Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
“It’s Just the Thing You Do”: Physical and Digital Fields, and the Flow of Capital for Young People’s Gendered Identity Negotiation

This article examines young people’s negotiation of their identities in relation to gender. We explore this through two important sites for young people—physical relationships in the school environment and mainstream social media sites (e.g., Instagram and Facebook)—with the suggestion that social media is an important site for young people that permits discursive and identity exploration. Specifically, we use a Bourdieusian framework to examine the flow of capital between fields as well as the identities that arise. We draw on the experiences of young people aged 15 or 16 from 70 semistructured interviews (33 young men, 37 young women; M age = 15.7) at three socioeconomically contrasting schools. We argue that for capital to be accrued, young people’s identities are largely required to be consistent between the physical and digital worlds. Moreover, these identities are heavily tied to polarized gender stereotypes of heightened masculinities and femininities. Thus, a young person’s popularity (reinforced in both the fields of social media and schooling) is partly maintained by the negotiation of their gendered body and a gendered identity.
Institutional hierarchies and research impact: new academic currencies, capital and position-taking in UK higher education

Abstract Globally, performance-based research funding aims to support the most deserving academic institutions and researchers. However, overcoming entrenched assumptions about quality is a persistent challenge for higher education research policies worldwide; traditionally powerful institutions tend to maintain dominance. Research impact as a performance criterion presents an opportunity for position-taking through success according to non-academic criteria. Could impact-oriented research funding challenge institutional hierarchies? The UK university system presents an instructive case study for exploring this question. However, exposing the effects of such performance-based funding on institutional stratification requires focusing on the interface between institutions and disciplines. A Bourdieusian analysis of 53 cases of research-based impact on higher education policy/practice revealed the differential capital that researchers from more and less ‘prestigious’ universities mobilise when generating research impact. By uncovering how impact reinforces disparities in research power between UK institutions, the study contributes to understanding of sectoral reproduction through discipline-level mediation of research policy.
The role that experiential learning plays in intercultural awareness development: A case study of South Korean students sojourning in New Zealand

i Acknowledgements . iii List of Figures . ix List of Tables . ix 1.0 Introduction . 1 1.1 Study abroad. 1 1.2 The author’s story . 3 1.3 Significance of the study . 4 1.4 The research setting . 5 1.5 Outline of the thesis . 6 2.0 Literature Review. 8 2.1 Studying abroad . 8 2.2 Programme designs . 9 2.2.1 Types of programmes . 9 2.2.2 Structure of models . 10 2.2.3 Length of programme . 11 2.3 Study abroad: Reasons and benefits . 11 2.4 Homestays . 14 2.5 Issues facing international students: Loneliness and communication . 16 2.5. 1. Experiences abroad: Anticipated and unanticipated . 19 2.6 Experiential learning . 22 2.6. 1 Facilitation in study abroad . 27 2.6. 2 No structure . 28 2.6. 3 Semi-structured or loose programmes . 29 2.6. 4 Structured . 31 2.7 Intercultural competence and awareness . 35 2.7. 1 Terminology and definition . 36 2.7. 2 Brief historical view of IC development . 38 2.8 Summary . 45 2.8. 1 Research questions . 46 3.0 Methodology . 47 3.1 Justification for an interpretative approach . 47 3.2 Ethnography . 50 3.3 Case Study . 53 3.4 Case study with ethnographic principles . 56 3.5 Data collection methods . 56 3.5. 1 Focus groups . 56 3.5. 2 Interviews . 57
Youth participatory action research, trauma, and the arts: designing youthspaces for equity and healing

Abstract Coming of age in an urban setting presents both opportunities and challenges for development and learning. In this paper, I illustrate the importance of understanding the ways in which marginalized young people respond to, resist, and are shaped by complex traumas stemming from structural oppression as a result of ongoing colonial and racial violence. I offer “youthspaces” as a framework that centers those with direct experiences of oppression as trauma as experts and cultural producers to envision a more socially just future-world and imagine things as though they could be otherwise. Five guiding principles and a living curriculum are offered for co-creating humanizing spaces with youth grounded in radical imagining, belonging, and collective creative inquiry. This work provides researchers, youth workers, young people, community organizers, activists, and educators a toolkit for conceptualizing, designing, and implementing praxis for critical consciousness and more effective, culturally sustaining programming, services and policies.
The “Refugee Crisis,” Immigration Attitudes, and Euroscepticism

Between 2015 and 2017, the European Union (EU) was confronted with a major crisis in its history, the so-called “European refugee crisis. ” Since the multifaceted crisis has provoked many different responses, it is also likely to have influenced individuals’ assessments of immigrants and European integration. Using data from three waves of the European Social Survey (ESS) — the wave before the crisis in 2012, the wave at the beginning of the crisis in 2014, and the wave right after the (perceived) height of the crisis in 2016 — we test the degree to which the European refugee crisis increased Europeans’ anti-immigrant sentiment and Euroscepticism, as well as the influence of Europeans’ anti-immigrant attitudes on their level of Euroscepticism. As suggested by prior research, our results indicate that there is indeed a consistent and solid relationship between more critical attitudes toward immigrants and increased Euroscepticism. Surprisingly, however, we find that the crisis increased neither anti-immigrant sentiments nor critical attitudes toward the EU and did not reinforce the link between rejection of immigrants and rejection of the EU. These findings imply that even under a strong external shock, fundamental political attitudes remain constant.
Investigating the factor structure of the South African Personality Inventory – English version

Orientation: Most psychological measuring instruments developed in Western, educated, industrial, rich, democratic (W.E.I.R.D.) countries have been found to inadequately capture and represent personality outside the borders of these countries. Consequently, culturally informed or indigenous measuring instruments need to be developed.Research purpose: This study aimed to inspect whether an overlap exists between the empirical data obtained and the theoretical six-factor SAPI framework, providing evidence for an indigenous personality structure in a multi-cultural context.Motivation for the study: Psychological professionals in South Africa have been criticised for using culturally biased instruments that do not display an accurate representation of the 11 official cultural groups. The South African Personality Inventory (SAPI) aims to address these criticisms, highlighting the importance of establishing the cultural applicability of the model through model-fit analyses.Research approach/design and method: A quantitative, cross-sectional design was used to administer the SAPI-English version to a sample of employed, unemployed and employment-seeking South Africans (N = 3912). Exploratory Structural Equation Modelling (ESEM) was used to model the data.Main findings: The results revealed that the model was a good fit to the data and that the SAPI factors accurately represent personality in a multi-cultural context.Practical/managerial implication: Using a well-researched indigenous personality assessment like the SAPI can assist South African organisations to fairly and reliably assess people across the 11 official cultural groups.Contribution/value-add: This study advances the processes surrounding indigenous test development through the establishment of a personality model and measure that encapsulates personality traits exhibited in a multi-cultural context.
Study on conscientiousness, academic self-efficacy and self-esteem predictive power on academic procrastination among counselling students

The purpose of this study is to investigate the predictive effect of Conscientiousness, Academic Self-Efficacy and Self-Esteem on Academic Procrastination among Counselling Students. Three hundred students studying Counselling in a College of Education in Nigeria, West Africa were selected through the simple random method and completed the measures of Conscientiousness, Academic Self-efficacy, Self-esteem, and Academic Procrastination. The result from the correlation matrix and hierarchical regression model shows that academic procrastination behavior of students is explained by conscientiousness, academic self-efficacy, and self-esteem. It was also shown from the model that all the predictor variables contributed 54% of the total variance in academic procrastination among counselling students. Research results are discussed in the light of related literature and practicable recommendations were provided.
Aging Filipino siblings’ interment preferences: application of conjoint analysis

ABSTRACT Like aging, death is inevitable. The loss of a family member is significant to the aging siblings who are tasked with the responsibility of caring for the burial and other funeral services. While there had been studies on funeral services, no research had been conducted on interment services preferences. Hence, the overall purpose of this conjoint analysis study is to ascertain the interment preferences of a select group of aging Filipino siblings. A total of 165 aging Filipino siblings, from two highly-populated provinces in the fifth region of the Philippines, participated in the sorting and ranking of vignettes. Results of the conjoint technique showed the Type of Burial as the most important attribute (22.715%) and Burial Tribute as the least (6.818%). Part-worth of the attributes is: Residence (.158) for Place of Wake; 1 to 3 days (.241) for Length of Wake; Mourning (.536) for the Burial Rituals; Eulogy program (.091) for Burial Tribute; Traditional Burial (1.412) for Type of Burial; Pure White (1.092) for Processional Color Theme; and No obituaries (.161). Marked differences were noted in the female aging siblings giving more importance to the processional/final interment color theme and the obituaries. Also, housewives and the unemployed are inclined to wear pure black during the processional/final interment color theme in contrast to those employed in government agencies. Findings of this study will greatly help in offering not only financial ease but also emotional convenience to the bereaved.
Actions and Intentions

Results in the cognitive neuroscience of volition and action have been often dismissed as ultimately irrelevant, or too week at best, to legitimately tackle the philosophical issues of free will and intentional agency. By contrast, this chapter seeks to promote a more constructive perspective regarding how philosophy and cognitive neuroscience can jointly improve our comprehension of intentional agency. The chapter is divided into seven sections. In Section 2, I present the causal theory of action as the best attempt to provide a reductive philosophical characterisation of intentional action, introducing some early and ongoing debates concerning the causal role of conscious mental states. In Section 3, I discuss how specific problems for the understanding of intentional agency, as inherited from the causal theory, originate from widely discussed pieces of empirical evidence on how voluntary processes unfold. In Section 4, I go through some of the counter-arguments that have been put forward in order to defend the classic view of intentional agency. To a various extent, these counter-arguments target the lack of ecological validity of widely employed experimental paradigms. In Section 5, I present counter-arguments of a different type, which are based on the underlying claim that no clear causal link between unconscious neural antecedents and actions can be established on the basis of neuroscientific data. The preoccupation expressed by some of these criticisms is shareable. Nonetheless, I will suggest that the following argument is unwarranted: Because it does not straightforwardly rule out the causal theory, the neuroscientific angle is irrelevant to understanding intentional agency. In Section 6, I in fact argue in favour of a different approach concerning the relation between experimental research and philosophical analysis. In particular, I suggest that the former does not simply have the role of validating the latter, but plays a more constructive part in defining the common research target. I articulate these claims with some proposals and examples (Subsections 6.1 and 6.2). Some final remarks are presented in Section 7.
POTENSI PENDIDIKAN GIZI DALAM MENINGKATKAN ASUPAN GIZI PADA REMAJA PUTRI YANG ANEMIA DI KOTA MEDAN

Abstrak Remaja putri merupakan kelompok anemia berisiko tinggi dibandingkan putra dengan prevalensi di Indonesia 26,5%. Penelitian quasy experiment dengan desain pre-post intervention bertujuan menganalisis pengaruh pendidikan gizi terhadap pengetahuan gizi dan konsumsi zat gizi remaja putri. Sampel berjumlah 51 orang yang dilakukan di SMP Negeri 21 Medan tahun 2015. Pendidikan gizi diberikan dua kali dengan metode ceramah, tanya jawab dengan booklet. Asupan gizi diketahui dengan metode food recall 24 jam (dua kali). Hasil menunjukkan bahwa skor pengetahuan gizi meningkat dari 62,39±12,05 poin menjadi 72,31±17,01 poin. Asupan gizi (protein, vitamin C, vitamin A, asam folat, besi, zink, tembaga) mengalami penurunan sesudah intervensi. Ada perbedaan bermakna (p 0,05) asupan gizi sebelum dan sesudah intervensi. Hasil ini menunjukkan bahwa pendidikan gizi hanya meningkatkan pengetahuan gizi remaja putri, tetapi tidak meningkatkan asupan gizi. Kata Kunci : pendidikan gizi, asupan gizi, remaja putri, anemia Abstract Adolescent girls are high risk to anemia rather than boys with prevalence in Indonesia 26,5%. This quasy experiment research with pretest-posttest group design study aimed to analyze effect of nutrition education on knowledge and nutrition consumption in adolescent girls. Samples with 51 subjects was conducted in Junior High School 21 Medan in 2015. The nutrition education was given twice using lecture & question answer with booklet. Nutrition consumption was gathered twice with food recall 24 hours method. The results showed that knowledge nutrition score increased from 62.39±12.05 points to 72.31±17.01 points. Nutrients intake (protein, vitamin C, Vitamin A, folic acid, iron, zink, copper) decreased in the post intervention. There was a significant difference (p 0.05) nutrition consumption pre and post intervention. This imply that nutrition education only improved the adolescent girls’ knowledge nutrition, but did not improved the nutrient intake. Keyword : Nutrition Education; Nutrient Intake; Adolescent Girls; Anemia.
Two Distinct Humanized Monoclonal Antibodies for Immunotherapy of Ovarian Cancer

Two monoclonal antibodies (Mab) were selected for development of anti-cancer drugs targeting ovarian cancer. RP215 Mab was shown to react with a carbohydrate-associated epitope detected mainly in the heavy chains of cancer cell-expressed immunoglobulins which are essential for the growth/proliferation of almost all human cancer cells. GHR106 Mab, on the other hand, reacts specifically with GnRH receptor on the surface of almost all cancer cells. In this review, efforts were made to use an ovarian cancer cell line, OC-3-VGH as the experimental model to study these two Mabs in murine and humanized isoforms including humanization, comparative biochemical and immunological characterizations. Surface binding of either of these two Mabs can result in apoptosis and complement-dependent cellular cytotoxicity to this ovarian cancer cell line and others. Both murine Mabs were humanized and shown to be bioequivalent with respect to affinity and biospecificity to their murine counterparts through extensive biochemical/immunological studies. Therefore, preclinical and clinical studies were warranted to continue the investigations of these two potential anti-cancer drug candidates for therapeutic treatments of ovarian cancer.
Making Social Science Matter

If we want to empower and re-enchant social scientific research, we need to do three things. First, we must drop all pretence, however indirect, at emulating the success of the natural sciences in producing cumulative and predictive theory, for their approach simply does not work in any of the social sciences. (For the full argument see Flyvbjerg, 2001.) Second, we must address problems that matter to groups in the local, national and global communities in which we live, and we must do it in ways that matter; we must focus on issues of context, values and power, as advocated by great social scientists from Aristotle and Machiavelli to Max Weber and Pierre Bourdieu. Finally, we must effectively and dialogically communicate the results of our research to our fellow citizens, the ‘public’, and carefully listen to their feedback. If we do this – focus on specific values and interests in the context of particular power relations – we may successfully transform social scientific research into an activity performed in public for publics, sometimes to clarify, sometimes to intervene, sometimes to generate new perspectives, and always to serve as eyes and ears in ongoing efforts to understand the present and to deliberate about the future. We may, in short, arrive at social research that matters.
Generosity and livelihoods: Dictator game evidence on the multidimensional nature of sharing among the Kenyan Maasai

This paper investigates whether sharing behavior is multidimensional and embedded in social organization and modes of economic production. It uses a modified dictator game varying social distance to the recipient and varying the resource (money vs. six in-kind resources) being shared among the pastoral Maasai of Kenya. Results show that both social distance and the nature of the resource matter for sharing as well as their combination. The discussion argues that these findings are consistent with the nature and role of these resources in the pastoral livelihood among the Maasai
Transformational Leadership Practices and Student Achievement in Diverse Urban Elementary Schools

Transformational Leadership Practices and Student Achievement in Diverse Urban Elementary Schools by Matilda Mendez-Keegan MA, Mathematics, Brooklyn College, 1996 MA, Elementary Education, Brooklyn College, 1994 BA, Brooklyn College, 1992 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Education
Interprovincial Variation in Access to Publicly Funded Pharmaceuticals

Introduction: Government-funded drug programs provide prescription medications for many Canadian residents, including senior citizens and social assistance recipients. Pharmaceuticals available for beneficiaries are typically listed in federal, provincial, and territorial formularies. We analyzed six Canadian drug formularies (for the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec) and report the extent of interprovincial variation in Canadians' access to publicly funded pharmaceuticals at the chemical subgroup (CSG) level of the World Health Organization Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (WHO ATC) classification system. Methods: A database profiling provincial formulary listings of CSGs was compiled to enable a cross-sectional analysis of drug benefits at a clinically meaningful level. The comprehensiveness of provincial drug reimbursement plans was evaluated in a quantitative comparison of CSGs. Therapeutic distribution of CSGs within anatomical main groups of the WHO ATC classification system was also investigated. Interprovincial formulary agreement of CSG listings (full, restricted, or not listed) was determined on the basis of kappa coefficients. Results: British Columbia and Nova Scotia provided residents with access to the greatest number of full-listing CSGs, 336 each. Manitoba had the fewest full-listing CSGs, 268. Kappa coefficients, representing agreement in provincial listing decisions, ranged from 0.23 (between British Columbia and Quebec) to 0.45 (between Alberta and Manitoba). All of these coefficients represent a fair-to-poor level of interprovincial agreement in CSG listing status. Conclusion: A large degree of variation is present in Canadian provincial drug formularies, even at the CSG level. This reflects differences in provincial listing decisions and has therapeutic implications for patients, in that there is differential access to entire categories of drug products across provincial drug plans.
RISK-LADEN WORKING LIVES OF CHILD PROTECTION SOCIAL WORKERS IN SOUTH AFRICA

This study reports on the findings of semi-structured interviews with ten social workers employed by designated child protection organisations in Gauteng, South Africa to explore their lived experiences of workplace risks and subsequent negative outcomes. Thematic analysis of transcribed interviews yielded risk factors embedded in the socio-ecological model, namely intrapersonal (personality traits and the dichotomy of human vs. professionalism); interpersonal (unsupportive supervisors; lack of co-operation among professionals); institutional (challenges unique to child protection social work); community (unrealistic expectations from communities); societal / public policy (lack of funding and resources, political interference) . A discussion follows and the way forward is deliberated
Relação entre impulsividade e suícidio em pacientes com transtorno afetivo bipolar

Diversos estudos investigaram a possivel relacao entre tentativas de suicidio e a impulsividade em pacientes com transtorno bipolar, mas os resultados sempre foram conflitantes. Esta ausencia de resultados uniformes pode estar relacionada a questoes conceituais e metodologicas assim como a definicao de impulsividade. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi avaliar a relacao entre impulsividade e tentativas de suicidio em uma amostra de pacientes com transtorno bipolar. O Iowa Gambling Task e o Conners Continuous Performance Test II foram utilizados para avaliar a impulsividade em 95 pacientes comtranstorno bipolar (42 com historico de tentativas de suicidio) e 115 voluntarios controles. Uma analise fatorial avaliou a adequacao dos instrumentos. Alem disso, uma regressao linear multipla foi feita para gerar um modelo para predizer tentativas de suicidio. O modelo finalincluiu apenas variaveis significantes (p < 0,05). A impulsividade por nao planejamento e o transtorno de personalidade borderline foram os preditores de tentativas de suicidio no modelo final (F = 21,205; p < 0,001; R2 = 31,6%). Os resultados apontam para um tipoespecifico de impulsividade relacionado a tomada de decisoes, falta de planejamento e ao transtorno de personalidade borderline. Este tipo de impulsividade e um fator de risco para tentativas de suicidio em pacientes com transtorno bipolar. Estudos futuros deverao investigaros mecanismos neurobiologicos por tras das relacoes entre o comportamento impulsivo, transtorno de personalidade borderline e suicidio.