Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) and the Teaching of Science: Determiners for Professional Development

The study investigates how Science teachers articulate their self-confidence in teaching Science with technology. Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) is used as the primary tool to describe their practice. Using a quantitative approach, with an initial survey of 408 science teachers from 59 secondary schools in a state in East Malaysia, descriptive and inferential statistics were conducted to assess science teachers’ level of TPACK and discriminate differences between perceptions on TPACK related to their teaching experience. Findings revealed that the level of Content Knowledge (CK), Pedagogical Knowledge (PK), Technological Knowledge (TK) and Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) are high, in comparison to their Technological Content Knowledge (TCK), Technological Pedagogical Knowledge (TPK) and Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) which were recorded at a moderate level. The study also found how teachers with more extensive experience teaching reported higher confidence with their CK, PK and PCK. Novice teachers indicated slightly higher confidence in their TK. The study provides a set of determiners for professional development opportunities for Sarawak Science teachers to upskill their knowledge to integrate science content, pedagogy, and technology.
Tourist destination residents’ attitudes towards tourism during and after the COVID-19 pandemic

ABSTRACT Empowering local residents is important for the sustainability of tourist destinations. This study assessed the reactions of residents in tourist destinations towards tourism during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Models were constructed using variables of place attachment, distinctiveness, positive impact, negative impact, and attitude towards supporting tourism; the effects of COVID-19 were also included. The results demonstrate that residents understand that tourism is important for their region and wish to support it. A dilemma arose for respondents between accepting tourists to aid the recovery of the economy and personal fears that interacting with tourists would raise their possibility of infection. As implications for tourist destination managers, such as governments and destination management organizations, local residents’ concerns must be understood and managed accordingly. The destination managers should consider how to accept tourists during and after the pandemic with residents, and empower residents in this process. Communication with residents during the COVID-19 pandemic is important as this might affect their attitude towards tourism after the pandemic.
Legitimating negative behaviors in companies: Why the buck doesn’t stop with the leader

ABSTRACT Negative leadership may have drastic consequences for organizations and society. However, leaders do not operate independently but supervise followers who potentially perpetuate their negative . Currently, we lack an integrated understanding of those followers who are more likely to model negative leader . There are two perspectives on why people model negative leaders: (a) because they are endowed with role-model powers through their authority and legitimacy; (b) because they are prototypical of the group. We propose that both perspectives are limited and introduce an integrative model which proposes that: To be modelled, negative leaders need to be prototypical of their groups and demonstrate the negative behaviours others can model. We test this model in four studies across various research designs, samples, and behavioural outcomes. We find consistent evidence that followers will model only prototypical ingroup leaders, but not outgroup leaders, who demonstrate negative behaviours and tie them with desirable outcomes. This model represents a significant step towards understanding the intricate relationships between negative leaders and their followers. We encourage future research to develop and test alternative models of negative behaviour modelling.
Hermeneutics Perspective: Number and Personal Grammatical Equivalence of Google Translate

Abstract. Due to translation process by Google Translate (GT) is recently common, analyzing its translation equivalence is required. Conducted as descriptive qualitative research, this content analysis study provides descriptions of number and personal equivalence aspects toward sentence meaning in hermeneutics view. There were 90 English sentences analyzed as research sample resulting 7 types of meaning equivalence phenomenon: 1) target text (TT) has number equivalent meaning and the sentence is hermeneutically accepted, 2) TT has no number equivalent meaning yet the sentence is hermeneutically accepted, 3) TT has no number equivalent meaning and the sentence is not hermeneutically accepted, 4) TT has personal equivalent meaning and the sentence is hermeneutically accepted, 5) TT has no personal equivalent meaning yet the sentence is hermeneutically accepted, 6) TT has no personal equivalent meaning and the sentence is not hermeneutically accepted, and 7) both personal meaning equivalence and sentence hermeneutics point of view cannot be identified due to clusivity of Indonesian. It is concluded that GT is able to provide 53% meaning accuracy in terms of number aspect and 86.6% of number aspect sentences are hermeneutically accepted. GT provides 53% meaning accuracy in personal aspect and 73.3% of personal aspect sentences are hermeneutically accepted. Figures show higher hermeneutical acceptance than the meaning equivalent indicate that GT in Indonesian is considered to be understandable for basic need of clause and sentence level for common information in terms of number and personal equivalence, but for detailed information especially those of number, masculine/feminine, and clusivity phenomenon in Indonesian more enhancement for accuracy is needed. Keywords: meaning equivalence, hermeneutics, clusivity
Alkaline instant noodles: use of alkaline salts to reduce sodium and assessment of calcium bioaccessibility

Instant noodles originated in eastern nations and have been accepted due to its practicality and low cost. However, its high sodium content can lead to health problems. The present study aimed to reduce sodium and increase calcium levels in noodles. A control (N1: K2CO3+ Na2CO3) and three treatments with the addition of calcium carbonate in combination with alkaline salts such as potassium and sodium carbonates (N2: K2CO3+ CaCO3; N3: Na2CO3+ CaCO3; and N4: CaCO3) were studied. Two hydration methods were investigated, and the technological characterization and the calcium bioaccessibility of the different noodle formulations were determined. N4 did not fit into the alkaline noodle category due to its neutral pH. N2 and N4 showed a sodium reduction of around 28% and a significant increase in calcium content, with higher bioaccessible calcium. Significant changes were observed for the noodles made with the addition of different alkaline salts, with a light-yellow color and better texture than the control, which can be a positive aspect, once products with reduced nutrients usually present differentiated coloring. Therefore, the use of calcium carbonate may be a promising alternative to increase Ca intake and to reduce the sodium content of instant noodles.
Fine root production, turnover of Reaumuria songarica and soil carbon and nitrogen in Alxa steppe desert of NW China

Variations of fine root production and turnover of the dominant shrubs associated with soil carbon (C) and nutrients are of key importance for evaluating desert ecosystem sustainability. Here we examined fine root production and turnover rate of Reaumuria songarica in Alxa steppe desert of northwestern China through sequential coring, ingrowth cores, and mesh‐bag methods, and then assessed soil C and nitrogen (N) stock and its correlation with fine root and leaf litter input. Results showed that fine root production and turnover rate were closely related to soil water content. Fine root production density and turnover rate of R. songarica were 386.8 g m−2 and 2.4 yr−1, respectively. Annually, fine root and leaf litter of R. songarica input 126.3 g C m−2 and 4.7 g N m−2 to soil. Soil organic C and N under shrub canopies increased substantially, which promoted the heterogeneity of soil properties and is considered as an important mechanism underlying the restoration of degraded sandy lands.
Negotiating conflicting discourses. Female students’ experiences in STEM majors in an international university in Central Asia

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of female students enrolled in STEM majors in highly internationalised university to understand how the various sets of cultural gender-related expectations shape their experiences. We were interested in how different cultures existing within the university and outside the university influence the girls pursuing education in STEM majors and how they deal with the conflicting discourses in this unique context. It was identified in the study that three conflicting discourses and, subsequently, various actors -faculty, potential employers, peers, and parents shape young women's experiences in STEM education and career in contradicting ways. Such a clash between different values and influences results in girls’ ambiguous understandings of their future careers as they progress in their studies. The results of the study offer some important insights into women's experiences in STEM education, which have significant implications for higher educational administrators, faculty, and policymakers in non-western and larger international contexts.
Time Series Analysis on Incidence of Pulmonary Tuberculosis With Weather Factors During 2004-2017 in Guangdong Province, China

Background: Although the occurrence of some infectious diseases including TB was found to be associated with specific weather factors, few studies have incorporated weather factors into the model to predict the incidence of tuberculosis (TB). We aimed to establish an accurate forecasting model using TB data in Guangdong Province, incorporating local weather factors.Methods: Data of sixteen meteorological variables (2003-2016) and the TB incidence data (2004-2016) of Guangdong were collected. Seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average (SARIMA) model was constructed based on the data. SARIMA model with weather factors as explanatory variables (SARIMAX) was performed to fit and predict TB incidence in 2017. Results: Maximum temperature, maximum daily rainfall, minimum relative humidity, mean vapor pressure, extreme wind speed, maximum atmospheric pressure, mean atmospheric pressure and illumination duration were significantly associated with log(TB incidence). After fitting the SARIMAX model, maximum pressure at lag 6 (β= -0.007, P < 0.05, 95% confidence interval (CI): -0.011, -0.002, mean square error (MSE): 0.279) was negatively associated with log(TB incidence), while extreme wind speed at lag 5 (β=0.009, P < 0.05, 95% CI: 0.005, 0.013, MSE: 0.143) was positively associated. SARIMAX (1, 1, 1) (0, 1, 1)12 with extreme wind speed at lag 5 was the best predictive model with lower Akaike information criterion (AIC) and MSE. The predicted monthly TB incidence all fall within the confidence intervals using this model. Conclusions: Weather factors have different effects on TB incidence in Guangdong. Incorporating meteorological factors into the model increased the accuracy of prediction.
Does Radiotherapy Augment Natural Killer Cell Function in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia?

Amac: Bu calismanin amaci, akut lenfoblastik losemili (ALL) cocuklarda tedavi sirasinda ve sonrasinda dogal oldurucu (NK) hucre orani, NK hucre aktivitesi ve sitokin duzeylerindeki degisiklikleri arastirmaktir. Gerec ve Yontem: Calisma grubu 33 ALL hastasini ve kontrol grubu 11 saglikli cocuktan olustu. ALL hastalari, M protokolunu tamamlayan, idame kemoterapisi alan ve kemoterapisi kesilen olmak uzere uc gruba ayrildi. NK hucre sitotoksisitesi, farkli efektor-hedef (E:H) hucre oranlarinda ve litik birimlerde (LU) degerlendirildi. CD56, CD3, NKp46, CD2, CD94, NKG2D ve CD16 molekullerinin ekspresyonu ve interferon gamma (IFN-γ) ve interlokin-15 (IL-15) seviyeleri olculdu. Bulgular: 1:1 E:H oraninda NK hucre aktivitesi idame kemoterapisi alan hastalarda diger gruplara gore daha yuksek (p 0.05). CD16+CD56+ hucrelerin orani, kontrollere gore idame kemoterapi grubunda daha dusuk (p<0.05), profilaktik kraniyal radyoterapi uygulanan hastalarin 1:1 E:H oraninda NK sitotoksisitesi ise almayanlara gore anlamli olarak daha yuksek saptandi (p<0.05). Idame kemoterapi grubundaki hastalarin %83’une profilaktik kraniyal isinlama uygulandi. IFN-γ seviyeleri kontrol grubuna gore idame kemoterapi ve tedavi kesilen gruplarda anlamli olarak daha dusuk saptandi (p<0.05). Sonuc: ALL'li cocuklarda kemoterapi NK hucre sayisini ve IFN-γ duzeylerini azaltir. Idame kemoterapisi alan hastalarda NK hucre aktivitesindeki artis profilaktik kraniyal radyoterapi ile iliskili olabilir.
Causes of fish kills in Penang, Malaysia in year 2019, in conjunction to Typhoon Lekima

Mass fish mortalities was recorded, a day after the Typhoon Lekima passed the coastal areas at Penang, Malaysia in August 2019, which caused huge losses among the fish culturists. Being within the vicinity of a National Park, one would think that the water qualiy around a protected area should be of pristine quality but obviously it is not. Scientists and researchers from both Universiti Sains Malaysia and Department of Fisheries, with the help from NaFish have conducted several tests on the water and fish. The dead cultured fishes were mainly groupers, which prefer to stay at the bottom of the nets. The storm created by Typhoon Lekima had churned up all sediments in the shallow coastal areas. This had caused additional sediment and nutrients in the ecosystem, leading to algal bloom and also depletion of oxygen levels in the water, causing mass fish mortality. Water quality monitoring (physical, chemical and biological) was conducted along the coastal areas as well as extending towards the sea and at different depth to further understand the causes of fish kills over a period of three weeks after the incident. Sampling was done 3-days, 11-days and 26 days after the typhoon, Results had shown extremely low dissolved oxygen and high concentrations of nitrate, nitrite and chlorophyll a recorded after the typhoon. However, water quality slowly became normal and within the Malaysian Marine Water Quality Criteria & Standard for Class 2Marine Life, Fisheries, Coral Reefs, Recreational & Mariculture.
(Almost) Everything in Moderation: New Evidence on Americans' Online Media Diets

Does the internet enable selective exposure to politically congenial content? I answer this question by combining large-N passive metering data with individual-level political variables on a representative cross-section of Americans. First, I introduce and validate behavioral data on individuals’ online media consumption in both 2015 and 2016. I then construct a simple measure of media slant and apply machine learning to identify individual articles related to news about politics. I find that most people across the political spectrum have relatively moderate media diets driven to a large degree by mainstream portals. Quantifying the similarity of Democrats’ and Republicans’ media diets, I find nearly 70% overlap in the two groups’ distributions in early 2015 and roughly 50% in the last weeks of the 2016 election campaign. These patterns hold for web consumption on mobile devices as well as on desktops and laptops. An exception to this picture is a small group of partisans who drive a disproportionate amount of traffic to ideologically slanted websites. Perhaps since this group already exhibits fairly homogenous media consumption patterns, I find no evidence of increasing media diet polarization over time among those for whom I have data in both years. Theoretically, I outline a distinction between “active” and “passive” information consumption and argue that those most likely to seek out political news may have a taste for partisan content. Overall, the findings support a view that if online “echo chambers” exist, they are a reality for relatively few people who drive the traffic and priorities of the most partisan outlets. ∗This study has been approved by the New York University Institutional Review Board (IRB-FY2016-1342). I would like to thank Pablo Barberá, Neal Beck, Noah Buckley, Alex Coppock, Pat Egan, Albert Fang, Don Green, Trish Kirkland, Jeff Lax, Lucas Leemann, Yph Lelkes, Jonathan Nagler, Brendan Nyhan, Markus Prior, Jason Reifler, Robert Shapiro, Gaurav Sood, Lauren Young, and seminar participants at the Columbia University Department of Political Science, the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, the NYU Center for Data Science, and the Yale ISPS Experiments Workshop for extremely helpful comments and suggestions. Thanks also to those who provided valuable feedback during seminars at Brown University, Princeton University, Rutgers, Penn State, and NYU Abu Dhabi. I additionally benefited from comments by discussants and attendees at the 2016 Southern Political Science Association and Midwest Political Science Association annual meetings and the 2016 APSA Political Communication Pre-conference at Temple University. Special thanks to Doug Rivers, Brian Law, and Joe Williams at YouGov for facilitating access to the 2015 Pulse data, and to Ashley Grosse for making possible the survey on privacy attitudes. Some of the analysis was made possible by High Performance Computing (HPC) clusters at New York University. †Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Princeton University. Email: aguess@princeton.edu
Exploring the possible application of implementation intention on prospective memory of cancer patients

Abstract Prospective memory defines the ability to remember to perform an action related to a specific task planned for the future. Interventions aimed to improve prospective memory have an impact on the patient’s quality of life. While most interventions are aimed to improve prospective memory in general, implementation intentions influence specific automatic processes related to prospective memory. The efficacy of this type of intervention has been proven on different samples of patients as well as on lay people. We argue that, while in cancer patients who suffer from perspective memory deficit this particular intervention has not been studied yet, it could be usefully implemented to foster patients’ involvement, quality of life and adherence to care.
The influence of psychological language words contained in microblogs on dissemination behaviour in emergency situations – mediating effects of emotional responses

ABSTRACT Individuals’ psychological processes during emergencies are critical to the understanding of social media user reactions. However, previous studies have paid little attention to the influence of psychological processes on information dissemination behaviours. To provide authorities with a better understanding of dissemination behaviours from the perspective of psychological language use, we used the Stimulus–Organism–Response (S-O-R) and dual-process models to analyze the effect of words expressing severity and susceptibility on the dissemination behaviours of Weibo users during the avian influenza epidemic. We also explored the mediating effects of emotional responses on the relationship between cognitive responses and dissemination behaviours. The results show that words expressing severity and susceptibility significantly affected the cognitive and emotional responses of users. Weibo user perception and cognition, positive and negative emotions significantly and positively affected their dissemination behaviours. Positive and negative emotions played a partial mediating role in perception responses, cognitive responses, and dissemination behaviours. These findings may assist governments or emergency management departments to effectively control and guide public opinion.
Analisis Anomali Pasar Week Four Effect dan The Day of The Week Effect pada Return Saham (Studi Kasus pada Peusahaan yang Terdaftar di Indeks LQ-45 Bursa Efek Indonesia Periode Maret-Agustus 2020)

ABSTRACT This study aims to determine the existence of the Week Four Effect anomaly and The Day Of The Week Effect on the LQ 45 index for the March-August 2020 Period. This test examines the actual daily stock returns. The method used in this research is purposive sampling technique and data analysis using one sample t-test, and one way ANOVA. Based on the predetermined population criteria, there are 42 companies. The results of this study indicate that there is a significant difference in the average value of the Fourth Week Securities. The total average value of actual stock returns is negative and the average actual stock value is on Monday 4-5th with the lowest value. Meanwhile, there is no significant difference in the average The Day Of The Week Effect shows that the return on Monday is significantly different from the return on other days except Thursday, where Thursday has an average tendency to return smaller than Monday, while on Monday. Friday is the highest among other days. This shows that the phenomenon of the Week four effect phenomenon while the day of the week does not occur in the LQ-45 Index on the IDX in March-Agutsus 2020. Keywords: capital market, stock return, fourth week effect, day of the week INTISARI Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji keberadaan dari anomaly Week Four Effect dan The Day Of The Week Effect pada indeks LQ 45 Periode Maret-Agustus 2020. Pengujian ini menguji return actual saham harian. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah dengan teknik purposive sampling dan analisis data menggunakan uji one sampel t-test, dan one way ANOVA. Berdasarkan kriteria populasi yang telah ditentukan terdapat 42 perusahaan. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa terdapat perbedaan signifikan pada rata-rata Week Four Effect keseluruhan nilai rata-rata return actual saham bernilai negatif dan rata-rata nilai actual saham pada Senin Minggu ke 4-5 memiliki nilai yang paling rendah. Sedangkan tidak terdapat perbedaan signifikan pada rata-rata The Day Of The Week Effect menunjukan bahwa return pada hari Senin signifikan berbeda dengan return pada hari-hari lainnya kecuali hari Kamis, dimana Kamis memiliki kecenderungan rata-rata return yang lebih kecil dibanding hari Senin sedangkan hari Jumat merupakan paling tinggi diantara hari lain. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa terjadinya fenomena Week four effect sedangkan fenomena the day of the week tidak terjadi pada Indeks LQ-45 di BEI pada Maret-Agutsus 2020. Kata kunci : pasar modal, return saham, week four effect , the day of the week
How Relationship Quality, Service Quality, and Value Affect the Intention to Purchase IT/IS Outsourcing Services

ABSTRACT This study investigates how the interpersonal relationship quality between a salesperson and customer as well as the supplier’s service quality and value affect purchase intentions in information technology/information systems outsourcing service settings and examines the moderating effects of relationship quality. The results indicate that relationship quality and value affect purchase intentions. Perceived value mediates the impact of service quality on purchase intentions. Relationship quality negatively moderates the relationship between service quality and purchase intentions.