Deep learning networks are designed for the task of exploiting compositional structure in data. The golden age of the deep learning network in particular convolutional neural networks (CNNs) began in 2012. CNNs have rapidly become a methodology of optimal choice for analysing biomedical signals. CNNs have been successful in detecting and diagnosing an abnormality in biomedical signals. This paper has three distinct aims. The key primary aim is to provide state of the art knowledge about how deep learning evolved and revolutionized machine learning in the past few years. Second, to critically review the application of deep learning for different biomedical signals analysis and provide a holistic overview of current works of literature. Finally, to discuss the research opportunities with deep learning algorithms in the field of study that can serve as a starting point for new researchers to identify the future research direction in a concise manner.
An Analysis on the Factors Affecting Second Language Acquisition and Its Implications for Teaching and Learning

Affected by the overwhelming impact of globalization, many people have realized the importance of mastering a second language and begun to learn it. While research on second language acquisition has been under the way for a long time on a large scale. With the development of second language teaching, many researchers and educators try to find out the factors affecting second language Acquisition (SLA). SLA is a complicated and systematic process, which will influenced by many factors that affect and interact each other. This essay will make a further analysis on the social factors and individual factors in the process of SLA, with the expectation that it can bring implications to teachers as well as learners.
The Influence of Auditor Independence, Work Experience, Work Satisfaction, and Auditor Competency Against Audit Quality

The purpose of this research is to determine the effect of Independency of Auditor, Job Experience, Job Satisfaction and Auditor Competency toward Audit Quality. The importance of this research includes verifying theories that have developed related to the influence of auditor independence, job experience and job satisfaction and striving to prove that increasing auditor competence can be a component that improves audit quality. The population of this research comprises auditor on Public Accounting Firm located in Jakarta. The technique of determining the sample used is convinience sampling. This research uses a multiple linear regression approach. Based on the results of testing, this research proves that independency of auditor, job experience, job satisfaction and auditor competency together have effect toward audit quality. This research also proves that partially idependency of auditor and job satisfaction have positive effect toward audit quality, whereas job experience and auditor competency have no effect toward audit quality
How’s Indonesian Candidate Migrant Worker’s Social Support and Psychological Well-Being in Real Life?

The purpose of this study was to determine how much the relationship between social support and psychological well-being in the Indonesian Migrant Workers’ candidate. Participants in the study were 134 prospective Indonesian Migrant Workers’ (CPMI) IN BLKLN. Measuring instrument used in this study is the Social Provision Scale (SPS) developed by Cutrona and Russell (1987) 24 items and and measurementPsychological Well-Being Scale (PWBS) developed by Ryff (1989) with 54 items. Data analysis was performed using regression analysis. Based on the analysis of research data obtained F value sum of 65.172 and R2 = 0.331 (p <0.01), suggesting that social support was no significant association 3.31% againstto the psychological well-being. which means that there is a significant positive relationship between social support on psychological well-being in the prospective Indonesian migrant worker.
La autoeficacia académica y la inteligencia emocional como factores asociados al éxito académico de los estudiantes universitarios

Self-efficacy in the educational context and emotional competence are variables of relevance for the explanation of academic success. The present study aims to analyse whether academic self-efficacy and emotional intelligence are related to the academic success of university students. For this objective, the Scale of Specific Perceived Self-Efficacy of Academic Situations (EAPESA) and the Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS-24) were administered to 573 Spanish university students enrolled in the first year of the Degrees of Teacher of Pre-school Education and Teacher of Primary Education. The results show that both variables are significantly related to academic success and that students with low school success have lower scores on emotional intelligence and academic self-efficacy. These findings are discussed identifying emotional adjustment and academic self-efficacy as factors to promote in university students to improve their success in studies, as well as their future work as teachers.
Assisting the Improvement of a Military Safety System: An Application of Rapid Assessment Procedures to the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System

This article describes an iterative application of Rapid Assessment Procedures (RAP) to study human-machine interaction issues with a recently implemented, highly automatic system on the F-16 fighter aircraft known as the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto-GCAS). Auto-GCAS is a sophisticated technology that has the ability to detect an imminent ground collision threat and automatically execute a last-moment maneuver to avoid a crash. We employed RAP methods at multiple United States Air Force and Air National Guard sites in the United States and abroad. Over a three-year period, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 402 F-16 pilots experienced with the system. The method we employed, termed here iterative RAP, is reviewed in detail and evaluated in the framework of Utarini, Winkvist, and Pelto's (2001) eleven criteria for quality RAP studies. Results from this study include assisting in correcting system misunderstandings and anomalies, improving information flow about Auto-GCAS, and contributing towards the perception of military safety systems as valuable. This article concludes by (1) discussing positive effects that iterative RAP can contribute to the defense community and (2) arguing our method's utility towards the study of complex bureaucracies and multi-sited research, particularly following the introduction of new technology or policy.