Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Examining the relationships between teacher self-efficacy, professional learning community, and experiential learning in Japan

ABSTRACT This study investigated the relationships between professional learning communities (PLCs), teacher self-efficacy, and experiential learning. A conceptual model that connects PLC components, including shared vision, interactive reflection, and collegiality, to teacher self-efficacy was proposed, as mediated by experiential learning. The data comprised 3,604 teachers from 204 primary schools and 787 teachers from 90 lower secondary schools in Japan. First, a multigroup confirmatory factor analysis confirmed that the same constructs of PLC, teacher self-efficacy, and experiential learning were measured at different school levels. Second, multigroup structural equation modelling revealed that some PLC components were related to teacher self-efficacy at different school levels. Moreover, experiential learning mediated the relationship between some PLC components and teacher self-efficacy at different school levels. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed based on the results of the study.
Genomic Tools for the Characterization of Local Animal Genetic Resources: Application in Mascaruna Goat

Simple Summary The Analysis of genomic data is an important resource for the effective management of small and endangered populations. The aim of this work was to study the genomic structure of a local goat named Mascaruna. Overall, the results indicate moderate genetic variability and a defined population structure and represent a starting point for the creation of monitoring and conservation plans. Abstract Italy contains a large number of local goat populations, some of which do not have a recognized genetic structure. The “Mascaruna” is a goat population reared for milk production in Sicily. In this study, a total of 72 individuals were genotyped with the Illumina Goat_IGGC_65K_v2 BeadChip with the aim to characterize the genetic diversity, population structure and relatedness with another 31 Italian goat populations. The results displayed a moderate level of genetic variability for Mascaruna, in concordance with the estimated values for Italian goats. Runs of homozygosity islands are linked to genes involved in milk production, immune response and local adaptation. Population structure analyses separated Mascaruna from the other goat populations, indicating a clear genetic differentiation. Although they are not conclusive, our current results represent a starting point for the creation of monitoring and conservation plans. Additional analyses and a wider sampling would contribute to refine and validate these results. Finally, our study describing the diversity and structure of Mascaruna confirms the usefulness of applied genomic analyses as valid tools for the study of the local uncharacterized genetic resources.
Erfassung der kommunikativen Lebensqualität und Partizipation bei Demenz: Scoping Review

Zusammenfassung Die steigende Zahl der Menschen, die an Demenz erkranken, stellt Fachkräfte und Angehörige vor große Herausforderungen. Die Erfassung der kommunikationsbezogenen Lebensqualität und Partizipation sollte fester Bestandteil der Versorgung von Menschen mit Demenz sein. Um einen Überblick über die verfügbaren Verfahren hierfür zu erhalten, wurde von März bis Mai 2020 eine Datenbankrecherche in PSYNDEX , ScienceDirect und Web of Science Core Collection nach PRISMA Kriterien durchgeführt. Insgesamt wurden 22 Verfahren in die Analyse begründet eingeschlossen. Von diesen erfassen nur sieben die Kommunikationsfähigkeit und die soziale Interaktion, neun liegen insgesamt in deutscher Sprache vor. Siebzehn der 22 Verfahren stellen reine Fremdbeurteilungsverfahren dar. Bei der Erfassung der Lebensqualität spielt die Kommunikationsfähigkeit eine untergeordnete Rolle, die Beurteilung erfolgt häufig einseitig. Von praktischem Nutzen sind: DCI , CODEM , ISEKAD und Z-CADA .
Redesigning the College of Education Curriculum to meet the Learner Centered Approach Needs of the Pre-service teacher for Effective Implementation of the Standard Based Curriculum in Ghana

Purpose: There is the need for the training of Pre-Service Teachers (PST) to appreciate and exhibit Learner Centered Approach (LCA) in the teaching and learning process. As we celebrate the preparedness of the college of education tutors to impart this knowledge to the PST, the space to deliver is faced with challenges. This paper aims at exploring how tutors are implementing the practices in LCA in colleges of education in their lesson delivery. It also aims at populating the challenges associated with the implementing the approach. The paper in addition, aims at highlighting the possible practices that can support Pre-Service Teachers to appreciate the use LCA in facilitating concepts in the classroom. Methodology: This current qualitative research adopted exploratory and descriptive design. Qualitative data was collected through interview. Three Colleges of Education (CoE) in VOLTI zone were purposively sampled for the study. Result: From the interview results, it was found that, college curriculum on academic content is focusing much of its attention on academic content than practicum. The mode of assessment is also making the impartation of LCA to the pre-service teacher seemingly untenable. The college tutors are functionally equipped to impart the methodology of LCA to the pre-service teacher, however the use of the LCA does not support them co cover much curriculum content. Tutors struggle to complete the semester’s curriculum hence a deviation from the low usage of the LCA. It is also noted that, quizzes and End of Semester examination assessment items do not reflect practicum. The observation results supportively confirm that tutors have difficulty of integrating LCA in the teaching of content related courses due to their apparent focus on examination. Unique Contribution to Theory, Policy and Practice: It is therefore concluded that, the current practice of promoting LCA without appropriate forms of assessment to sustain its practice demotivates both tutors and students to engage in such classroom practices. We therefore recommend that, the B.Ed program is reorganized to include more practicum to prepare functional PST in towards the facilitation of the Standard based Curriculum.
Framework for Quantitative Digitalization Measurement in Supply Chain Planning

Measurement is a central element for any effective management. The megatrend of digitalization enables new possibilities, but also requires research on its appropriate monitoring considering digital transformation. In supply chain planning, todays methods are mostly qualitative. Thus, this study analyzes how the impact of digitalization can be quantified scoped to this field of application. Based on the literature streams supply chain planning performance measurement, digitalization assessment and digital technologies the authors develop a holistic framework for quantitative digitalization measurement (QDMF). The framework comprises three dimensions: ‘Man’, ‘Technology’, and ‘Organization’. These itemize to 22 measurands specific to the context. The logic allows the comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness of digitalization projects and provides reliable, informative value for decision-making by the quantitative scaling. The framework is applied by conducting expert interviews for customization and data collection, whereon analytics calculates the measurands. In the end, experts interpret the results. For verification and validation, the framework is deployed to the empirical use case of Infineon Technologies AG, Europe’s largest semiconductor manufacturer. The study concludes that quantitative digitalization monitoring is promising and can deliver new insights for effective managerial decision-making. Obstacles as limited data availability and constrained explanatory power are investigated and provide options for further studies.
VALUATION FUNCTIONALS AND STATIC NO ARBITRAGE OPTION PRICING FORMULAS

Often in practice, the implied volatility of an option is calculated to find the option price tomorrow or the prices of ‘nearby’ options. To show that one does not need to adhere to the Black- Scholes formula in this scheme, Figlewski has provided a new pricing formula and has shown that his ‘alternating passive model’ performs as well as the Black-Scholes formula [8]. The Figlewski model was modified by Henderson et al. so that the formula would have no static arbitrage [10]. In this paper, we show how to construct a huge class of such static no arbitrage pricing functions, making use of distortions, coherent risk measures and the pricing theory in incomplete markets by Carr et al. [4]. Through this construction, we provide a more elaborate static no arbitrage pricing formula than Black-Sholes in the above scheme. Moreover, using our pricing formula, we find a volatility curve which fits with striking accuracy the synthetic data used by Henderson et al. [10].
Does Premature Deindustrialisation Stall Growth? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Structural transformation (ST) accelerates growth when labour transition occurs from low-productivity to high-productivity sectors. However, evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) indicates that the manufacturing sector is not generating enough employment opportunities and that labour absorption is primarily occurring in low-productivity service activities—a process known as premature deindustrialisation that hinders the growth-enhancing effect of ST. This article contributes by quantifying the effect of labour movement across sectors and estimating its impact on growth in the region. We apply the Shapley decomposition technique to extract the effect of ST on change in labour productivity. Next, by using a panel ARDL framework, we analyse the impact of ST on long-run economic growth for 12 middle-income economies from SSA for the period 1992–2017. Our findings suggest that in the long-run, ST towards low productivity service activities is having a growth-depressing effect on these economies. Although middle-income African economies have adopted several policy initiatives to reverse the deindustrialisation trend, our findings show that these have not (so far) generated economic growth. Further efforts are needed in these countries to foster the investment climate, infrastructure, financial sector, skills and regional integration needed for labour transition towards high productivity sectors.
Proof methods for equational theories

In this thesis we study the application of rewrite techniques to equational reasoning. We present various rewrite-based proof methods and formalize them on an abstract level as equational inference systems. We also introduce techniques, based on the concept of proof orderings, for reasoning about such inference systems. We describe the standard Knuth-Bendix completion method in our formalism and establish its correctness. Our correctness proofs are comparatively simple and apply to a large class of specific versions of completion. The notion of critical pair criterion can also be conveniently formalized in our framework. We further discuss completion for rewriting modulo a congruence and present methods that are more general in scope than other completion procedures. We present, for instance, a completion procedure that can be applied to equational theories with infinite congruence classes; a case that can not be handled by any other method. We also describe an extension of standard completion, completion without failure, that often succeeds in constructing a canonical system when standard completion fails. Unfailing completion is also a refutationally complete theorem prove for purely equational theories. Finally, we describe some techniques for providing the termination of rewrite systems.
Negative frequencies in wave propagation: A microscopic model

A change in the sign of the frequency of a wave between two inertial reference frames corresponds to a reversal of the phase velocity. Yet from the point of view of the relation $E=\ensuremath{\hbar}\ensuremath{\omega}$, a positive quantum of energy apparently becomes a negative-energy one. This is physically distinct from a change in the sign of the wave vector and can be associated with various effects such as Cherenkov radiation, quantum friction, and the Hawking effect. In this work we provide a more detailed understanding of these negative-frequency modes based on a simple microscopic model of a dielectric medium as a lattice of scatterers. We calculate the classical and quantum mechanical radiation damping of an oscillator moving through such a lattice and find that the modes where the frequency has changed sign contribute negatively. In terms of the lattice of scatterers we find that this negative radiation damping arises due to the phase of the periodic force experienced by the oscillator due to the relative motion of the lattice.
Internal communication and employee performance: The mediating role of motivation

Internal communication is an important function in an organization in relation to human resource management. This research examined the employee-perceived internal communication and investigated the role of internal communication and employee motivation on employee performance. The mediating influence of motivation in influence of internal communication on organizational performance was also investigated. Questionnaires were distributed to employees of BPJS Malang City to collect the data of this study. Path Analysis was performed to analyze the data, which results revealed that internal communication could improve employee performance. Internal communication was also found to enhance employee motivation, which in turn would affect the employee performance. Internal communication will encourage organization-employee relationship. Employees should understand the company's core business to make them aware of the targets to achieve. Through effective internal communication, employees would have better comprehension on the importance of their performance. Future researchers are encouraged to examine job satisfaction as a mediating variable in the relationship between internal communication and employee performance
Psychological Risk Assessment of Residents in Flood/Landslide-Prone Areas in the Province of Bukidnon

Natural disasters like floods and landslides are potential threats to both the physical and emotional well-being of individuals. The psychological effect could influence the way people look at themselves and adapt to any untoward incidence in the future. The study aimed to assess the residents’ psychological state in terms of depression, anxiety, and stress in the aftermath of a disaster. Also, it assessed the adaptive capacity of affected populations to disaster; and recommended a program for disaster mitigation on psychological resilience at the barangay level. Questionnaires were used to gather data on disaster risk reduction elements, which determined the hazard, exposure, and vulnerability of the populations. With these variables, the risk and the adaptive capacity were computed. The adopted 42-item DASS questionnaire of Lovibond and Lovibond (1995) measures the three subscales of psychological health conditions which are depression, anxiety, and stress. Results showed that most of the respondents are on the normal scale in the three subscales. Of the three negative emotional states, the anxiety scale was consistently higher than depression and stress scales among respondents of the five barangays. The risk assessment of the five barangays showed that among the barangays, Barangay Batangan had the highest hazard and exposure. However, vulnerability was low in this barangay due to the high readiness factor, thus resulting in a higher adaptive capacity compared to the other four barangays.
An orthogonality-based classification of conjectures in ortholattices

[Reviewed by Vinayak V. Joshi]- -In the present paper, the authors prove results regarding the orthogonality of the elements of the set of strict conjectures with $p_{\wedge}$ in ortholattices; their results may be summarized as follows: 1. The only conjectures which are always left-orthogonal to $p_{\wedge}$ are consequences, whereas hypotheses are the only ones which are always right-orthogonal. But in the case of orthomodular lattices, consequences and hypotheses both are orthogonal to $p_{\wedge}$. 2. In general, it is possible to find conjectures of any kind (consequences, hypotheses or speculations of the two types) that are both left- and right-orthogonal to $p_{\wedge}$. 3. A conjecture that is neither left- nor right-orthogonal to $p_{\wedge}$ is necessarily a speculation.
Bio-Computational Evaluation of Compounds of Bacopa Monnieri as a Potential Treatment for Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a horrible mental disorder characterized by distorted perceptions of reality. Investigations have not identified a single etiology for schizophrenia, and there are multiple hypotheses based on various aspects of the disease. There is no specific treatment for schizophrenia. Hence, we have tried to investigate the updated information stored in the genetic databases related to genes that could be responsible for schizophrenia and other related neuronal disorders. After implementing combined computational methodology, such as protein-protein interaction analysis led by system biology approach, in silico docking analysis was performed to explore the 3D binding pattern of Bacopa monnieri natural compounds while interacting with STXBP1. The best-identified compound was CID:5319292 based on −10.3 kcal/mol binding energy. Further, selected complexes were dynamically evaluated by MDS methods, and the output reveals that the STXBP1-CID:5281800 complex showed the lowest RMSD value, i.e., between 0.3 and 0.4 nm. Hence, identified compounds could be used to develop and treat neuronal disorders after in vivo/in vitro testing.
No difference in mortality after three different kidney replacement therapy initiation strategies in acute kidney injury

A meta-analysis examined the benefit of the accelerated kidney replacement therapy (KRT) strategy compared with the watchful waiting KRT initiation strategy in an acute kidney injury (AKI) population [1] enrolled from the most recent Artificial Kidney InitiationinKidneyInjury2(AKIKI2)trial[2]. Thepairwisemeta-analysis categorised the more-delay strategy group in the AKIKI 2 trial into the watchful waiting KRT initiation group. However, the inclusion criteria (blood urea nitrogen 112–140 mg/dl or olig-uria/anuria for 72 h) in the AKIKI 2 trial were the KRT initiation criteria for the delay group in the AKIKI trial [3]. For this reason, analysing the more-delay strategies separately may be more appropriate. We regrouped the different KRT initiation strategies into three KRT initiation strategy categories in accordance with the various KRT initiation criteria in randomised controlled trials (RCTs): early/accelerated KRT initiation, standard KRT initiation and more-delay KRT (Fig. 1). We then conducted a network meta-analysis (NMA) to explore the prognostic effect of these KRT initiation strategies. The primary outcomes were 28, 60-and 90-day mortality and KRT dependency. Detailed descriptions
Weak and Strong Consistency in Additive Cost Sharing

In this paper we study consistency in the context of additive cost sharing mechanisms. We contrast an extremely weak notion of consistency with the standard definition, which we denote strong consistency. First we show that many well known CSMs are consistent in both senses: Aumann-Shapley, random order methods, Shapley-Shubik, Serial cost, and also the weighted versions of these. We also provide general conditions which characterize the different types of consistency-- all methods generated by separable paths are weakly consistent, while those generated by associative paths are strongly consistent. Using this characterization, we show that any weakly consistent method which is demand monotonic is also strongly consistent.Next, we analyze the conditions under which a cost sharing method (CSM) for an arbitrary number of agents is uniquely defined by its behavior in the two agent case. We show that under weak (resp. strong) consistency all CSMs generated by a single separable (resp. associative) path are uniquely defined by their behavior on two agent problems. These include Aumann-Shapley, random order methods, Serial cost, and also the weighted versions of these. Shapley-Shubik, which is generated by multiple paths has a unique symmetric extensions, but also other nonsymmetric extensions as do many CSMs which are not generated by a single path.
Bacillus coagulans BACO-17 Alone or in Combination with Galacto-Oligosaccharide Ameliorates Salmonella-Induced Diarrhea and Intestinal Inflammation

In this study, a diarrhea model was established by exposing rats to appropriate antibiotics and Salmonella. After an in vitro screening of prebiotics, fructo-oligosaccharide and galacto-oligosaccharide (GOS) were selected; their synbiotic potential and ability to ameliorate diarrhea symptoms and intestinal inflammation with Bacillus coagulans BACO-17 were evaluated in vivo. After a 27-day feeding experiment including antibiotic intervention and Salmonella infection, it was found that using B. coagulans BACO-17 alone and in combination with GOS as a synbiotic could render a better recovery by lowering diarrhea indexes by 26.9% and 18.7%, respectively. Compared with the negative control, the administration of this synbiotic mixture resulted in the most significant increase in fecal concentrations of total short-chain fatty acids (about 2-fold higher), with a promising improvement in disrupted gut microbial balance. It was worth noting that the administration of B. coagulans BACO-17 alone or in combination with GOS effectively reduced intestinal inflammation (27–31%) and mucosal necrosis (82%) over the negative control. These results suggested that B. coagulans BACO-17 and GOS could be exploited as a promising synbiotic mixture to relieve intestinal inflammatory diseases and improve gut health.
Closed-Form and Numerically-Stable Solutions to Problems Related to the Optimal Two-Impulse Transfer Between Specified Terminal States of Keplerian Orbits

The first part of the paper presents some closed-form solutions to the optimal two-impulse transfer between fixed position and velocity vectors on Keplerian orbits when some constraints are imposed on the magnitude of the initial and final impulses. Additionally, a numerically-stable gradient-free algorithm with guaranteed convergence is presented for the minimum delta-v two-impulse transfer. In the second part of the paper, cooperative bargaining theory is used to solve some two-impulse transfer problems when the initial and final impulses are carried by different vehicles or when the goal is to minimize the delta-v and the time-of-flight at the same time.