Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Gender and Social Acceptance of Immigrants in a New Destination Site

Gender and Social Acceptance of Immigrants in a New Destination Site by Emma Meade Earl, Master of Science Utah State University, 2019 Major Professor: Dr. Erin Trouth Hofmann Department: Sociology, Social Work & Anthropology In this article, I draw on secondary interview data with LatinX immigrants in Cache Valley, Utah, an emerging new destination site in the Inter-Mountain West. While immigrants are drawn to new destinations by employment opportunities, quality of life, or low cost of living, they face many challenges in integrating socially into fairly homogenous communities, which can be particularly challenging for immigrant women. This thesis analyzes the ways in which gender affects social integration in the specific cultural and demographic context of Cache Valley. Using interviews with 16 men and women, I examine gender differences in perceptions of the community, experiences of discrimination, and plans to continue to reside within the community. I find high levels of integration among both men and women. Although discrimination and racism are common experiences, many of the respondents were quick to downplay these experiences and focused instead on their overall positive assessment of the community. Women were more attuned to the experience of racism and less willing to downplay it. They also were less likely to have a long-term plan to remain in the community, but this appeared to be more related to their consideration of other family members’ long-term plans, rather than
A YouTube analysis of Muslim scholar reactions to Trump’s electoral outcome: social work implications

ABSTRACT This paper investigated Muslim scholars’ immediate YouTube reactions towards President Trump during the November 2016 post-election week. Muslim scholars, also known as Imams or religious leaders, can promote social justice and rally the Muslim community, positively or negatively. Thematic analysis suggested reasons for Trump winning the election, and issues of unity and social justice. The analysis implies that Muslim scholars can be positive first responders and help bind both their Muslim and neighborhood community. The results of this study can help social workers together with Muslim scholars devise better interventions and use online media for community outreach.
60 Years of March and Simon's Organizations: An Empirical Examination of its Impact and Influence on Subsequent Research

We provide an analytic and systematic review of the impact of March and Simon&#8217;s seminal Organizations on management research and discuss the book&#8217;s value for current research and propose future applications of it. Building on bibliometric and text&#8208;mining approaches, our empirical analysis reveals that although Organizations was contextually based in the industrial milieu of the 1950s, its concepts have found ongoing resonance with scholars. Further, we find that much of this resonance appears to be driven by the ability of scholars in different &#8216;schools of thought&#8217; to find useful insights from March and Simon&#8217;s generalized theoretical structure. However, we also observe that scholars have been selective in their usage of ideas from the book over the last 60&#160;years. Based our analysis, we propose a particular set of future research areas, including a focus on new organizational forms and extending March and Simon&#8217;s ideas to multi&#8208;level research, which can benefit from more holistically drawing on Organizations and connect its original ideas to address current management problems.
Effects of different balance interventions for primary school students

Abstract This study examines the effects of two different 8-week balance intervention programs for students of primary school age. Static and dynamic balance were assessed in 380 students (6–12 years) before and after an 8-week balance intervention program. Students were divided and assigned into a no intervention control group, a direct instructional model (DIM) or a tactical games model (TGM). Static and dynamic balance improved after both intervention programs, but results differed by grade (age). DIM was the most effective for G2 (7–8 years), and TGM was most effective for G4-G6 (9–12 years) students. Thus, at the youngest ages of primary school DIM balance programs in which skills are taught and practised in isolation and students work individually are more effective, but for improving balance. At more advanced ages (>8 years), TGM balance programs may be more effective.
Enhancing and extending the classical GRASP framework with biased randomisation and simulation

Abstract Greedy Randomised Adaptive Search Procedure (GRASP) is one of the best-known metaheuristics to solve complex combinatorial optimisation problems (COPs). This paper proposes two extensions of the typical GRASP framework. On the one hand, applying biased randomisation techniques during the solution construction phase enhances the efficiency of the GRASP solving approach compared to the traditional use of a restricted candidate list. On the other hand, the inclusion of simulation at certain points of the GRASP framework constitutes an efficient simulation–optimisation approach that allows to solve stochastic versions of COPs. To show the effectiveness of these GRASP improvements and extensions, tests are run with both deterministic and stochastic problem settings related to flow shop scheduling, vehicle routing, and facility location.
Who Learns What in Basic Education? Evidence from Indonesia

Indonesia consistently fares poorly on the international tests like PISA and TIMSS. To help diagnosing the causes of poor learning we track student achievement across 9 years in basic education. We find that 40% of students do not learn the basics in the early grades of primary school (recognizing 2-digit numbers by 2 grade, and ordering 4-digit numbers by 4 grade). We also find that schools do not cover the complete Indonesian curriculum. Only few students learn how to calculate the surface area of a triangle by 5 grade, the rules about the order of operations, and to complete exercises embedded in stories. Poor and incomplete coverage of the primary curriculum helps explain the low levels of student achievement we observed in secondary school. Our analysis also provides directions for future research. We observed a large catching-up effect in learning in 6th grade. A plausible explanation for this pattern is the increased pressure on schools, teachers and students to perform well on the high-stakes national exams. The fact that the system can produce learning once (all) actors are sufficiently motivated, suggests that 1. ) performance pressure might help, and 2. ) that low levels of teacher’s knowledge and skills are currently not a major binding constraint to learning in Indonesia.
Personal Self-Expansion and Romantic Relationship Well-Being

The goal of this study was to examine how individual self-expansion (i.e., growing as a person by learning new information and seeing the self in a new light) can be integrated into and benefit a romantic relationship. Undergraduate students were randomly assigned to either a week-long self-expanding activity or a control activity to examine the effects on relationship quality. Contrary to predictions, people in the self-expanding activity condition did not have higher relationship quality scores than participants who engaged in the control activity. However, participants who completed the self-expanding activity did share their activity with their partner more often and shared it more enthusiastically with their partner. Participating in a self-expanding activity alone may not be beneficial to a relationship, but through sharing it may benefit the individual in other ways.
A New Multi-Objective Inventory-Routing Problem by an Imperialist Competitive Algorithm

One of the most important points in a supply chain is customer-driven modeling, which reduces the bullwhip effect in the supply chain, as well as the costs of investment on the inventory and efficient transshipment of the products. Their homogeneity is reflected in the inventory-routing problem, which is a combination of distribution and inventory management. This paper considers a multi objective IRP in a two-level supply chain consisting of a distributor and a set of retailer. This problem is modeled with the aim of minimizing bi-objectives, namely the total system cost and risk-based transportation cost. Products are delivered to customers by some heterogeneous vehicles with specific capacities through a direct delivery strategy. Additionally, storage capacities are limited and the shortage is assumed to be impermissible. To validate this model, the epsilon constraint method is used for solving the model. Since problems without distribution planning are very complex to solve optimally, the problem considered in this paper also belongs to a class of NP-hard ones. Therefore, a multi-objective imperialist competitive algorithm (MOICA) as a well-known multi-objective evolutionary algorithm is used and developed to solve a number of test problems. Furthermore, the computational results are compared to show the performance of the proposed MOICA.
The Effects of Consumers’ FoMo Tendencies On Impulse Buying and The Effects of Impulse Buying on Post- Purchase Regret: An Investigation on Retail Stores*

Nowadays the Internet has become an indispensable part of life. Individuals spend a great part of their time constantly checking their social media accounts. Individuals who have a constant fear of missing out behind by the experiences of others show a tendency towards FoMo. However, the desire to be included in a group leads individuals to act impulsively. The main aim of the study is to investigate the effects of FoMo tendencies on impulse purchasing and post-purchase regret, and the effects of impulse purchasing on the post-purchase regret. Data were collected from 507 people by survey method; a total of 121 respondents who gave the answer “no” to the question “Do you follow retail stores' opportunity brochures online/in store? ” were excluded, and a total of 386 questionnaires were included in the analyses, which were carried out through quantitative analysis techniques. The results of the study suggest that FoMo tendency affects impulse purchasing and impulse purchasing has an influence on post-purchase regret.
Evaluation of a Picture Exchange Communication System Program for Children with Autism

The current study examined the effectiveness of the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) as a functional communication training (FCT) program implemented by a local community agency specializing in autism diagnosis and treatment in developing communication skills among children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Conducted using archival data, this study used a within-subjects repeated measures research design to determine if PECS improved the overall communication skills of enrolled participants at the agency, as measured by the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, Third Edition (Vineland-3) and the Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC). Individual growth on communication goals was measured by comparing goals concerning the use of appropriate communication set before treatment and goals achieved after treatment. A total of 44 children ranging in age from 2 years to 6 years participated in the PECS program, and clinicians and parents completed treatment assessments. The results indicated that the differences between pretreatment and posttreatment measures for the Communication domain on the Vineland-3 and the Speech/Language Communication (I) subtest on the ATEC were significant. There was no significant relationship between the differences in pretreatment and posttreatment scores on the Vineland-3 Communication domain and the ATEC Speech/Language Communication (I) subtest and the length of time between assessments. Individual growth on communication goals was achieved by most participants. PICTURE EXCHANGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM EVALUATION v TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Tables . vii Chapter 1: Introduction . 1 Statement of the Problem . 3 Purpose of the Study . 4 Chapter 2: Literature Review . 5 Autism Spectrum Disorder . 5 Etiology and Prevalence . 5 Impairment . 5 Legislation . 7 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act . 8 Section 504, Americans with Disabilities Act, and Every Student Succeeds Act . 9 Ethical and Legal Considerations . 9 Intervention . 10 Functional Communication Training . 11 FCT Procedure . 12 FCT Efficacy . 13 Protocols . 17 Picture Exchange Communication System . 18 PECS Procedure . 19 PICTURE EXCHANGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM EVALUATION vi PECS Efficacy . 21 Chapter 3: Methodology . 24 Overview . 24 Participants . 24 Materials and Measures . 25 Procedure . 27 Chapter 4: Results . 29 Chapter 5: Discussion . 33 Limitations . 35 Implications . 35 Future Directions . 36 References . 38 PICTURE EXCHANGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM EVALUATION vii LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Paired Samples t-test Vineland-3 . 30 Table 2. Paired Samples t-test ATEC . 31 CHAPTER
The relationship between smartphone using style and sleep quality and psychiatric symptoms among a foundation university students

Objectives: We aimed to measure problematic smartphone use frequency and it’s association with sleep problems and psychiatric symptoms in a sample of university students. Methods: The data in the study was collected by using a sociodemographic data form, the Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS), the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) and the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI). Results: Based on the SAS median score, the participants were divided into two groups as the low-level smartphone use (SAS score 79) groups. In the high-level smartphone use group, general sleep quality was lower, sleep latency was longer, scores of sleep disorder and daytime dysfunction were higher as measured by PSQI and the BSI scores were higher ( p < 0.001). As a result of the study, it was observed that, as smartphone use increased and became problematic, sleep quality decreased, and daytime dysfunction and psychiatric symptoms increased. SAS scores were positively correlated with both PSQI and ESS scores. SAS score was found as a predictor of PSQI scores in the regression analysis. Conclusions: This study shows that the relationship between problematic smartphone use and decreased sleep quality and increased psychiatric symptomatology in university students is still an important public health issue. Responsible and mindfull use of smartphones by the students throughout the day may provide a positive effect on their sleep.
Cognitive and metacognitive strategies as a basis for effective lifelong learning: how far have we progressed?

Cognitive and metacognitive strategies appear truly generic skills through their ability to foster effective learning in an era where the two constants are continuing change and growth in bodies of knowledge. Yet the literature on lifelong learning has rarely acknowledged the importance of these skills as a vital foundation in a less than surface way, while policy at Australian federal government level seems generally to be rooted in superficial rhetoric. Interestingly, however, more serious attention has been given to effective learning strategies in earlier vocational education and training (VET) documents, probably because VET attracts many less academically able students. After briefly outlining the importance of cognitive and metacognitive strategies as a basis for effective lifelong learning, this paper examines the changes that have occurred concerning adoption of cognitive and metacognitive skills as a basis for effective lifelong learning at school and post-compulsory education levels over approximately the last seven years. It is concluded that, while there is evidence of the effectiveness of the teaching of learning-to-learn approaches, policy makers in Australia appear to have little real understanding of the needs for effective policy and do not recognise curriculum and teaching revolutions that need to occur for the ideal of effective lifelong learning to be realised.
What You Don’t Know Won’t Hurt You, Unless You Don’t Know You’re Wrong

The purpose of this investigation was to determine the impact of students’ background knowledge and how they utilized “don’t know” affordances to comprehend and learn from text. In two studies, over 8,000 middle and high school students interacted with a content-area learning environment in which they answered a series of background knowledge questions before they completed a unit on the same topic. Students were given the opportunity to indicate they “did not know” the answers to the knowledge questions. Higher knowledge was related to higher understanding, and the use of the “don’t know” option further explained variability in students’ understanding of the sources beyond background knowledge. When responding to knowledge questions, students who selected incorrect options before the task understood less and were less likely to learn content when given the opportunity compared to students who indicated they did not know. Thus, low knowledge students were still able to comprehend and learn as long as they acknowledged they lacked background knowledge. One’s comprehension and learning can be facilitated or impaired, depending upon the veracity of their knowledge, and whether students choose to acknowledge their lack of background knowledge. Implications of this work are discussed in terms of learning and instruction.
Business processes exceptions in relation to operational performance

Purpose Business process models describe the way of working in an organization. Typically, business process models distinguish between the normal flow of work and exceptions to that normal flow. However, they often present an idealized view. This means that unexpected exceptions – exceptions that are not modeled in the business process model – can also occur in practice. This has an effect on the efficiency of the organization, because information systems are not developed to handle unexpected exceptions. The purpose of this paper is to study the relation between the occurrence of exceptions and operational performance. Design/methodology/approach The paper does this by analyzing the execution logs of business processes from five organizations, classifying execution paths as normal or exceptional. Subsequently, it analyzes the differences between normal and exceptional paths. Findings The results show that exceptions are related to worse operational performance in terms of a longer throughput time and that unexpected exceptions relate to a stronger increase in throughput time than expected exceptions. Practical implications These findings lead to practical implications on policies that can be followed with respect to exceptions. Most importantly, unexpected exceptions should be avoided by incorporating them into the process – and thus transforming them into expected exceptions – as much as possible. Also, as not all exceptions lead to longer throughput times, continuous improvement should be employed to continuously monitor the occurrence of exceptions and make decisions on their desirability in the process. Originality/value While work exists on analyzing the occurrence of exceptions in business processes, especially in the context of process conformance analysis, to the best of the authors’ knowledge this is the first work that analyzes the possible consequences of such exceptions.
The effect of the mnemonic keyword method of foreign language vocabulary learning: Cognition and metacognition perspective

The Keyword Method (KWM) is a mnemonic method designed to assist learners in learning foreign vocabulary. The method encompasses two processes, namely, the similarity of the words in sound(s) or the similarity of the keyword spoken with foreign language words and created mental images. This case study of the intervention involved a 26 years old student who had newly commenced as a first-year Indonesian studies student at Flinders University, Adelaide. She is a locally born Australian student who speaks English as her native language. To interpret the result findings, the checklist method (consisting of correct, doubt, and no responses), descriptive analysis, and interviews, as well as observations, have been applied in the KWM implementation. The results proved that the KWM has successfully assisted the learner in improving her Bahasa Indonesia, both in acquisition and retention, in a more effective manner compared to her other study strategies. This was especially apparent after conducting the immediate and delayed comprehensive test. The subject was also able to generate self-regulated learning. This indicated that the subject is able to metacognitively, motivationally and behaviorally utilize her cognitive sources to control the tasks. Cognitive and metacognitive processes of the KWM implementation, involving the detailed information processing of the learner, are discussed here.
Internet of Mobile Things: Overview of LoRaWAN, DASH7, and NB-IoT in LPWANs Standards and Supported Mobility

Low-power wide area networks (LPWANs) constitute a type of networks which is used to connect things to the Internet from a wide variety of sectors. These types of technologies provide the Internet of Things (IoT) devices with the ability to transmit few bytes of data for long ranges, taking into consideration minimum power consumption. In parallel, IoT applications will cover a wide range of human and life needs from smart environments (cities, home, transportation, etc.) to health and quality of life. Among these popular LPWANs technologies, we have identified the unlicensed frequency band (LoRa, DASH7, SigFox, Wi-SUN, etc.), and the licensed frequency band standards (NB-IoT, LTE Cat-M, EC-GSM-IoT, etc.). In general, both types of standards only consider fixed interconnected things, and less attention has been provided to the mobility of the things or devices. In this paper, we address the mobility of the things and the connectivity in each of the three LPWAN standards: LoRaWAN, DASH7, and NB-IoT. In particular, we show how the mobility of things can be achieved when transmitting and receiving data. Then, we provide a general and technical comparison for the three standards. Finally, we illustrate several application scenarios where the mobility is required, and we show how to select the most suited standard. We also discuss the research challenges and perspectives.
Evidence of a Relation Between Hippocampal Volume, White Matter Hyperintensities, and Cognition in Subjective Cognitive Decline and Mild Cognitive Impairment

Abstract Objective The concepts of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and subjective cognitive decline (SCD) have been proposed to identify individuals in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), or other neurodegenerative diseases. One approach to validate these concepts is to investigate the relationship between pathological brain markers and cognition in those individuals. Method We included 126 participants from the Consortium for the Early Identification of Alzheimer’s disease-Quebec (CIMA-Q) cohort (67 SCD, 29 MCI, and 30 cognitively healthy controls [CH]). All participants underwent a complete cognitive assessment and structural magnetic resonance imaging. Group comparisons were done using cognitive data, and then correlated with hippocampal volumes and white matter hyperintensities (WMHs). Results Significant differences were found between participants with MCI and CH on episodic and executive tasks, but no differences were found when comparing SCD and CH. Scores on episodic memory tests correlated with hippocampal volumes in both MCI and SCD, whereas performance on executive tests correlated with WMH in all of our groups. Discussion As expected, the SCD group was shown to be cognitively healthy on tasks where MCI participants showed impairment. However, SCD’s hippocampal volume related to episodic memory performances, and WMH to executive functions. Thus, SCD represents a valid research concept and should be used, alongside MCI, to better understand the preclinical/prodromal phase of AD.