Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Exploring Exposure and Symptomatic Differences of Chikungunya Virus in the Adult Population of Grenada

Objective: From December 2013 to March 7, 2015, a total of 22 283 confirmed/probable cases and 863 207 suspected cases of chikungunya were reported in the Caribbean (1). More information regarding symptoms and protection factors is necessary to accurately inform the public and have effective case management. The purpose of this study was to assess age group differences with respect to chikungunya (CHIKV) symptoms and explore protection differences of people who have and have not had CHIKV. Methods: A cross-sectional study sampling 154 participants was conducted from April to May 2015. Participants completed a 37-item questionnaire and were recruited from public places and at a local retirement association in Grenada. Results: Knee joint pain (p < 0.05) and persisting symptoms (rash p < 0.05, muscle pain p < 0.005, ankle joint pain, p < 0.05) were statistically significant for all age groups. No statistical difference was found for taking precautions before and after the outbreak for those who did and did not have CHIKV. However, precaution comparisons for the home (p < 0.001) and work (p < 0.001) environments showed significant non-change before and after the outbreak. Conclusion: This study found that age was a factor for symptom development and persistence, and resistance to behaviour change is an important factor for future epidemic responses and intervention studies.
Learning Innovation Management on Effective Classes at SMPIT Cordova Samarinda

The research is intended to find out (1) the concept of learning innovation, (2) the implementation of learning innovation management functions, (3) the implication of learning innovation management, and (4) obstacles and solutions of the implementation of learning innovation management at effective classes at Integrated Islamic Secondary School (SMPIT) Cordova Samarinda. This research used a qualitative approach with case study and the data was collected through deep interview, observation and documentation. The informans of the research are the head and his vice of the foundation, coordinator of the effective classes, teachers and students. The data was analysed by using descriptive technique. For the research findings, it was found that (1) the concept of learning innovation for effective classes is built through middle input with an effective learning process and produces an effective output; (2) the implementation of learning innovation management functions of effective classes was carried out through planning design by determining input sellection standard, an effective process standard, an effective output standard, learning innovation organization through enriched curriculum, time allocation, teachers’ roles and duties, learning sources, learning innovation through moving class, a standardized teachers, IT-based management, full day school program, and three evaluations of learning innovation, namely test and non-test with mastery learning standard, and high competition class assessment; (3) the implication of learning innovation management covers integrated learning management system, better teacher qualification standard, and increase school reputation; and (4) obstacles and solution disrupt the implementation of learning innovation management of effective classes at SMPIT Cordova Samarinda.
Senior technology exploration, learning, and acceptance (STELA) model: from exploration to use – a longitudinal randomized controlled trial

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to examine the process from technology exploration to acceptance for older adults. A senior technology exploration, learning, and acceptance (STELA) model is proposed to examine the technology exploration and learning process. Adopting a new technology can pose challenges with increasing age. In order to help older adults use new technologies so they can be included in many important resources and support that are routinely accessed online, it is essential to understand factors affecting their technology adoption, and what the learning and adoption processes are like. This study employs four waves of data from a randomized controlled trial computer training intervention with 195 older adults (65 and older) in 19 different assisted and independent living communities (AICs). The results show the moderating effect of technology training and support for the relationship of exploring a technology and perceived difficulties of learning. These results suggest that training programs that are specially designed for older adults and continued support are needed to help older adults explore technologies and facilitate their learning process.
Using State Data to Conduct Research in the Field of Gifted Education

State databases offer researchers the opportunity to conduct research using data collected by states. These databases contain financial, demographic, and accountability data. Accessing and acquiring data from these repositories, though, can offer challenges to scholars interested in conducting research. This brief describes the type of data collected by states, how to acquire this data, and includes potential limitations when using this data. Special consideration is given to concerns regarding acquiring state information on smaller populations of students, especially students identified as gifted and talented.
Temperature as a modulator of sexual selection

A central question in ecology and evolution is to understand why sexual selection varies so much in strength across taxa; it has long been known that ecological factors are crucial to this. Temperature is a particularly salient abiotic ecological factor that modulates a wide range of physiological, morphological and behavioural traits, impacting individuals and populations at a global taxonomic scale. Furthermore, temperature exhibits substantial temporal variation (e.g. daily, seasonally and inter‐seasonally), and hence for most species in the wild sexual selection will regularly unfold in a dynamic thermal environment. Unfortunately, studies have so far almost completely neglected the role of temperature as a modulator of sexual selection. Here, we outline the main pathways through which temperature can affect the intensity and form (i.e. mechanisms) of sexual selection, via: (i) direct effects on secondary sexual traits and preferences (i.e. trait variance, opportunity for selection and trait–fitness covariance), and (ii) indirect effects on key mating parameters, sex‐specific reproductive costs/benefits, trade‐offs, demography and correlated abiotic factors. Building upon this framework, we show that, by focusing exclusively on the first‐order effects that environmental temperature has on traits linked with individual fitness and population viability, current global warming studies may be ignoring eco‐evolutionary feedbacks mediated by sexual selection. Finally, we tested the general prediction that temperature modulates sexual selection by conducting a meta‐analysis of available studies experimentally manipulating temperature and reporting effects on the variance of male/female reproductive success and/or traits under sexual selection. Our results show a clear association between temperature and sexual selection measures in both sexes. In short, we suggest that studying the feedback between temperature and sexual selection processes may be vital to developing a better understanding of variation in the strength of sexual selection in nature, and its consequences for population viability in response to environmental change (e.g. global warming).
Investigating Student Intention to support the Green Laboratory Program Using the Pro-environmental Reasoned Action Model: A case study from Bandung, Indonesia

Industry 4.0 requires the educational sector to enhance its effectiveness and efficiency by considering the environmental factor. The green laboratory concept supports industry 4.0 through its energy-saving and getting more efficient and effective teaching and learning process. The teaching aid that developed regarding the green laboratory program is needed for efficient and effective educational activities. For this reason, a tool is designed, namely the Material Selection Box to facilitate students in reading material selection charts during the product development practicum. This study aimed to investigate the intention to use the Material Selection Box using the Pro-Environmental Reasoned Action Model (PERA). 160 students were surveyed using an online questionnaire. This study uses the Structural Equation Modeling to analyze the data. The result showed that the PERA model was found to represent the willingness to use material selection teaching aids. More importantly, it is found that the laboratory management has strong influence on the students’ willingness to use the teaching aid. Thus, it is recommended for laboratory management to motivate students to support the green laboratory program by using the teaching aid.
Developing student’s social entrepreneurial intention

Article history: Received: July 4 2019 Received in revised format: September 14 2019 Accepted: October 30, 2019 Available online: October 30, 2019 The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of emotional intelligence, experience of social experience, previous entrepreneurial experience, environmental support toward social entrepreneurial intention with mediating role of social entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Research sample consisted of 125 students who has some social experience and entrepreneurship from various universities in Semarang. The data carried out in 2019 and analyzed with a Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using AMOS v 21. The results show that emotional intelligence, social activities, previous entrepreneurial experience were significantly and positively associated with social entrepreneurial, self-efficacy and social entrepreneurial intention. Social entrepreneurial self-efficacy significantly and positively influenced on social entrepreneurial intention. However, the effects of environmental support on social entrepreneurial intention was insignificant. The significant mediating role of student’s social entrepreneurial self-efficacy in developing social entrepreneurial intention showed significant contribution of social cognitive theory and career development theory to realize student’s social entrepreneurial intention. University and government are requested to give more attention in developing social entrepreneurship in order to have more social entrepreneur graduated from universities. © 2020 by the authors; licensee Growing Science, Canada
AbstractRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CUMULATIVE CHILDHOOD ADVERSITY AND SLEEP HEALTH: DOES VIGILANCE FOR THREAT PLAY A ROLE?

Exposure to childhood adversity in the home may be related to poorer sleep, even in samples without sleep disorders or psychiatric illness. Sleep health is a construct that considers dimensions of both nighttime and daytime sleep (i.e., regularity, satisfaction, alertness, timing, efficiency, duration). This study examined the relationship between cumulative childhood adversity (i.e., a sum of different types of adversities) and sleep health, as well as mediators and moderators of this relationship, including vigilance for threat, childhood SES, community adversities, body mass index, and symptoms of depression, anxiety, and PTSD in a sample of 540 healthy undergraduates aged 18-28 years old (50% female; 29% non-white). Online surveys assessed childhood adversity before age 18 and current sleep, mood, vigilance for threat, and health. Survey sleep health was measured using the “RUSATED” scale (Buysse, 2014). A subsample (n=114) completed a laboratory protocol that measured behavioral and physiological vigilance for threat, and a weeklong sleep protocol (actigraphy and daily diaries). Primary analyses examined a second-order latent factor of sleep health that combined survey, actigraphy, and diary measures of the six sleep health dimensions. Supplemental analyses examined the total sleep health score on the RUSATED survey, as well as total scores when RUSATED cut-offs for each sleep dimension were applied to actigraphy and diary data. Structural equation modeling (with bootstrapping for mediation models) and linear regressions were used to examine the relationship between childhood adversity and sleep health. Overall, 52% of the sample reported one or more childhood adversities. Childhood adversity was related to poorer latent sleep health and survey-reported RUSATED sleep health total score after adjustment for sociodemographic, health, and psychosocial covariates. Mediation and moderation hypotheses were largely unsupported, with two exceptions: PTSD partially mediated the relationship between childhood adversity and diary-derived sleep health total score, and low childhood SES moderated the relationship between adversity and survey sleep health total score, but this interaction was not probed as less than 5% of participants reported low SES. The sleep health construct may provide a nuanced way to study sleep patterns and ultimately guide intervention efforts that may mitigate downstream risk of poor health outcomes.
Why is plickers a relevant pedagogy alternative for accounting educators? A reflection on distinct types of student response systems (SRS)

Plickers is a type of student response system (SRS) and is a relatively new educational technology tool that can assist the teaching and learning processes through an engaging quiz-based activity. Despite that, little research has been conducting on it thus far. I was unable to retrieve any published work in accounting academic journals on Plickers. Then, this study aims to show why Plickers is an important pedagogy alternative for accounting educators, comparatively to other types of SRS. To this end, I have discussed Plickers’ features and functionality. Subsequently, I compared Plickers and other kinds of SRS regarding essential issues in its usage. Next, I described preliminary findings on Plickers and, finally, I presented my final thoughts based on what I have shown throughout the paper. I argue that Plickers has essential advantages over other types of SRSs that may relevantly influence educational institutions’ and faculty’s decision to adopt it, and these include (i) less dependency on technology and technical support, (ii) lower costs, and (iii) the potential learning benefits are similar to previous versions of SRS, particularly concerning students’ involvement, participation, and performance. Additionally, Plickers is flexible in terms of utilizing it at distinct levels of education and courses, especially in face to-face education. I discuss the implications for practice and provide suggestions for future studies in the final section of the paper. Keywords : Plickers, Student response system, Educational technology, Accounting education. https://doi.org/10.21714/2446-9114RMC2019v20net03
Organizational Climate and Teachers Job Performance in Public Secondary Schools in Abia State, Nigeria

This study investigated the Organizational climate and teachers job per-formance in public secondary schools in Abia state, Nigeria. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. Ex-post facto descrip-tive survey design was employed in the study. Proportionate sampling technique was used to determine a sample size of 609 respondents for the study. A structured questionnaire titled “Organizational Climate on Teachers Job Performance Questionnaire (OCTJPQ)” built on 4-point rating scale was used for data collection. The face validity of the instrument was established by three experts, two from Educational Management and one from Measurement and Evaluation in Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike. Reliability of the instrument was determined with Cronbach alpha technique which gave a value of 0.84 for the internal consistency. Data collected analyzed with mean and standard deviation for the research questions while null hypotheses were tested with t-test statistic tool at 0.05 level of significance. Findings among others showed that open organization climate influences teachers’ job performance to a low extent, and there was no significant difference between the mean scores responses Principals and teachers on the two null hypotheses. Based on the findings, recommendations were advanced.
Investigating Gender Differences in Physical Activity Behavior and Social Cognitions among First-Year Medical Students

Background: Applying the Theory of Planned Behavior, we examined gender differences in physical activity (PA) behavior and social cognitions (SC; i.e., attitudes, perceived behavioral control, intentions and subjective norms) among first-year medical students. Methods: In October 2015, first-year medical students from across Ontario [n=95; 23±2 years (31 males)] completed questionnaires assessing PA levels and SC. Results: Men reported greater moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) per week compared to women (243.3 ± 224.7 min/week vs. 145.4 ± 127.8 min/week, p=0.042). No differences in SC toward PA were observed between genders (all ps>0.05). Bivariate correlations revealed that perceived behavioral control and intentions to participate in PA correlated with MVPA in both genders (all rs>0.348; all ps<0.05); however, attitudes (pleasantness and enjoyment) predicted MVPA solely amongst men (all rs>0.492; all ps<0.001). Conclusions: Findings provide insight into the theoretical constructs that influence medical students’ PA, and how these factors may differ between genders. Findings can be used to tailor interventions to increase PA among medical students.
Values and communication apprehension as antecedents of conflict styles in intercultural conflicts: A study in Germany and Russia.

The purpose of this study was to examine and predict conflict styles in an intercultural conflict from personal values and intercultural communication apprehension (ICA). We used a comparative approach, employing data (N 455) from Germany (N 221) and Russia (N 234) to establish some common patterns and provide a more detailed insight into this phenomenon. As predicted, both countries displayed common patterns of relationships. The self-transcendence values were positively associated with the preference for a collaborating style. Self-enhancement values were positively correlated with the preference for a dominating style, and conservation values with the preference for an avoiding style. A high level of ICA was an obstacle to the adoption of a collaborating style. These findings were discussed within the historical and sociocultural context of these 2 countries.
Visual impairment, low vision acuity, and the mediating effect of sleep indicators among older adults in India

Little is known about the prevalence and association between visual impairment, low vision acuity, and sleep indicators (sleep duration and sleep problem) in the Indian context. We investigate this association for Indian older adults (50+ ages). Using cross-sectional data from WHO-Study on global AGEing and adult health (WHO-SAGE) 2007–2008, a sample of 6560 (Mage = 61.81, SD = 9.00) was selected for analysis. Self-reported visual impairment and performance-based low vision acuity were used as outcome variables, whereas sleep duration, problem in sleep, and medical condition with socio-demographic were used as covariates. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted. In a fully adjusted model (including all covariates), vision impairment was associated with short sleep duration (<6 hr) and sleep problem, separately and together for both genders. Low vision was positively associated with short sleep duration and sleep problem, separately and together for males, whereas only long sleep (⩾9 hr) is associated with low vision acuity for females in fully adjusted model. Results suggest that sleep apnea including short sleep duration and sleep problem is the underestimated cause of visual impairment and vision acuity. Healthcare providers should consider sleep parameters (sleep duration and sleep problem) along with sleep apnea in the treatment of visual impaired older adults.
The influence of parents in the discursive construction of technology-mediated learning experiences

ABSTRACT In the new learning ecology, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) promote the learning of children and young people in a variety of contexts and also shape their learning trajectories. However, empirical studies often ignore how learners construct narratives about their own learning trajectories and about what it means to learn with ICTs. Thus, we propose Subjective Learning Experiences (SLEs) as a unit of analysis for studying personal learning trajectories. SLEs allow us to investigate learning both across settings and over time. To illustrate our empirical approach, we present a brief study in which we explore how dominant discursive constructions, from parents, about what it means to learn with ICTs influence the learning experiences of children and young people. For this study, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 30 Spanish children and their parents, using thematic analysis to identify their discursive constructions. Our results provide evidence that discursive constructions about what it means to learn, present in the contexts of activity in which children and young people participate, influence their learning experiences. We conclude that our empirical approach advances the analysis of personal learning trajectories by allowing us to capture the fluid and boundless nature of learning across settings and time.
Managing Sociocultural Sustainability in Public Heritage Spaces

ABSTRACT The preservation of built and living culture is one of the essential goals when implementing a management plan for a heritage site or a cultural tourist attraction. Tangible culture is often the main attractant for tourists, and creates the image of said destination. This is especially true with heritage sites and public spaces in urban areas, as urban areas are more dependent on their cultural monuments to attract tourists and generate income. Park Güell has become a fundamental part of the Barcelona image. The current arrival of a huge number of annual visitors in Barcelona has brought with it the need to better manage the city’s resources from a sustainability standpoint. The access to Park Güell was regulated in October 2013 to help alleviate some of the pressure the surrounding area was receiving. Consequently, the purpose of this study is to assess how Park Güell manages its sociocultural sustainability.
Cautionary (and blessed) tales from the perils of the measurement phase

ABSTRACT In this response to the target article, we anticipate some challenges that joy researchers will face in attempting to cultivate a research program on a revived and more robust understanding of joy. Every psychological literature has a measurement phase. We name three pitfalls to avoid during this phase, including becoming too preoccupied with concerns about self-reports, conceptual sprawl, and entering a crowded conceptual space. Gratitude and joy are not only close neighbors; we contend that joy researchers can learn from gratitude’s much less tumultuous measurement phase compared to forgiveness and humility. We suggest two strategies that might help propel a ‘robust joy’ scholarship past the three pitfalls. These include mining theological theories for empirically testable predictions to big questions within psychological science and moving quickly to ground the study of robust joy with brief, applied methods of inducing joy that join basic research on mechanisms with application early on.