Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Investigating the concerns of secondary school teachers towards curriculum reform

ABSTRACT This study examines the concerns of Irish secondary school teachers to the introduction of three reformed curricula, namely: English, mathematics, and Design and Communication Graphics. Major changes have been introduced in each of these subjects at different time periods over the past 12 years. The Stages of Concern Questionnaire was selected by the researchers to gain a quantitative measure of the levels of concerns teachers had towards curriculum reform in their subject area. The study aimed to assess how the change process had impacted on teachers and how their concerns compared or differed given the varying post-implementation time periods. The findings suggest that teachers make significant decisions about change early in the implementation process which may be based on limited information. The study also found that teachers may still have significant concerns about an innovation several years after its implementation. If such concerns are not addressed, they may affect how the change is implemented.
The Gulf of Finland assessment

3 Tiivistelmä . 3 Sammandrag . 4 Kokkuvõte . 4 Резюме . 5 Extended summary . 6 From the editors . 18 For the reader . 19 ThE TrilATErAl ENvirONmENTAl COllAbOrATiON OF ThE GulF OF FiNlANd . 20 The trilateral environmental collaboration of the Gulf of Finland . 20 History . 20 Towards the Gulf of Finland year 2014 . 22 What was the GOF2014? 22 Research within the GOF2014 . 23 Impact of the GOF2014.24 Future of the trilateral work . 24 references . 25 ThE GOF2014 dATASET . 26 The GOF2014 dataset . 26 ClimATE iN ThE GulF OF FiNlANd ArEA . 28 Climate in the Gulf of Finland area . 28 Baltic Sea on the roof of Europe . 28 Atmospheric oscillations . 30 Temperature . 32 Wind patterns . 32 River runoff . 33 Ice conditions . 35 Wave climate . 36 Sea level . 38 references . 40 GulF OF FiNlANd phySiCS . 42 Gulf of Finland physics . 42 Salinity . 42 Stratification . 44 Thermocline . 44 Halocline . 44 Water circulation . 47 Water exchange . 48 Upwellings . 50 Deep-water oxygen condition.52 pH . 55 Conclusions . 56 references . 57 GEOlOGy ANd GEOdivErSiTy . 58 Topography and bedrock . 58 Tour around the GOF . 60 Geodiversity . 62
The Analysis of Self Leadership Strategies and Its Relationship with Psychological Empowerment Faculty Members at Emerging Saudi University

The present study aimed at understanding the relationship between self-leadership strategies and psychological empowerment of faculty members at Najran university. The sample of the study consists of around 340 faculty members who were randomly selected from among the faculty members concerned at one emerging university in Saudi Arabia for the academic year 2017/2018. Quantitative correlation and hierarchical regression methods were used to analyze the collected data. A survey questionnaire consisting of self-leadershi p strategies and psychosocial empowerment was created for the purpose of the study. The results revealed that natural reward strategies and constructive thought patterns, strategies showed a clear correlation with psychological empowerment among faculty members at Saudi Najran university. In contrast, behavior-focused strategies have shown no correlation with psychological empowerment among university faculty members. This article advises enhancing self-leadership and psychological empowerment among faculty members at Saudi emerging universities through training in leadership strategies in order to enhance overall faculty performance and encourage commitment to their university. Higher education institutions should encourage faculty members to set their own goals and focus on improving self-leadership strategies that enhance the psychological empowerment of faculty members, further aiding them to increase their effectiveness and productivity through their subsequent careers.
Kindergarten teachers’ perceptions of whole-child development: The roles of leadership practices and professional learning communities

This study examined the relationships between leadership practices, professional learning communities, teachers’ efficacy beliefs and perceptions of whole-child development in the context of kindergarten education. A sample of 2120 teachers from 153 Hong Kong kindergartens participated in a questionnaire survey. The results showed that principals’ leadership practices had significant effects on all five professional learning community components. Leadership practices were also positively related to teachers’ perceptions of whole-child development directly and indirectly through the mediation of three professional learning community components, namely a shared sense of purpose, collaborative activities and a collective focus on children’s learning. Moreover, three professional learning community components (i.e. a collective focus on children’s learning, deprivatized practice and reflective dialogue) were positively associated with teachers’ perceptions of whole-child development via their efficacy beliefs. The findings support the mediating role of professional learning communities in developing kindergarten teachers’ collaboration for improving their efficacy beliefs and perceptions of the whole-child development of children. Kindergarten principals play a key role in cultivating a supportive culture and facilitating teacher learning.
Motherhood in the therapy room. An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experience of mother-therapists who work with mothers who grieve for their child

The aim of this study was to gain insight into the lived experience of mother-therapists’ (therapists who are also active mothers) therapeutic work with mothers whose child had died. Through this exploration an awareness of how motherhood can shape the therapeutic encounter when working with this client group was created. The study furthermore considered how the work shaped participants’ personal and clinical selves. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis with its inductive, idiographic and interpretative stance was considered appropriate for this study. Six mother-therapists were interviewed twice on their experiences of working with mothers who grieved for their child. Due to high in-sample variation, two participants’ accounts were not included in the data analysis in order to achieve greater homogeneity. The remaining four participants were mother-therapists of different therapeutic orientations either qualified and registered with BACP/UKCP/BPS or training towards such registration. They were also mothers of live-children up to the age of 16. Analysis of their interviews led to the creation of four superordinate themes: (1) The personal in the professional; (2) Sitting with the grieving mother; (3) The double-edged sword of identification; (4) How this work has shaped me; The findings indicate that the mother-therapists in this study considered their role as mother to be influential to their overall identity as well as their work as therapists. Being a mother shaped their work directly and practically, i.e., the hours worked; and indirectly, i.e., empathising with parent-issues through an experiential lens shaped by their own experiences as mothers. Working with grieving mothers was found to be challenging at times, due to identification with clients and similarities between children. Nevertheless, mother-therapists in this study also felt that being a mother helped empathic attunement, aided connection and working at relational depth. Supervision and self-care were deemed important when working with bereaved mothers. The findings of this research are intended to support other clinicians who work with child-death. It furthermore contributes to the literature on ‘bereavement work’ and ‘the person of the therapist’ as it highlights the reciprocal nature of the therapist and their work.
OPTIONS OF ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL SCHEMES OF THE STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM BASED ON THE METHOD OF SIMULATING ANNEALING

: The article gives an overview of the existing modifications of the optimization algorithm simulated annealing (simulated annealing) based on the Markov random search in discrete multidimensional spaces. The theoretical foundations for constructing schemes for the stochastic search for a global minimum of the objective function f: R n by the annealing simulation method are formulated. The principles of influence of numerical parameters are described - temperature, energy of the system, boundaries of the search area, the number of iterations, - the rate of convergence of the algorithm and the accuracy of the values determined with its help. The description of three modifications of the random search algorithm simulated annealing (modifications A, B, C) is given, their advantages and disadvantages are separately highlighted. A block diagram of the complete procedure for finding the minimum of the objective function by the annealing simulation method is presented. A comparative analysis of the Boltzmann scheme and the Cauchy scheme of the organization of the random search algorithm of the global minimum simulated annealing is carried out. Examples of the use of modifications of the random search algorithm simulated annealing in practice are given.
Friend or Foe: The Influence of Ambient Sound on Risk Perception

Research in the field of multisensory perception shows that what we hear can influence what we see. We hypothesize that this is also true for the perception of risk. We conduct three laboratory studies to test our hypothesis, using judgments of financial asset risk (“volatility”) as a testbed. We document findings consistent with the idea that the presence of ambient sound impacts the perception of risk and that an important element of this impact is a hardwired association between auditory volume and visual instability. We discuss how our findings suggest that the presence of ambient sound has mixed consequences for human performance in contexts of judgment and decision-making under uncertainty across domains (e.g., financial, medical, and military decision-making), and how they raise new questions for future research.
Aging and Hypertension – Independent or Intertwined White Matter Impairing Factors? Insights From the Quantitative Diffusion Tensor Imaging

Aging disrupts white matter integrity, and so does continuous elevated blood pressure that accompanies hypertension (HTN). Yet, our understanding of the interrelationship between these factors is still limited. The study aimed at evaluating patterns of changes in diffusion parameters (as assessed by quantitative diffusion fiber tracking – qDTI) following both aging, and hypertension, as well as the nature of their linkage. 146 participants took part in the study: the control group (N = 61) and the patients with hypertension (N = 85), and were divided into three age subgroups (25–47, 48–56, 57–71 years). qDTI was used to calculate the values of fractional anisotropy, mean, radial and axial diffusivity in 20 main tracts of the brain. The effects of factors (aging and hypertension) on diffusion parameters of tracts were tested with a two-way ANOVA. In the right hemisphere there was no clear effect of the HTN, nor an interaction between the factors, though some age-related effects were observed. Contrary, in the left hemisphere both aging and hypertension contributed to the white matter decline, following a functional pattern. In the projection pathways and the fornix, HTN and aging played part independent of each other, whereas in association fibers and the corpus callosum if the hypertension effect was significant, an interaction was observed. HTN patients manifested faster decline of diffusion parameters but also reached a plateau earlier, with highest between-group differences noted in the middle-aged subgroup. Healthy and hypertensive participants have different brain aging patterns. The HTN is associated with acceleration of white matter integrity decline, observed mainly in association fibers of the left hemisphere.
Analisis Faktor-Faktor yang Mempengaruhi Loyalitas Pelanggan Pasar dengan Kepuasan Sebagai Variabel Intervening di Toko Abang-Adik

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of product quality and brand image on customer loyalty with customer satisfaction as an intervening variable. The study was conducted at Abang-Adik Store in Rantauprapat City, North Sumatra. The population used was all shop customers with a simple random sampling method obtained by 98 final samples. Path analysis with the SPSS Version 22 program is used for data processing. The results of the study prove that product quality and brand image have a positive effect on customer loyalty, product quality and brand image have a positive effect on customer satisfaction, customer satisfaction has a positive effect on customer loyalty. The results of the study also prove that customer satisfaction is an intervening variable on the relationship between product quality and brand image with customer loyalty. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh kualitas produk dan brand image terhadap loyalitas pelanggan dengan kepuasan pelanggan sebagai variabel intervening. Penelitian dilakukan pada Toko Abang-Adik di Kota Rantauprapat Sumatera Utara. Populasi yang digunakan adalah seluruh pelanggan took dengan metode simple random sampling didaperoleh 98 sampel akhir. Analisis jalur dengan program SPSS Versi 22 digunakan untuk pengolahan data. Hasil penelitian membuktikan bahwa kualitas produk dan brand image berpengaruh positif terhadap loyalitas pelanggan, kualitas produk dan brand image berpengaruh positif terhadap kepuasan pelanggan, kepuasan pelanggan berpengaruh positif terhadap loyalitas pelanggan. Hasil penelitian juga membuktikan bahwa kepuasan pelanggan sebagai variabel intervening terhadap hubungan antara kualitas produk dan brand image tdengan loyalitas pelanggan.
PENGARUH IMPLEMENTASI SISTEM MANAJEMEN MUTU ISO 9001:2015 TERHADAP KEPUASAN KERJAGURU DI SMK NEGERI 11 BANDUNG

Penelitian ini membahas mengenai pencapaian implementasi sistem manajamen mutu dan kepuasan kerja guru di SMK Negeri 11 Bandung. Penelitian ini terdiri dari dua variabel yaitu implementasi sistem manajemen mutu ISO 9001:2015 dan kepuasan kerja guru. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui gambaran tingkat implementasi sistem manajemen mutu, dan kepuasan kerja guru. Selain itu, tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh implementasi sistem manajemen mutu ISO 9001:2015 terhadap kepuasan kerja guru di SMK Negeri 11 Bandung. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode penelitian deskriptif dan verifikatif. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan angket dengan skala ordinal. Teknik analisis data menggunakan regresi linier sederhana. Responden penelitian ini adalah guru SMK Negeri 11 Bandung sebanyak 105 responden. Berdasarkan hasil analisis ditemukan gambaran implementasi sistem manajemen mutu ISO 9001:2015 berada pada kategori lancar, dan gambaran kepuasan kerja guru berada pada kategori puas. Hasil uji hipotesis diperoleh bahwa implementasi sistem manajemen mutu ISO 9001:2015 (X) berpengaruh secara signifikan dan positif terhadap kepuasan kerja guru (Y). Kata Kunci: Implementasi Sistem Manajemen Mutu, Kepuasan Kerja Guru. This article exposed implementation of quality management system target achievement and teacher’s job satisfaction, in SMK Negeri 11 Bandung (Vocational High School Negeri 11 Bandung). The study consists of two variables: the Implementation of quality management system of ISO 9001:2015; and teachers’ job satisfaction. The study aimed to reveal the figure of the levels of the implementation of quality management system and teachers’ job satisfaction. On the other hand, it was also intended to uncover the effect of the implementation of quality management system of ISO 9001:2015 on the teachers’ job satisfaction in SMK Negeri 11 Bandung. It employed a descriptive and verification method. The data collection technique covered ordinal scale model. The data analysis technique employed simple linear regression. The respondent of the study were one hundred and five teachers of SMK Negeri 11 Bandung by 105 of respondents. Based on the analysis results, the figure of the implementation of quality management system of ISO 9001:2015 is in the smoothly category; and the teachers’ performance efectivity is in the satiesfied category. The result of hypothesis testing shows that the Implementation of quality management system of ISO 9001:2015 (X) affects the teachers’ job satisfaction (Y) positvely and significantly. Keywords: Implementation of Quality Management System, Teacher Job Satisfaction
Validating the organizational context measure for collective learning: a managerial action perspective

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to validate an instrument for the Ghoshal and Bartlett model and operationalize its four attributes into a multidimensionality instrument questionnaire. This study operationalizes the four attributes, namely, discipline, support, trust and stretch, into a multidimensionality instrument questionnaire and tests this instrument's validation using data from 317 Malaysian Multimedia Super Corridor-status companies. Design/methodology/approach – This paper follows the procedures of building a scale measure. This was carried out in three main stages. The first stage is the generation of scale items. The purpose of this stage is to identify and analyze items based on intensive literature review. The second stage is the assessment of face validity to ensure the correspondence between the individual items and the constructs intended to measure. The final stage is the statistical validation, which includes the assessment of validity and reliability of the introduced instrument.
The Strange History of the Right to Bear Arms in the French Revolution

Abstract:French Revolutionaries shared many of the same beliefs as their American counterparts about the relationship between citizenship and bearing arms. Both nations' leaders viewed standing armies as a threat to freedom, and both nations required militia participation from a portion of the citizenry. Yet the right to bear arms is a legacy only of the American Revolution. The right to bear arms came up several times in debates in France's National Assembly. The deputies never approved that right, but they never denied it either. During the first years of the Revolution, the leading politicians were wary of arming poor citizens, a concern that was in tension with the egalitarian language of the Declaration of the Rights of Man. Moreover, militias thrived during the early years of the French Revolution and became instruments—albeit unstable ones—for maintaining a social domination that played out along class lines. In response to the contradictions in their positions, French revolutionary leaders remained silent on the issue. In France as in the United States, the question of whether or not there was a right to bear arms was less important than the question of who had the right to bear arms.
Individual differences in processing syntactic and semantic information: Looking for subpopulations

Individual differences in sentence understanding exist in terms of speed, strategy and interpretation. In psycholinguistics experiments, these -sometimes small- differences are often treated as “noise” and considered meaningless. This dissertation focuses on such variation across individuals in the use of syntactic and semantic information in sentence understanding. Two hypotheses explaining individual differences are put forward in a model of language processing that distinguishes a syntactic processing stream and a semantic processing stream: The Dominant Stream Hypothesis (DSH) states that the relative dominance of the two processing streams differs between individuals: in some individuals the semantic processing stream is relatively stronger while in others the syntactic processing stream is relatively stronger. The Individual Variation in the Status of Animacy (IVSA) – hypothesis states that some individuals process animacy information only in the semantic stream, while other individuals process animacy in both streams. The two hypotheses are tested in several experiments making use of self-paced reading, auditory and visual violation detection, and speed-accuracy-tradeoff paradigms. Results show that the specific patterns of performance predicted by the two hypotheses are only found to a limited extent. The data support the idea underlying the DSH that the strength of processing streams differs across individuals, but not that strengths of processing streams within an individual are related. Support for the IVSA hypothesis was found, though only in a small number of participants. The specific characteristics of experimental paradigms are of major importance, and the dissertation includes an in-depth discussion of methodological considerations in various experimental paradigms.
The Role of Movement Pattern in Relation to Running Related Injuries Risk Factors

About 52.3 million American run on a regular basis. Up to 79% of runners get injured every year and the rate of injury has not declined over the past decades. Females have twice the risk of developing a running related injury (RRI). Rate of loading (ROL), tibial impact shock (TIS), and low movement variability may contribute to the development of RRI. Not much is known, however, about the relationships between impact kinetics (i.e. ROL, TIS) and movement variability. In addition, there is a lack of understanding about the effects of sex and speed on the aforementioned RRI risk factors. Therefore, the purpose of this dissertation was to study the association between impact kinetics and movement variability, and to investigate the effects of sex and speed on biomechanical variables including ROL, TIS, movement variability and coordination patterns during running.Thirty-six healthy runners participated in study one and two. In study three, data from thirty-two of those runners were analyzed. Vertical ground reaction force, 3D motion-analysis of lower extremities joint angles, tibial vertical acceleration, and electromyography (EMG) of lower extremity muscles were collected at running speeds that represented subject’s long slow distance speed (LSD), LSD+15%, and LSD+30%. Movement variability and patterns of hip and knee joints were quantified by using the vector coding method. ROL and TIS, peak EMG of five lower extremity muscles were calculated. In study one, Pearson’s correlation coefficients were used to investigate the association between movement variability and patterns with ROL and TIS at LSD speeds. In study two, repeated measure ANOVAs were used to investigate the effect of sex and speed on EMG and impact forces. In study three, a self-organizing map (SOM) was used to investigate biomechanical coordination patterns during running at LSD and LSD+30%. The most notable results from this dissertation suggest that 1) movement variability and patterns of hip and knee joints are associated with impact kinetics, 2) females exhibit a greater increase in ROL as running speed increases, and 3) greater running speeds are associated with a general shift to a coordination strategy characterized by greater magnitudes of RRI risk factors.
The influence of experience, motivation and professional commitment on employee performance and job satisfaction at the audit firm in Indonesia

This study wants to prove empirically the influence of motivation, experience, commitment and regulation of public accounting laws affecting auditor performance and job satisfaction with auditor knowledge as an intervening variable. By using purposive sampling with judgment sampling with the number of samples used as many as 355, the results of the study indicate that experience variables, and commitment can influence performance through knowledge variables. Performance has a positive and significant influence on job satisfaction. This shows that auditor knowledge variables function as mediators in the relationship between experience and auditor's commitment to performance.