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Towards an integrated approach to address social adaptation in sustainability neighbourhoods: The potential of governance and community indicators in BREEAM communities.

With the need to achieve sustainability and adaptation to climate change for communities around the world, the adoption of assessment tools in the development process has become a significant issue. Fuelled by this need, Neighbourhood Sustainability Assessment tools (NSAs) are increasingly being applied in various developments and communities. BREEAM Communities (BC) is acknowledged to be one of the most well-known and successful sustainability assessment tools at the neighbourhood scale around the world. The aim of this research is to contribute to the current literature in sustainability and adaptation through identifying and evaluating the potentials of BC as a selected NSA case study to promote and support adaptation to climate change in the social context in theory and practice. The study was conducted in four key phases. Firstly, a literature review highlighted issues related to the need for establishment of adaptation characteristics in the social context as well as the identification of relevant theoretical approaches required to promote them: namely, Adaptive Governance, Resilient Communities and Intermediaries. Secondly, the selection of the two key relevant BREEAM Communities categories and their associated indicators as well as a relevant practical case study for the investigation was undertaken. Media City, Salford, UK, is demonstrated in this thesis to be an important exemplar case study that constitutes important strategies to address community sustainability. Thirdly, analysis of the relationship between the three identified theoretical approaches using their associated characteristics against the content of the BC tool’s selected indicators as well as actors’ perceptions of its capacity to promote adaptation was undertaken. Fourthly, the identification of areas that require enhancement in terms of both indicators and characteristics was undertaken and suggestions enhancement proposed, informed by stakeholder interviews. According to the results, BC is considered an important tool that holds significant potential to address the challenges of adaptation to Climate Change for communities, through its coverage and positive performance in relation to issues at both governance & community levels, such as actors’ consultation & engagement & management; community demographic needs and well-being. However, it was also concluded that an area of enhancement in relation to the role of BC is as a main intermediary tool in order to address the under-evaluated issues of: community awareness, knowledge, communication, management and adaptive behaviour and learning, in order to reflect the overall adaptation process at the neighbourhood scale.
Could Stated Political Affiliation Influence a Candidate's Perceived Appropriateness to Attend Graduate School? An Audit Study

Bias and stereotypes, even in the professional realms are ubiquitous and are unfortunately an inescapable fact of life in society. Psychologists study bias and discrimination in order to more fully understand when it arises, as well as what can be done to confront it. Bias and discrimination researchers have demonstrated that women, racial/ethic minorities, members of the LBGTQ community, as well as other marginalized groups continue to suffer from the effects of discrimination. However, recent investigations have indicated that discrimination based on an individual’s stated political affiliation may also exist. Other researchers point out that political affiliation bias and discrimination may be particularly prevalent in the higher education community. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to use an audit-type quasiexperimental design to examine possible signs of bias and discrimination in a sample of undergraduate students and Amazon MTurk users. A structural equation model (SEM), specifically a path model, was used to investigate whether political affiliation contributed over and above a host of other variables to the subjective rating of a fictional applicant’s candidacy for graduate school and employment. Contrary to some reports, stated political affiliation of a particular party did not seem to influence the candidate’s rating. Further, the MTurk and undergraduate student samples showed remarkable consistency in their ratings. Future research may want to examine more salient cues of political affiliation as well as various operational definitions of discrimination and bias.
Improving Nurse Productivity Through Professionalism Self-Concept

Nurses are the biggest proportion of hospital staff. Nurses interact directly with patients in the services. Therefore, it directly affects quality of patient care and satisfaction as well as productivity and improvement of the hospital's image. Nurses believe that they have primary responsibility in the care and welfare of their patients. Some problem of nurses in the self-concept is the lack of communication nurses with the public and the invisible nurses in the media. The nurse's negative self-concept is partly due to the nurse himself. The positive self-concept of professional nurses can improve nurse self-confidence in appropriate nursing interventions to improve patient health status thereby increasing hospital productivity.
Retooling Computational Techniques for EEG-Based Neurocognitive Modeling of Children's Data, Validity and Prospects for Learning and Education

This paper describes continuing research on the building of neurocognitive models of the internal mental and brain processes of children using a novel adapted combination of existing computational approaches and tools, and using electro-encephalographic (EEG) data to validate the models. The guiding working model which was pragmatically selected for investigation was the established and widely used Adaptive Control of Thought-Rational (ACT-R) modeling architecture from cognitive science. The anatomo-functional circuitry covered by ACT-R is validated by MRI-based neuroscience research. The present experimental data was obtained from a cognitive neuropsychology study involving preschool children (aged 4–6), which measured their visual selective attention and word comprehension behaviors. The collection and analysis of Event-Related Potentials (ERPs) from the EEG data allowed for the identification of sources of electrical activity known as dipoles within the cortex, using a combination of computational tools (Independent Component Analysis, FASTICA; EEG-Lab DIPFIT). The results were then used to build neurocognitive models based on Python ACT-R such that the patterns and the timings of the measured EEG could be reproduced as simplified symbolic representations of spikes, built through simplified electric-field simulations. The models simulated ultimately accounted for more than three-quarters of variations spatially and temporally in all electrical potential measurements (fit of model to dipole data expressed as R2 ranged between 0.75 and 0.98; P < 0.0001). Implications for practical uses of the present work are discussed for learning and educational applications in non-clinical and special needs children's populations, and for the possible use of non-experts (teachers and parents).
Resiliency Experiences of Family Members Who Take Care of Patients with Schizophrenia

: While caring for schizophrenic patients, families experience stressful situations. They need resilience skills, the ability to survive, rise above, and become better at managing perceived stress. This study aimed to describe family resilience from family members’ perspective. The research used qualitative design with a phenomenology approach. The subjects were 15 family members who were primary caregivers of schizophrenic patients treated at Menur Mental Hospital, Surabaya; a purposive sampling technique was utilized. Data were collected by in-depth interviews and field notes and then analyzed using thematic analysis based on Collaizi. The results showed that families achieve resiliency through five stages: surviving their existing situation, changing family structure, trying to accept the family member, looking for positive meaning, and providing support to others in the family. The families’ ability to find positive meaning is the turning point for families when building resiliency. Families become rational, have self-confidence, rise from stressful situations, and develop positive behaviors. Health workers, especially nurses, may review the stages of family resilience to develop appropriate intervention for improving family resilience. Subsequent research, focused on a family-based resilience model of nursing, is important to improve the treatment of patients with schizophrenia.
A Critical Perspective on Ageism and Modernization Theory

Modernization theory has often been used to explain country differences in levels of ageism. The commentary at hand questions its usefulness in the analysis of ageism today for two reasons. First, modernization theory was developed to discuss social status of older people, not ageism. Second, social policies and management practices that emerged with industrialization are being rolled back over the last decades. We therefore argue for the reconsideration of the relationship between modernization and ageism and to re-assess it in order to better explain country differences in ageism in the 21st century.
Strength of Preference and Decision Making Under Risk

Overwhelming evidence from the cognitive sciences shows that, in simple discrimination tasks (determining what is louder, longer, brighter, or even which number is larger) humans make more mistakes and decide more slowly when the stimuli are closer along the relevant scale. We investigate to what extent these effects are relevant for economic decisions. Strikingly, we find that even when there is an objectively correct answer independently of attitudes toward risk, the same effects obtain as expected values become closer. Contrary to pure discrimination tasks, however, differences in payoff-independent numerical magnitudes play a minor role. When correct answers depend on subjective attitudes toward risk, differences in expected values fail to explain error rates. The gradual effects on error rates and response times subsist but are instead explained by cardinal differences in independently-estimated subjective utilities (“strength of preference”). This is in agreement with assumptions typically made (but seldom validated) in random utility models. We conclude that the gradual effects on choice found in cognitive discrimination paradigms are very much present in economic choices, but depend on purely economic variables. An implication is that even if correct economic choices can be seen as ordinal, actual economic choices carry a cardinal component.
English as a Foreign Language Students Attitudes towards the Utilization of iPad in Language Learning

The role of educational technologies, in the current processes of teaching and learning is becoming more prevalent and accepted in terms of being a mainstream pedagogical tool. During the past three decades, the use of information and communication technologies have found its way into English language classrooms. A quantitative design was utilized to examine university students' attitudes towards the use of iPads. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to obtain data from participants. The sample of this research comprised of 109 English language learners at Majmmah University. Gender, age, and students’ academic year were selected as student's demographic variables for this research. The data were analyzed by calculating frequencies, percentages and via conducting t-test and One-Way ANOVA. The analysis revealed that most of the participants had positive attitudes toward the use of iPads in language learning. It was found that there are no any statistically meaningful differences in the participants’ attitude toward the use of iPads in respect to gender, age and academic level. Some useful implications are discussed based on the research findings.
Impact of APOE Genotype on Cognition in Idiopathic and Genetic Forms of Parkinson's Disease

Background: Apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype may be associated with the development of cognitive decline in idiopathic Parkinson's disease i(PD), however its effect in genetic PD is understudied. Objectives: In the current work we aimed to assess the impact of APOE genotype on cognition in iPD as well as in genetic PD with mutations in the Alpha-synuclein (SNCA) and Glycocerebrosidase (GBA1) genes. Methods: Two independent PD cohorts were analyzed: The first cohort (Athens) included 50 iPD patients, 35 patients with the p.A53T SNCA mutation and 59 patients with GBA1 mutations (13 mild /46 severe). The second cohort (Tuebingen) included 292 patients with GBA1 mutations (170 risk/ 52 mild/ 70 severe). All patients underwent cognitive testing and were genotyped for APOE. Results: In the iPD subgroup, carriers of at least one APOE exhibited lower Montreal Cognitive Assessment test (MoCA) score as compared to non-carriers (p=0.044). Notably, in the p.A53T SNCA subgroup, APOE carriers also had lower MoCA scores compared to non-carriers (p=0.039). There were no APOE-related differences in the two GBA1 subgroups (Athens, p=0.729; Tuebingen p=0.585). Conclusions: We confirm the impact of APOE on cognitive decline in iPD and for the first time report a similar effect in p.A53T SNCA mutation carriers, who represent the prototypical genetic synucleinopathy. Contrary, the lack of such an effect in two independent cohorts of GBA1 mutation carriers, who are thought to also manifest a predominant alpha-synuclein-driven cognitive decline, suggests differences in factors associated with cognitive dysfunction between different genetic forms of synucleinopathies.
Immigrant biculturalism : a qualitative study of two groups of Polish-Canadians

This qualitative study looks at how two groups of Polish-Canadian biculturals those who immigrated to Canada as adolescents and those who immigrated as adults construct their bicultural identities within a multicultural context. Data gathered through semi-structured interviews suggest that the construction of bicultural identities is complex and dynamic. The findings suggest that currently used, largely quantitative typologies insufficiently account for the intricacies of biculturalism and need to be supplemented by theoretical and qualitative work on social networks, language and identity, and bilingualism. The analysis indicates that individual biculturalism is greatly shaped by the context. More specifically, the participants' image of multicultural Canada is integral in forming their bicultural identities. In addition, language was found to be a salient aspect of biculturalism, especially in shaping and reflecting the duality inherent in the bicultural experience.
Social Identity and the Music Making Choices of Black/African American Youth from Limited Resource Communities

This dissertation explores how Black/African American youth from limited resource communities described and demonstrated their social identities through their musicmaking choices in the therapeutic relationship with a board certified music therapist who was also a Black/African American person regarded as a participant in the study. A review of literature regarding social psychology and identity theory, as well as culturally relevant pedagogy and participatory action research (PAR), which form the foundation of this study’s methodology, is included. Findings include that participants placed a high degree of importance on their social status as authorities on their chosen identifying groups, and consistently reinforced their verbal assertions with behavior that promoted their identifying groups as ideal, and degraded others as being lesser. Their music making choices reflected their stated beliefs as well, through the purposes they ascribed to their songs’ elements (including lyrics), and the structural decisions made in collaboration with—or isolation from—their peers. The project facilitator described the process of facilitating these experiences as one that was strongly influenced by her cultural proximity to the participants, as well as her supervisory relationship with the primary researcher, who was also a Black/African American woman. These results are discussed in the context of the PAR framework, including insights gained by the primary researcher that clinicians may find useful in their own quest for promoting the most authentic and meaningful connections possible in the therapeutic relationship.
Model based analysis of some high speed network issues

The study of complex problems in science and engineering today typically involves large scale data, huge number of large-scale scientific breakthroughs critically depends on large multi-disciplinary and geographically-dispersed research teams, where the high speed network becomes the integral part. To serve the ongoing bandwidth requirement and scalability of these networks, there has been a continuous evolution of different TCPs for high speed networks. Testing these protocols on a real network would be expensive, time consuming and more over not easily available to the researchers worldwide. Network simulation is well accepted and widely used method for performance evaluation, it is well known that packetbased simulators like NS2 and Opnet are not adequate in high speed also in large scale networks because of its inherent bottlenecks in terms of message overhead and execution time. In that case model based approach with the help of a set of coupled differential equations is preferred for simulations. This dissertation is focused on the key challenges on research and development of TCPs on high-speed network. To address these issues/challenges this thesis has three objectives: design an analytical simulation methodology; model behaviors of high speed networks and other components including TCP flows and queue using the analytical simulation method; analyze them and explore impacts and interrelationship among them. To decrease the simulation time and speed up the process of testing and development of high speed TCP, we present a scalable simulation methodology for high speed network. We present the fluid model equations for various highspeed TCP variants. With the help of these fluid model equations, the behavior of high-speed TCP variants under various scenarios and its effect on queue size variations are presented. High speed network is not feasible unless we understand
Analisis Konjungsi Subordinatif dalam Wacana Politik Surat Kabar Kompas dan Implikasinya dengan Pembelajaran Bahasa Indonesia SMA Kelas XI

The purpose of this study are (1) to describe the form of subordinating conjunctions in the discourse of politics newspaper compass edition of March 2017, (2) Describe the classification of the meaning of subordinating discourse Politics newspaper compass edition of March 2017, (3) Describe the implications for the classification of the meaning of subordinating conjunctions in discourse Political newspaper compass on learning Indonesian in high school. This method uses qualitative descriptive method. Technique of collecting data is done that is method of refer to, record method and library technique. The method used in analyzing data that is method of padan and method of agih. The technique of data validity using triangulation. The results of the analysis in this study was found data showing subordinating conjunctions contained in the political discourse compass newspaper March edition of 2017. These results have implications for the Indonesian language learning in high school class XI to the basic competence 3.3 Analyzing the text of the short story poem, story repeated, ekplanasi Complex, and film / drama both through oral and written.
Optimization of the Spectrum and Energy Efficiency using Coverage Sensitivity Criterion

—The paper investigated the optimization of both the area spectral efficiency (SE) and the energy efficiency (EE) by considering a typical Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Access (OFDMA) downlink network. It introduced a novelty constraint, the coverage sensitivity criterion in solving the optimization problem. That constraint aimed at deleting empty transmission block where no cell load was detected. Simulation in Mathlab software was used to solve the problem, and generate the data.
Effects of Primary Grade Literacy Field Experiences on Preservice Teachers' Self-Efficacy: A Causal-Comparative Study

Learning to read is an essential skill, yet many new teachers enter the profession unprepared to be effective literacy teachers. Teacher preparation has been at the forefront of many reforms in education. However, discrepancies still exist in how teachers are prepared to enter the profession. This study investigated preservice teachers’ sense of efficacy for primary literacy instruction by the amount of field experience. The levels of field experience included no/ introductory field experience, reading practicum experience, and clinical teaching experience. Participants were preservice teachers who had been accepted into the educator preparation program at small, private universities in Texas and were seeking Early Childhood-Grade 6 certification. The survey measured the preservice teachers’ sense of efficacy for literacy instruction by asking how prepared preservice teachers felt to teach different aspects of literacy. The Kruskal-Wallis H was used to determine if there are differences between the groups. The study included 59 students from six small, private universities in Texas. Results of the study indicated that median scores were statistically significant between groups. Based on this data, the researcher rejected the null hypothesis. Pairwise comparisons showed a statistically significant mean increase from no/introductory field experience to reading practicum experience and from no/introductory field experience to clinical teaching experience.
The Leadership Knowing-Doing Gap: A Phenomenological Exploration

Despite the rising interest in leadership development, building knowledge about leadership more often than not remains an end in itself, and little is known about how the transfer of leadership learning into leadership enactment is experienced by managers. This research phenomenologically explores the leadership knowing-doing gap, using semi-structured critical incident interviews with 22 managers in leadership roles across various industries and organizational levels in the United Kingdom. Findings offer a comprehensive understanding presenting the leadership knowing-doing gap as a multifaceted and dynamic experience involving cognitive, affective, and behavioral elements that interplay within the processes of creating or widening the gap on the one hand, or preventing or closing the gap on the other hand. Our proposed framework provides a conceptualization of the leadership knowing-doing gap experience that enhances the potential of identifying and operationalizing such an experience for future theory building and empirical research in both management learning and leadership development. We end with practical insights to address the leadership knowing-doing gap and highlight the importance of evaluating leadership development to evidence effective learning transfer and leadership enactment in organizations.