Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
An exploratory value-cost approach in predicting college students’ achievement goals in multicultural education

ABSTRACT Student resistance is inevitable in the process of multicultural education, but few researchers have explored the dynamics of student motivation. The purpose of this study was to help bridging the gap between motivation and multicultural education by examining the value and cost beliefs of college students in diversity learning, and how those beliefs predict their achievement goals. Participants were 173 college students who were predominantly education majors (86.1%), White (65.9%), and female (80.9%). Exploratory factor analysis results showed that students mainly harbored value and cost beliefs in diversity learning. Multivariate multiple regression analyses results demonstrated an overall significant predictive power of students’ value-cost beliefs over their achievement goals. In particular, students who perceived higher values of multicultural education reported more mastery-approach goals, whereas those who perceived higher cost of multicultural education endorsed more performance-approach goals. While confirming the importance of instilling high values to help cultivate optimal learning goals for college students, the results suggest the potential detrimental effects of perceived high cost of multicultural education. The study has important implications for educators to improve student motivation in diversity learning. Future research can further examine the factor structure of college students’ value-cost beliefs and their longitudinal effects on achievement goals.
Individual differences in L2 frequency effects in different script bilinguals

Aims: High frequency words are read more quickly and accurately than low frequency words, a phenomenon called the frequency effect. In the current study, we examine several possible predictors for explaining individual differences between bilinguals in their sensitivity to frequency in the second language: specific second language exposure and vocabulary; general language abilities (therefore also evident in native language performance); and general cognitive ability (non-linguistic sensitivity to regularities). Approach: We used an individual differences approach with unbalanced Hebrew–English bilinguals, two typologically different languages that do not share a writing system, which allows a clear discrimination between native language and second language exposure and vocabulary. Data and analysis: To examine frequency effects, 69 Hebrew–English bilingual adults completed lexical decision tasks in native language and second language. In addition, participants completed vocabulary tests in both languages, reported language use and proficiency, and performed a statistical learning task. Data were analyzed using linear mixed-effects models. Findings: The results demonstrated that only vocabulary knowledge in the second language was a significant predictor of frequency effects in the second language. In addition, neither sensitivity to frequency in the native language nor statistical learning ability (a measure of general sensitivity to regularities) predicted sensitivity to frequency in the second language. Originality: Using an individual differences approach with bilinguals of two typologically different languages that do not share a writing system allows us to distinguish between native language and second language proficiency, and therefore identify the unique contribution of predictive factors from each of the languages to efficient visual word recognition in second language. Implications: The current findings support the lexical entrenchment hypothesis and highlight the importance of testing a variety of bilingual populations.
Parents' Participation Types in School Education

The aim of this study is to identify parental involvement types and determine what type of parental involvement the parents of middle school children prefer. Moreover, it is aimed to examine the parental involvement types with regard to the parents' gender, their educational background and the socio-economic status of the school. The population of the study comprises the parents of the six grade students study in 29 middle schools during 2018-2019 academic year in Denizli province in Turkey. The sample of the study consists of 243 volunteer parents in three different schools with low, medium and high socio-economic level based on their residential area according to the information obtained from the National Education Directorate. According to the data obtained from the scale, it was seen that parents were more likely to use parenting, learning at home and decision-making as parent involvement types; on the other hand they used 'collaborating with community' the least. Parental involvement types did not differ significantly according to gender. Whether parents are female or male did not affect the types of participation. This may be related to parents' trust in school. It may be stated that the school, which had a higher social status, met the expectations of parents and did not require active participation. Parental involvement types varied significantly depending on the parents' educational background.
A descriptive study of sex offending among incarcerated men with low intellectual functioning: offending parameters and sex offence characteristics in adulthood

ABSTRACT The current study investigated patterns in youth and adult criminal histories of perpetrators of sex offences who are identified as having low intellectual functioning. Using administrative information from a larger study on mental health disorders and cognitive disability in the criminal justice system, official criminal history data were obtained for 31 participants functioning in the intellectual disability (ID) range and 13 functioning within the borderline intellectual disability (BID) range who had perpetrated at least one sexual offence in adulthood. The results showed that, overall, offending patterns in adolescence and adulthood between the two groups were characterised by more similarities than differences, with the exception of violent offending; offenders with ID who committed sex offences in adulthood were more likely to have histories of violence, and further, were also more likely to use violence in the context of their sexual offences. The findings are discussed in the context of disability support for adult perpetrators of sexual offences involved in the criminal justice system who have low intellectual functioning.
TIME SERIES ANALYSIS OF SURFACE DEFORMATION OF BENGALURU CITY USING SENTINEL-1 IMAGES

Abstract. Persistent Scatterer Interferometry (PSI) is an advanced technique to map ground surface displacements of an area over a period. The technique can measure deformation with a millimeter-level accuracy. It overcomes the limitations of Differential Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry (DInSAR) such as geometric, temporal decorrelation and atmospheric variations between master and slave images. In our study, Sentinel-1A Interferometric Wide Swath (IW) mode descending pass images from May 2016 to December 2017 (23 images) are used to identify the stable targets called persistent scatterers (PS) over Bengaluru city. Twenty-two differential interferograms are generated after topographic phase removal using the SRTM 30 m DEM. The main objective of this study is to analyze urban subsidence in Bengaluru city in India using the multi-temporal interferometric technique such as PSI. The pixels with Amplitude Stability Index &geq; 0.8 are selected as initial PS candidates (PSC). Later, the PSCs having temporal coherence > 0.5 are selected for the time series analysis. The number of PSCs that are identified after final selection are reduced from 59590 to 54474 for VV polarization data and 15611 to 15596 for VH polarization data. It is interesting to note that a very less number of PSC are identified in cross-polarized images (VH). A high number of PSC have identified in co-polarized (VV) images as the vertically oriented urban targets produce a double bounce, which results in a strong return towards the sensor. The velocity maps obtained using VV and VH polarizations show displacement in the range of ± 20 mm year−1. The subsidence and the upliftment observed in the city shows a linear trend with time. It is observed that the eastern part of Bengaluru city shows more subsidence than the western part.
Testing parsing improvements with combination and translation in Evalita 2014

English. We present the two systems used by the UniTo group to participate to the Evalita 2014 parsing tasks. In particular, we describe the ensemble parser system used for DPIE task and the parsing-bytranslation system used for the CLaP task. Italiano. Presentiamo i due sistemi utilizzati dal gruppo UniTo per partecipare alla competizione sul parsing di Evalita 2014. Descriviamo il sistema di ensamble parsing usato nel DPIE task e il sistema basato su traduzione usato per partecipare al CLaP task.
Feasibility and effects of individualized recorded music for people with dementia: A pilot RCT study

ABSTRACT Introduction: Music interventions are thought to improve the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). However, results regarding the effectiveness of such interventions have been mixed and there is a lack of results regarding the feasibility of such interventions. In a pilot randomized controlled trial, we evaluate the feasibility and effects of an individualized recorded music intervention for people with dementia living in a nursing home. Methods: Twenty nursing home residents with dementia were randomly assigned to either an intervention or wait list control group. The intervention group listened to personally-relevant music playlists for 30 minutes every other day for four weeks. Nursing staff assessed participants’ BPSD pre- and post-intervention. The implementation, acceptance, and applicability of the intervention were also evaluated. Results: The intervention could be successfully implemented in the institutionalized care setting and stimulated significant improvements in sleep quality along with trends towards improvements in social participation and agitation. Nursing staff were highly satisfied with the intervention. Discussion: The results suggest that carefully implemented individualized recorded music interventions are well accepted by nursing staff and can improve BPSD for people in nursing homes. Individualized music interventions represent an innovative and inexpensive alternative to pharmacological interventions.
A Look at Chinese Parents’ Literacy Practices and Their Preschool Children’s Literacy Experiences

Home environments have been found to have a critical impact on young children’s early literacy development. To date, few studies have examined the home environments of families from Asian backgrounds and their relationship to literacy practices. The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between the literacy practices of Chinese parents living in the United States and their young children’s literacy experiences. The results revealed a positive relationship between Chinese children’s home environment and their literacy experiences. The implications for working with Chinese children and their parents to enhance early childhood literacy skills are discussed. In short, home environments rich in literature and language may help to prepare Chinese-speaking preschool Dual Language Learners to succeed in school.
Relationship Satisfaction Across the Transition to Parenthood: The Impact of Conflict Behavior

The transition to parenthood is often accompanied by declines in relationship satisfaction. Using longitudinal data from six waves of the German family panel pairfam (N = 1,739), the authors tested whether these declines are driven by increases in and more intense forms of conflict (differential exposure hypothesis) and by a greater sensitivity to relationship conflicts after the transition to parenthood (differential vulnerability hypothesis). The analyses showed strong support for the differential exposure hypothesis among women and partial support among men. Across the transition to motherhood, women experience increases in conflict that account for decreases in relationship satisfaction. The findings showed no support for the differential vulnerability hypothesis, as neither men’s nor women’s relationship satisfaction becomes more sensitive to relationship conflicts across the transition to parenthood.
SOCIAL ACTORS’ REPRESENTATION IN ONLINE MALAYSIAN NEWSPAPERS DURING ELECTIONS: A TRANSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF NEWSPAPER TEXT

Purpose of the study: This study aimed to find out the meaning behind the text of two streams of online newspapers in Malaysia, the present study is conducted on ‘Malaysiakini’ (independent newspaper) and ‘The News Straits Times’ (mainstream newspaper). Methodology: The research employs Norman Fairclough (1995) Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), which is analyzed with Halliday’s Systematic Functional Linguistics (SFL) based on social semiotics analysis (1985). Transitivity Analysis of text is based on Halliday’s work by Matthiessen (2014). Sixteen-16 (6,125 words) hard news is selected from ‘Malaysiakini’ and five-5 (2,270 words) from ‘The New Straits Times’ based on the ‘defamation’ category, which is selected from one week before elections. The selected dates of data are 3rd May till 9th May 2018. The news reports are selected on social actors’ performances i.e. Dr.Mahathir Mohamad and Najib Razak, which are based on van Leeuwen’s (2005) social semiotic framework. Main Findings: The results show Malaysiakini has portrayed independent views and given fair portrayal to both political social actors as compared to ‘The News Straits Times’. Applications of this study: The study can be useful in print journalism in which grammatical words’ analysis through the process of transitivity leads to determine the inclination of the newspaper towards a political party. Novelty/Originality of this study: The study may benefit readers in existing knowledge as elections’ social actors have not been analyzed earlier grammatically.
Intra-Generational Attrition

This chapter contributes to the emerging literature on heritage speaker bilingualism by weighing in on the potential role that intra-generational attrition plays in changing the path of heritage speaker bilingual development. Previous work has generally documented heritage speaker ultimate attainment differences as compared to that of monolingual speakers despite both groups having been native childhood acquirers of the same language. This chapter highlights that fact that some of the ubiquitously noted heritage speaker differences may be ascribed to how the primary linguistic input to which heritage speakers are exposed is qualitatively different or shifting from that which monolingual speakers are exposed to, and in part this is due to a process of trickled down first language attrition in the first generation immigrants.
Okul Müdürlerinin Ders Denetim Faaliyetlerinin Öğretimsel Liderlik Bağlamında İncelenmesi

It has been aimed to evaluate the course supervision activities of school principals in the context of instructional leadership. This study is designed in a qualitative research method, in case study design. The most prominent feature of the qualitative case study is the in-depth study of the identified subject. Maximum diversity and criterion sampling methods were used for research purpose sampling methods. A working group consisting of 15 school principals performing in private educational institutions, kindergartens, primary schools, secondary school and high school in the districts of Cankaya, Yenimahalle and Mamak with regard to the problem determined was formed. In the study, a semi-structured interview form was used to determine the opinions of school principals on course supervision. As a result of the research, it was concluded that the course audits should be realized by school principals in order them to better define the school and the teacher and to ensure effectiveness in the supervision. Regulation changes related to course audits were welcomed by school principals. The headmaster should conduct the supervision in a positive way and constitute a role model for the teacher. He should constitute a common vision as a teaching leader and motivate all the teachers to reach the designated vision.
Training and maintaining autonomy-supportive supervisory style in low-skilled occupations

According to self-determination theory, employees' well-being is related to the autonomy-supportive style of a supervisor. However, the effect of supervision style on well-being remains understudied in low-skilled occupations. This study employed a mixed-method, multi-level approach to examine the impact of autonomy-supportive training (AST) on supervisors and employees and to identify factors contributing to the maintenance of supervisors' autonomy support (SAS). The quantitative phase evaluated the effect of AST on supervisory style and employees' well-being, with a sample of 44 supervisors and 240 employees in New Zealand. The qualitative phase used focus groups and interview with 15 supervisors to explore factors that could influence the maintenance of SAS. Overall, supervisors can be trained to adopt an autonomy-supportive style, but these skills can also be diluted by organisational factors such as pressures and managerial behaviour. This study contributes to autonomy-supportive style research in order to account for factors affecting the maintenance of SAS in low-skilled occupations.
Writing Skills Development among Students with Deafness at Elementary Level.

Assessment and evaluation are key aspects of teaching and instruction, which serve to promote learning through better planning. The procedures should be robust and be able to depict the grey areas for later reviews. Writing as an integral component of literacy, deals with convention and purpose – essentials that need to be incorporated in children to develop them into quality writers. Writing evaluation has been catered on holistic grounds for much of the time however, for novice and challenged writers some analytical criterion has been proposed in literature. The present study was designed to develop a scientific and analytical tool for the evaluation of writing skills of the deaf that have been identified as struggling writers. Keeping in view the challenges of a typical Pakistani teacher of the deaf, the researcher aimed to develop an analytical tool for writing assessment. The population comprised deaf students studying in public sector schools in Lahore district. The sample comprised 20 students of elementary grades through convenient random selection. The developed tool having analytical qualities had an internal consistency (Cronbach’s Alpha score) of . 71. Conducted through a pre-post research design, the tool, when applied to the sample yielded better post-test scores in all three areas of planning, translating and reviewing, the sub variables of which included spelling, mechanics, ability to revise/ evaluate, coherence, cohesiveness, generation and organization of ideas, identifying its efficacy in terms of writing evaluation.
Investigative decision-making in public corruption cases: Factors influencing case outcomes

Abstract Public corruption undermines the rule of law that is crucial to the maintenance of governmental legitimacy and peaceful co-existence. As political divisiveness has grown, politicians have called public corruption investigations “witch hunts” and part of partisan politics, rather than a search for justice. Contemporary attacks on law enforcement charge that they are acting with political motivation which further undermines the legitimacy of these investigations. It is important for research to delve into how the investigative processes maintain their fact-finding missions in support of the rule of law. This study addresses how public corruption investigations occur and how the investigations themselves are conducted. First, federal prosecution data are used to understand the frequency of investigations over the last thirty years. Second, interviews with 40 former investigators and prosecutors examines the process, protocols, tools and resources needed for successful corruption investigations. Investigations require interagency cooperation (especially at different levels of government) and particular attention to the use of investigative tools that ensure the legitimacy of the law in the eyes of the accused, the courts and the general public. In addition, a decline in public corruption cases is seen in recent years with the US prosecution effort diverted to immigration cases.
The Effect of Social Media Marketing, Word of Mouth, and Effectiveness of Advertising on Brand Awareness and Intention to Buy

The purpose of this research is to analyze the direct effect of social media marketing, word of mouth, and the effectiveness of advertising on brand awareness and its impact on intention to buy, either directly or indirectly. The data source of 50 respondents, obtained from the customers who only use transportation services in the area of Samarinda City. Models using path analysis programs and data are processed through SPSS version 23. This research states sub-structure model 1 is known as social media marketing and the effectiveness of advertising directly has a significant positive effect on brand awareness. From sub-structure 2, the effectiveness of advertising and brand awareness directly has a significant positive effect on the intention to buy. Finally, social media marketing and the effectiveness of advertising indirectly have a significant positive effect on intention to buy through brand awareness. Keywords: Social media marketing; Word of mouth; Effectiveness of advertising; Brand awareness; Intention to buy
Pleasurable challenges: competing with the ageing body and mind through Ballet for Seniors

ABSTRACT Globally, people’s life expectancies are increasing and we are living longer than past generations. In Australia, people aged 65 years and older are expected to represent 22% of the country’s total population in 2057. At present, 65 years is the retirement age in Australia and, as a result, it marks the opportunity for many older Australians to start spending more time engaging in leisure activities. This article examines ballet class participation as one such leisure activity. Drawing from a case study of Queensland Ballet’s weekly Ballet for Seniors class, this article analyses the focus group discussions of 10 class participants (aged 46 to 82 years), class observations, and teacher interviews. One of the key findings of this case study was that more challenging class content led to a greater sense of satisfaction and pleasure among the class participants. It is proposed that part of the pleasure of dancing ballet as an older adult are the physical and cognitive challenges that are embedded in the structure of ballet.