Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Governance in business clusters: proposal for an application of an analytical model

ABSTRACT A wide body of literature on business cluster governance has been accumulated, presenting several models of this phenomenon. Yet each of these models focuses on particular aspects of cluster governance and there is no model with an effectively broad and integrative perspective that offers description, evaluation and management features. Thus, the aim of this paper is to propose a comprehensive model for business cluster governance. The model was developed based on the business cluster and business networks literature, from which five constitutive and characteristic elements inherent to governance in business clusters were inferred and are referred to here as dimensions: structure, function, mechanisms, objectives and agents. A multi-case study was employed to evaluate the model’s internal validity and analytically address the clusters studied. The multi-case study results showed adherence of the proposed model to the empirical findings, thus revealing its internal and operational validity. Three relevant contributions can be pointed out: for researchers, an operational model is indicated that can be used for empirical studies; for managers, a tool is provided for a comprehensive clusters governance analysis; and for literature the paper advances the knowledge on cluster governance.
Determinants of Unequal Access to and Quality of Education in Indonesia

Indonesian government simultaneously improves access to and quality of education for all citizens. Although its efforts had a noticeable impact, many of the targets to improve access to and quality of education nevertheless, still have not been achieved and education inequality is still persistent. Using a multilevel multi-resource framework, this article comprehends some of the mechanisms behind the unequal access to and quality of education. It suggests that the impact of and interplays between human, social, economic, political and infrastructural capital at the individual, household, school, community and government level are important on inequality in access to and quality of education in Indonesia. For instance, family factors, such as wealth, education investment and educational background also reduce the likelihood that children are out of school; reciprocity can compensate low-income families for sending their children to preschool as a within level cross resource effect; living in a higher trust strengthen the effect of association on preschool participation as a between level single resource effect; residing in urban area reinforces the effect of associations but it weakens the effect of reciprocity on preschool participation as a between level cross resource effect consists of urbanization. In terms of decentralization, the length of schooling slightly increased but progress in the length of schooling slightly decreased after decentralization; even though student achievement and achievement gaps are strongly determined by student and family characteristics, the results show that differences between school tracks and streams also play an important role.
The fragility of empowerment: changing gender relations in a Zimbabwean resettlement area

ABSTRACT This article examines the fragility of women's empowerment in Sovelele, a resettlement area established through Zimbabwe's Fast Track Land Reform programme. Compared to their lives before resettlement, married women have larger plots allocated to them by husbands, exercise a higher degree of control over surplus grain and experience more joint use of resources. Single women can more easily buy and hold land in their own right. Yet, these gains are fragile because they arise out of largely unintended and changing circumstances, including the spatial dynamics of resettlement, permit-based land tenure, limited market integration and labour shortage. While attention to the conditions underlying empowerment reveals its fragility, it is not equally fragile for all women. Some women's gains may prove more resilient than others because they rest upon a deeper renegotiation of gender relations.
National confidential forum for adult survivors of childhood abuse in care: scoping project on children in care in Scotland, 1930-2005

This report aims to provide an overview of abuse and neglect in the changing context of residential and foster care in Scotland between 1930 and 2005. This 75 year period has seen radical changes in the legislative and policy framework of child care, and significant shifts in the way in which residential and foster care have been used. Across the whole of this period, however, children and young people have been abused in care. We have identified the range of abuse that has occurred in residential and foster care, but it is not possible to determine the scale of abuse or the number of children and young people who have experienced abuse.
Spatial Heterogeneity of the Carbon Emission Effect Resulting from Urban Expansion among Three Coastal Agglomerations in China

Land-use change, particularly urban expansion, can greatly affect the carbon balance, both from the aspects of terrestrial ecosystems and anthropogenic carbon emissions. Coastal China is a typical region of rapid urban expansion, and obvious spatial heterogeneity exists from the north to south. However, the different urban change characteristics and the effect on carbon balance remain undetermined. By unifying the spatial-temporal resolution of carbon source and sink data, we effectively compared the carbon budgets of three coastal urban agglomerations in China. The results show that all of the three urban agglomerations have undergone an obvious urban expansion process, with the built-up area increasing from 1.03 × 104 km2 in 2000 to 3.06 × 104 km2 in 2013. For Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei (BTH), the built-up area gradually expanded. The built-up area in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) gradually changed before 2007 but rapidly grew thereafter. The built-up expansion of the Pearl River Delta (PRD) passed through three growing stages and showed the largest mean patch size. Carbon emission spatial patterns in the three urban agglomerations are consistent with their economic development, from which the net ecosystem production (NEP) spatial patterns are very different. Compared to carbon emissions, NEP has a carbon sink effect and can absorb some carbon emissions, but the amounts were all much lower than the carbon emissions in the three urban agglomerations. The carbon sink effect in the Yangtze River Delta is the most obvious, with the Pearl River Delta following, and the lowest effect is in Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei. Finally, a scientific basis for policy-making is provided for viable CO2 emission mitigation policies.
Employee Voice Contexts and Teacher Retention in Remote Secondary Schools in Tanzania

Retaining teachers in their work stations is influenced by many factors which are contextually explained. Teachers’ retention practices in Tanzania and most Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries have been ineffective partly because of being monetary based. While ‘voicing’ is regarded as a more feasible strategy for retaining teachers in these countries, conditions which favour voicing over exiting a remote school particularly in the Tanzanian context have been not systematically mapped out. This article presents and discusses seven conditions, to include: empowering, listening and cooperative leadership; habitability; friendliness outside school environment; investment potentialities; a supportive and peaceful school working environment; life as a “challenge” mindset; as well as patriotism and profession commitment, which were found to favour voicing over exiting a remote school. The findings imply that there is a need to empower teachers to influence change and reforms that matter to them, increasing teachers sense of investment in schools they are posted and in the profession (social and financial capital), checking ‘who goes into the teaching profession and with what level of struggle’; improving school-level relationships including justice practices from leaders and management, positive co-workers exchanges; training teachers to become patriotic to the nation and be committed to the teaching profession; and the need to improve cooperation and understanding between schools and their surrounding communities.
Unemployment and Growth in the Tourism Sector in Mexico: Revisiting the Growth-Rate Version of Okun’s Law

In this paper, we analyze, by means of the difference version of Okun’s law, the relationship between tourism sector growth and unemployment in Mexico during the period 2000Q2–2018Q4. The results show that tourism growth is a palliative for unemployment, whereas unemployment reduces the growth of the tourism sector. The results also show that the relationship between the mentioned variables becomes stronger during an economic crisis and weaker during expansion periods.
Complementary Medicine: A Research Perspective

Theories and Therapies. Pathways to Complementary Medicine. The Use of Complementary Medicine. Complementary Medicine and the Medical Profession. Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs of Patients of Complementary Practitioners. Consultations with Orthodox and Complementary Practitioners. The Placebo Effect in Orthodox and Complementary Medicine. Research Methods and Research Problems in Complementary Medicine. The Quality of Medical Information and the Evaluation of Acupuncture, Osteopathy and Chiropractic. Evaluation of Herbalism, Homeopathy and Naturopathy. Adverse Effects of Orthodox and Complementary Medicine. A Research Agenda. References. Index.
Why Do Indian Companies Repurchase Their Shares?

The study explores the share repurchase behaviour of Indian firms in the context of many hypotheses propounded in the existing literature related to share repurchases. The sample consists of non-financial firms comprised in the S&P BSE-500 Index for the period 2003–2017. The repurchase sample consists of 115 repurchases. A Tobit regression model is used to identify firm characteristics associated with repurchasing firms. Unlike prior studies in India, this study finds strong evidence of share undervaluation as the main motive for the Indian companies to repurchase shares. The share repurchasing companies in the sample (excluding those that have repurchased shares in the year 2017) have provided an average return of nearly 60 per cent during the year after the repurchase. The findings of the study can be used by fund managers and investors for stock picking.
Teachers and Cheaters: Just an Anagram?

I study the manipulation of test scores in Italy. Using an experiment that randomly assigns external monitors to classrooms, I apply a new methodology to study the extent of the manipulation and propose a correction method. I find that the manipulation was associated with more correlation in the answers after one controls for mean test scores. It was concentrated in the south and islands region, and it tended to favor female and immigrant students. Finally, the correlation patterns between the amount of manipulation and the number of missing answers suggest that teachers were more responsible for the manipulation than students.
Communications and the capitalocene: Disputed ecologies, contested economies, competing futures

There is now incontrovertible evidence that the accelerating rise in the earth’s temperatures and its associated environmental impacts, which begins with the emergence of an industrial capitalist order reliant on fossil fuels, has initiated a new phase of human and geological history. This phrase we call the Capitalocene, rather than the more common term Anthropocene. Communication systems are playing a central role in the Capitalocene. They are central and contested spaces for information and debate, and are the primary arenas promoting destructive hyper-consumption. Communication systems also constituted by material infrastructure and devices that deplete scarce materials and energy resources and generate pollution and waste. This article details how the proliferation of digital media under conditions established by the globalisation of neo-liberalism has exacerbated the negative environmental impacts of communications. It also examines the political and public relations offensive now being waged by the proponents of corporate business as usual, and explores the central issues facing proposals for radical change in the organisation of contemporary communications.
News Sources as a Propaganda Filter: The New York Times Coverage of Palestine and Kosovo Unilateral Approaches of Statehood Recognition

This paper examines the New York Times performance about the use of news sources in reporting unilateral approaches of statehood recognition. Following a critical perspective, the Propaganda Model is employed as a theoretical thrust. It argues that the free accessibility granted to the voices of government and its international allies is among the filters that affect the construction of media discourse. Two case studies are selected for juxtaposition, namely: Palestine and Kosovo. Both states are qualified to be internationally recognized according to international law theories. The unilateral approach of Palestine is firmly opposed by the U.S. government—unlike Kosovo. The analysis reveals a structural bias in favor of the U.S. foreign policy of statehood recognition. The news sources were positioned in a dichotomous order: “our” voices versus “theirs. ” Specific news sources (i.e., the Russians) holding “opponent” views have been either completely suppressed or reverberated the voices of the “others/enemies. ”
Improving Programs of Schools Serving Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Student Populations.

The Metropolitan Educational Trends and Research Outcomes Center conducts Improving Programs of Schools Serving Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Student Populations, a survey to identify programs that have successfully addressed the needs of ethnically, linguistically, and culturally diverse students. This report presents a cross-sites analysis of critical program elements at eight sites (six in California, one in Massachusetts, and one in Arizona) to demonstrate effective ways of helping students develop English proficiency, including instructional practices, curriculum development, and program implementation. The sites studied were chosen because their documentation and support data allowed analysis of critical elements. Across the sites, teachers shared a positive vision of children and believed that all children can learn. In the area of language acquisition, teachers emphasized natural language learning prior to form. A general theoretical orientation indicated that children learn best by doing, experiencing, and practicing. Across the sites, holistic rather than discrete skills instruction was practiced. An in-depth analysis of a staff development program at one of the sites is included as an example of the pedagogy, practices, and theories present across the sites. Contains 22 references. (SLD) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * from the original document. ***********************************************************************
An integrative model of relationship quality in higher education setting: Evidence from Serbia

: The objective of this study is to examine the formation of relationship quality and its consequences in higher education setting. The study draws on extant literature in service businesses and proposes teachers’ customer orientation as an antecedent to relationship quality, encompassing trust and satisfaction, and relationship continuity and word-of-mouth (WOM) communication as consequences of students’ perceptions of relationship quality. Structural equation modelling was applied to analyse survey data collected on a convenience sample of 236 students attending a small public faculty in Serbia. The results show that trust and satisfaction mediate the impact of teachers’ customer orientation on relationship continuity and WOM. Both trust and satisfaction emerged as direct positive determinants of WOM, whereas the impact of trust on relationship continuity is mediated via student satisfaction. Implications and limitations of the study are discussed and future research directions are provided.
Update on survival from the original phase II trial of bevacizumab and irinotecan in recurrent malignant gliomas

2021 Background: Recurrent grade III-IV malignant gliomas have a dismal prognosis and effective salvage therapies are limited. Methods: From 4/05–2/06, a phase II trial was conducted at Duke University using bevacizumab and irinotecan in patients with recurrent malignant gliomas. 2 cohorts were enrolled that included 33 grade III and 35 grade IV patients. The first cohort received bevacizumab at 10mg/kg plus irinotecan (dose based on patient's anticonvulsant) every two weeks. The second cohort received bevacizumab at 15mg/kg every 21 days and irinotecan on days 1, 8, 22, and 29. Results: Overall response rates for both grade III and IV were 59% (grade III 61%, grade IV 57%). 6 month PFS and OS for grade III were 59% and 79% and for grade IV 43% and 74% respectively. In 12/07, we evaluated all patients enrolled in the trial to determine the 2 yr OS. From the 2 cohorts, 22% (15/68) of the patients are still alive (11 grade III, 4 grade IV). For the grade IV patients, the 2yr OS is 15%. All four of the grade.
Financial Integration and Banking Crisis. A Critical Analysis of Restrictions on Capital Flows

We investigate the effect of financial integration on a banking crisis. In contrast to existing works, we allow for capital restrictions while studying the impact of financial integration on a banking crisis. Using firm&#8208;level lending and borrowing information in the global market of syndicated loans; we generate aggregate measures of financial integration and examine how countries with capital flow restrictions thrive in the wake of a banking crisis. We concentrate on basic network measures of integration for a panel of 62 countries that allow for capital restriction at any time within the sample period. Financial integration increases the incidence of a banking crisis, and capital restrictions worsen a banking crisis. However, capital restrictions reduce the negative impact of financial integration on the incidence of a banking crisis. Thus, financial integration becomes beneficial when countries allow for some forms of capital control.
The Effect of Relabeling and Incentives on Retirement : Evidence from the Finnish Pension Reform in 2005

We exploit a reform in the Finnish public pension system in 2005 to study the effect of financial incentives (wealth effect and substitution effect) and relabeling of pensions on retirement decisions. These effects are distinguishable in the reform due to a heterogeneous, although correlated, impact of the reform on individuals. Relabeling in the reform means renaming the pension type from early retirement to full retirement based on age. Incentives were affected as a function of age and accrual-to-earnings ratio. Wefind that all three effects played a role. We show that the relabeling alone explains mostof the immediate behavioral impact of the reform.
The Pricing and Performance of Cryptocurrency

This paper examines the performance of cryptocurrencies issued in initial coin offerings (ICOs) over a three-year period after the initial exchange listing. Average (median) ICO underpricing amounts to 15% (3%), even though 4 out of 10 ICOs destroy value on the first trading day. Liquidity, market capitalization, and high-low price ratios predict returns. Long-run buy-and-hold returns are positive for the mean and negative for the median. For holding periods between one and twenty-four months, the median ICO depreciates by 30%. Evidently, there is substantial positive skewness in the cryptocurrency market. Further, a size effect emerges from the data as an empirical regularity: Large ICOs are more often overpriced and underperform in the long run.
A Methodology to Analyze the Presence of Sustainability in Engineering Curricula. Case of Study: Ten Spanish Engineering Degree Curricula

This paper presents a methodology to analyze the sustainability presence level in the curriculum of an engineering degree. The methodology is applied to ten engineering degrees of the Spanish university system, taught in three different universities. The design used for the research is quantitative and correlational. The analytical instrument used is the engineering sustainability map, which contains the learning outcomes related to sustainability that are expected of engineering students upon completion of their studies. The methodology is used to analyze the curricula of the ten engineering degrees in order to identify what learning outcomes of the engineering sustainability map are developed in each degree. The results indicate that the sustainability competency least present in all the degrees is the “participation in community processes that promotes sustainability,” with an average presence of 23.3%, while the most present is the “application of ethical principles related to the values of sustainability in personal and professional behavior,” with an average presence of 76.6%. In general, learning outcomes related to sustainability have an average presence of 52.1%, so practically half of the cells in the ten engineering sustainability maps are not developed in the degrees under study.
PENGARUH INFLASI TERHADAP PERTUMBUHAN EKONOMI PROVINSI ACEH PERIODE 2015- 2018 DALAM PRESPEKTIF EKONOMI ISLAM

The purpose of this study was to study the effect of inflation on the economic growth of Aceh Province in the 2015-2018 fiscal year. Inflation is measured by CPI (Consumer Price Index), economic growth is measured by GDP. The population in this study is on data and information regarding CPI allocation, and GDP in the economic sector. This study uses the Konumen Price Index data, and economic growth data seen from the survey conducted by BPS in the 2015-2018 fiscal year, and uses the census method. For hypothesis testing, this study uses simple linear regression analysis. The test results show that, inflation affects economic growth. The coefficient of determination is 29.4. The coefficient of determination that has been calculated is 29.4% included in the criteria of the role that is quite high, in accordance with the Guidelines for Providing Interpretation of the Coefficient of Determination. So that it can be concluded that inflation affects the economic growth of Aceh Province is high.
Enhanced sensitivity of the urban heat island effect to summer temperatures induced by urban expansion

A suitable thermal environment is important for the economy, society and public health in urban areas. However, the understanding of the relationship between the urban heat island (UHI) effect and background temperature (T-UHI) is very limited. In this study, the UHI effect induced by the urbanization of the megacity Beijing was investigated using the weather research and forecasting model. Urban expansion and heatwaves both considerably enhanced the UHI effect over urban areas in summer. The strengthened UHI effect during the heatwave period can be clearly explained by the positive sensitivity of T-UHI. The urban expansion increased the sensitivity of T-UHI from 0.0207 °C °C−1 in 2000 to 0.0569 °C °C−1 in 2010 in the daytime and from 0.0715 °C °C−1 in 2000 to 0.0995 °C °C−1 in 2010 at nighttime, thus resulting in a much stronger UHI effect mainly by increasing the difference between the latent heat flux and sensible heat flux. This enhanced sensitivity may exacerbate the urban heat stress in the situation of further urban expansion and background climate warming. Our results suggest that the sensitivity of T-UHI is a meaningful indicator to assess the urban thermal environment change and support the designing of heat mitigation strategies in urban planning.