Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Behavioral intentions of different religions

PurposeThe demand for halal products is growing and attracting the attention of producers. In recent years, the importance of halal logo and popularity of halal products has increased. The purpose of this paper was to identify the behavioral intentions among people of different religion in respect of purchasing products bearing halal logo (halal logo products) at convenience stores in Hatyai. 7-Eleven store chain was targeted to collect data in this research because it serves people of different religions.Design/methodology/approachThe conceptual model adopted for this research work was the theory of reasoned action (TRA). The response of consumers was collected through a structured survey, using the convenience sampling technique. A total of 215 respondents submitted their responses, consisting of 92.8 per cent local respondents and 8.2 per cent international respondents. The purposive sample technique was used to select the locations for collecting data, who was purchasing items from 7-Eleven stores and lives in Hatyai.FindingsThe findings indicate that Muslims strictly follow the halal logo and their attitude is positive in selecting halal logo products. The influence of their subjective norms is stronger because of their families and culture, as they are Muslim which influence their intentions. For non-Muslims, there is no obligation requiring them to select halal logo products, but even so, around 80 per cent of non-Muslims showed a positive attitude toward the halal logo, 54 per cent showed were interest and indicated that they may select products with halal logo in future.Research limitations/implicationsThis study was conducted in Hatyai and the results were based on three independent variables, namely, attitude, subjective norms and intention, with religion as the demographic variable. The findings offer an insight into the importance of the halal logo for different religions at convenience stores in Hatyai.Practical implicationsThis study is initially beneficial for 7-Eleven stores, other convenience stores, businesses and halal institutes. It offers an insight into the importance of the halal logo and the motives of consumers in choosing halal logo products.Originality/valueThis paper seeks to explicate consumers’ intentions to buy halal logo products in convenience stores.
On Trust and Disgust: Evidence From Face Reading and Virtual Reality

We report three studies exploring the relationship between disgust and trust. Study 1a measured emotions using face-reading technology while participants played a repeated trust game. We observed a negative correlation between trust and disgust. Study 1b employed self-reports along with the face reader. The self-report procedure adversely affected participants’ emotional state and eliminated the correlation between trust and other emotions. Study 2 induced incidental disgust or sadness using virtual reality and manipulated participants’ awareness of the source of their emotions. Disgusted participants judged others as less trustworthy and sent less in a trust game than sad or control participants. An interaction indicated that awareness of the source of emotions eliminated the effect. Our data are consistent with the association between disgust and harsher moral judgments and suggest that disgust is antithetical to the building of trust. However, the association disappears if individuals are aware that their disgust is unrelated to the setting.
Principals’ Perceptions of Transformed School Counselors

This study investigated the relationship between the Transformed School Counseling (TSC) initiative counselor educator programs, the perceptions of school principals hiring TSC-prepared school counselors, and factors affecting principal’s hiring practices. Results indicated that principal’s value TSC candidates because they: (a) have effective principal-counselor relationships that positively affect students, (b) exemplify leadership qualities, (c) align their work with the mission of the school, (d) have strong communication skills, and (e) do not require additional training.
The development of a Design Research Canvas for data practitioners

Abstract This paper sets out the development of a Design Research Canvas through engagements with data and decision support practitioners. This is in direct response to the lack of tools for practitioners in crossing the practice research divide. Designed, built and evaluated within the context of an Executive Education programme, version 1 of the canvas is demonstrated. Initial results depict positive utility and effectiveness in completing a Design Research project. In addition, the evaluation of version 1 guided the development of an improved version 2 of the canvas. Moreover, the canvas itself provides a useful aid for practitioners, researchers and teachers involved in Design Research. Furthermore, being itself an example of Design Research, this study highlights some key insights on the process, such as early stage evaluations.
Psychological Resilience and Posttraumatic Growth: An Exploratory Analysis

Background: Epidemiological studies indicate that a majority of the U.S. population has been exposed to at least one traumatic event in their lives. In addition, resilience has become a variable of increasing interest in both society and the field of experiential education (EE). Purpose: In this study, the relationship between psychological resilience, posttraumatic growth (PTG), and participation in EE activities is examined. Methodology/Approach: To measure semester-long changes in resilience, the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale was used at the beginning and end of an EE program and four different comparison groups. Using the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) and focusing on a 3-week portion of that EE program, PTG was measured using a pre/post format. Findings/Conclusions: Results indicated that EE programming is effective at building resilience but less so for PTG. In addition, no significant differences were noted between females and males on the PTGI scale. Implications: The results of this exploratory study increase our understanding of what psychological changes occur during a semester-long adventure-based EE curriculum with a 3-week high-intensity experience embedded in the program.
Photographic and Descriptive Musculoskeletal Atlas of Gibbons and Siamangs (Hylobates): With Notes on the Attachments, Variations, Innervation, Synonymy and Weight of the Muscles

Introduction and Aims Methodology and Material Head and Neck Musculature-Mandibular musculature Hyoid musculature Branchial musculature Hypobranchial musculature Extraocular musculature Pectoral and Upper Limb Musculature Trunk and Back Musculature Diaphragmatic and Abdominal Musculature Perineal, Coccygeal and Anal Musculature Pelvic and Lower Limb Musculature Figures Appendix I: Literature including information about the muscles of hylobatids Appendix II: Literature cited, not including information about the muscles of hylobatids
Corruption, Structural Reforms, and Economic Performance in the Transition Economies

Recent studies have highlighted the adverse impact of corruption on economic performance. This paper advances the hypothesis that corruption is largely a symptom of underlying weaknesses in public policies and institutions, a formulation that provides deeper insights into economic performance than do measures of perceived corruption. The hypothesis is tested by assessing the relative importance of structural reforms vs. corruption in explaining macroeconomic performance in the transition economies. The paper finds that for four widely used measures of economic performance - growth, inflation, the fiscal balance, and foreign direct investment - structural reforms tend to dominate the corruption variable.
The Effects of Targeted Professional Development on Teachers’ Use of Empirically Supported Classroom Management Practices

Teachers receive limited training and support in classroom management, making it incumbent on school leaders to provide efficient and effective professional development supports. We explored the effects of a brief targeted professional development (TPD) approach (brief training, email prompts, and self-management of trained skills) on teachers’ use of three empirically supported classroom management skills (prompts, opportunities to respond [OTR], and specific praise). Using an experimental crossover design, we documented that teachers increased their prompt and specific praise rates while they actively engaged in TPD. However, training effects did not maintain when TPD shifted to a new skill and teachers’ increased use of OTRs during TPD was neither statistically significant nor maintained. Teachers found TPD to be acceptable, usable, and feasible.
A Perceção do Consumidor face à Comunicação das Marcas de Moda de Luxo nas Redes Sociais

Luxury fashion brands have been studied in several areas, such as Marketing, Communication, History and even Sociology, and today they are represented through social networks. The objective of the research that is presented here is to understand consumer perception of the communication of luxury fashion brands through social networks. In the present investigation, a quantitative methodology based on a questionnaire survey based on an instrument with validity and reliability is used, although adapted from Yadav and Rahman (2017) to a new context (social media marketing of luxury brands) and to a population (Portuguese), was shown to be adequate to measure consumer perception of the communication of luxury fashion brands in social networks. The sample collected consists of 580 consumers of luxury fashion brands in social networks. The analysis of the model of structural equations showed that the perception scale of consumers of luxury fashion brands in social networks constituted by five dimensions (Interactivity, Information Capacity, Personalization, Trendiness and Password), presents adequate levels of validity and reliability.
Composing practices of multiracial emergent adult college students: Expressions of identity

This qualitative multiple case study research design examined the ways in which multiracial emergent adult college students engaged in identity work in and out of formal educational contexts. Through case studies of nine students at three higher education institutions (an open-admissions community college, a Historically Black University, and a four-year, public Predominantly White Institution with more selective entrance requirements), I sought to understand how participants used composing practices to express, negotiate, establish, explore and/or refute racial and other identities, thus adding to the literature on multiracial college students’ experiences in a variety of campus contexts. The focus on composing practices in formal educational contexts revealed some of the ways that educators and academic assignments assisted and encouraged as well as hindered and suppressed these students in engaging in racial (and other) identity work through writing; the examination of composing done outside of such contexts explored similarities and differences in the ways that participants engaged their racial identities as they wrote for different purposes and audiences. Data sources included semi-structured interviews, samples of writing and other compositions self-selected by participants, and reflective journals that offered both records of one week’s worth of participants’ composing practices and their written responses to questions designed to allow them to consider how their compositions allowed or denied them opportunities to engage in identity work. Findings suggested that participants engaged in racial identity work selectively and overtly through composing practices, at times transcending singular or even multiple racial identities. EXPRESSIONS OF IDENTITY ix
Application of the person-centered model to stress and well-being research

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate profiles of employee well-being using multiple components to better understand how well-being is experienced in organizations. Design/methodology/approach A survey design with 579 health care workers in the USA was administered. Latent profile analysis (LPA) was used to identify well-being profile groups. Findings Six well-being profile groups based on the relative levels of work stress, carry-over stress and job satisfaction were identified. Profile groups differed with respect to intention to remain in the organization and occupation, and job search behavior. Practical implications Models of well-being at work have generated consistently disappointing results that have not enhanced the development of programs to increase well-being at work. By identifying patterns of well-being, this study offers insights into how well-being is experienced so that more targeted programs to promote it can be implemented. Originality/value Although there is increased interest in the person-centered model in organizational research, it has not been applied to psychological well-being at work. This study represents an initial attempt to study configurations of well-being based on its components. Results indicate that distinct patterns of well-being are present, and those patterns are useful in gaining a greater understanding of how well-being is experienced and in how it can be more effectively managed.
Effects of Compost Topdressing on Turf Quality and Growth of Kentucky Bluegrass

Long-term over-application of manure to agricultural fields has increased nitrate and phosphorus contamination of groundwater and surface water along the South Platte River basin. Concerns about water quality issues have contributed to the increasing interest in composting manure and topdressing it on turfgrass. The objectives of this research were to evaluate the effects that topdressing manure compost has on: (i) turfgrass quality, (ii) turfgrass growth rates, and (iii) root mass and distribution. Compost treatments at rates ranging from 0 to 99 m³/ha were topdressed onto two cultivars (‘Nuglade’ and ‘Livingston’) of Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) in May and September 2003 and May 2004. A synthetic fertilizer (Urea 46-0-0) was applied to balance inorganic nitrogen rates among treatments. Topdressing compost at 66 and 99 m³/ha increased the overall quality by 10% of both cultivars during the growing season, and allowed the turfgrass to retain color in the fall and early winter and green up faster in the spring. During July and August, the 66- and 99-m³/ha compost treated plots had 48 and 56% higher clipping yield than the control, respectively. No differences in rooting mass among treatments were detected in the 0- to 50-cm depth. These results suggest that compost can improve turf quality and shoot growth via its action as a slow-release fertilizer.
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COLLATERAL IN THE CONTRACT OF MUDHARABAH FINANCING ACCORDING TO ACT NO. 21 OF 2008 ON SHARIA BANKING AND DSN-MUI’s FATWA

Contract of mudharabah financing is principally intended to meet the interests of businesses in terms of capital or additional capital to implement a productive business, between two or more parties. The problems of contract of mudharabah financing arises when owners of capital requires collateral to be met by businesses. Imposition guarantees in classical fiqh that developed by the mazhab of Imam that in terms of mudharabah financing, capital owners cannot demand collateral from businesses to recoup the principal or capital plus profit. If the owners of capital require the provision of collateral from mudharib and make collateral as a condition of a contract then the cooperation contract is null and void according to Maliki and Shafi’i. According to the Hanbali, and Abu Hanifah, only the conditions were null and void, while contract itself remains valid. In general, according to Law No. 21 Year 2008 on sharia banking, collateral is termed by rahn and kafalah. This is in line with the DSN-MUI Fatwa formulating collateral consists of Rahn and kafalah. It should be understood that the contract of mudharabah financing is different from the concept of financing debts that require no collateral. When syariah banking is applying guarantee in the contract of mudharabah financing, it will lead to another problem that is interest to be discussed. This research applies a legal normative method by approach legislations and Fatwa DSN-MUI, this allows the researcher to find the answer about the problems that are considered correct.
The effects of varying types of voice on organizational justice and motivation perceptions

This study is an investigation of the effect of supervisor's consideration of employee voice on organizational justice perceptions and motivation. The project builds on past literature which looked at opportunity to voice, by also including supervisor consideration of voice. One hundred and thirty-six clerical employees of a large western state urban school district read a performance appraisal scenario that randomly placed them into one of the four levels of voice (no voice, non-instrumental voice, future instrumental voice, and instrumental voice). Participants responded to a motivation measure and a variation of Colquit's 2001 organizational justice measure. A MANOVA was used to test the hypotheses. Main effects were found for voice on perceptions of distributive, procedural, interpersonal, and informational justice. It was found that providing voice, even when a subordinate does not believe that their voice is being considered by a decision maker, does positively affect procedural and interpersonal justice perceptions. Informational justice perceptions were only found to be affected if a subordinate's voice is instrumental in affecting his or her performance appraisal. The study shows that organizational justice
Does Brand Equity Always Work? A Study of the Moderating Effect of Justice Perceptions and Consumer Attribution Towards Chinese Consumers

Abstract The moderating effects of justice perceptions and stability of attribution on the relationship between brand equity and repurchase intention was investigated by applying both justice and attribution theories. Six hundred Chinese consumers who had recently suffered poor service from their telecommunications service provider were surveyed. Their responses revealed that perceptions of distributive and interactional justice in recovering from service failures help to maintain repurchase intention. Stability of attribution, however, weakens brand equity’s ability to maintain the intention to repurchase. These findings advance our understanding of Chinese consumers’ responses in the context of recovery from a service failure.
Effects of Product Quality, Service Quality and Price Fairness on Customer Engagement and Customer Loyalty

This paper examines the key relationship effects between the customer perceived value dimensions: product quality, service quality and price fairness on customer engagement in a holistic model, using structural equation modeling. Further, the study evaluated the direct and mediating effects of these factors on customer loyalty in the automobile industry, with sample data from 224 existing car owners, based in Bangkok. The study results illustrate significant direct effects on customer loyalty, with product quality, service quality, price fairness and customer engagement all having a positive influence. On the other hand, product quality and price fairness did not significantly affect customer engagement. The findings support the prediction of direct effects which significantly affect customer loyalty. In addition, the study shows that customer engagement has a partial mediation effect on service quality and customer loyalty. This research contributes to the customer engagement and customer perceived value literature with empirical support in the context of the Thai automobile industry.
The Use of the Tripartite Model of Attitudes to Explain EMS Providers' Attitudes About the EMS Agenda for the Future

THE USE OF THE TRIPARTITE MODEL TO EXPLAIN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PROVIDERS’ ATTITUDES ABOUT THE EMS AGENDA FOR THE FUTURE Carolyn Angela Rinaca Old Dominion University, 2005 Director: Dr. Clare Houseman A dynamic and revolutionary health care system compels the Nation to develop a more cohesive, unified healthcare workforce. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) profession has contributed to this development with the publication of the EMS Agenda for the Future. The EMS Agenda for the Future describes the future direction for emergency medical services agencies and organizations within the nation. It is a vision that integrates EMS systems with other health care professions. The EMS Agenda for the Future is designed to assist EMS professionals in realizing their full potential for proficiency and contributes to the development of the EMS profession. Much of the success of the implementation of the EMS Agenda for the Future will depend on the attitudes of the EMS workforce. Nine years after its publication, attitudes of EMS providers about the Agenda were still unknown. This study explores a representative regional sample of EMS providers’ attitudes about the EMS Agenda for the Future. The study is based on the Tripartite Model of Attitudes which explains attitudes as a combination of affect, beliefs and behaviors. A survey instrument was created that explores each supporting construct of the model as well as factors that inhibit or enhance the EMS Agenda’s 14 distinguished attributes. Validity and reliability of the survey instrument were obtained using two expert panels, employees in an urban firebased EMS system, and piloted among four states. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. The results of this study indicate strong support for the use of Tripartite Model of Attitudes to explain EMS providers’ attitudes about the EMS Agenda. Direct relationships were noted among all three constructs of the Tripartite Model of Attitudes, yet each emerged as its own independent construct. In this study, EMS providers’ affect about the EMS Agenda appeared to be the better predictor of the extent of performing behaviors related to the EMS Agenda. Even though only 12.7% were aware of the EMS Agenda and 5.8% had read it, exposure to the EMS Agenda increased the likelihood of performing behaviors related to the Agenda. This study provides baseline information of the current status of the EMS profession as it relate to further development of the profession and expansion of EMS provider roles as proposed in the EMS Agenda. Implications include those that are educationally-based, opportunities for reviewing and improving current policies, creating additional policies, and providing for additional research. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.