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An Approach to Metadiscourse Markers: A Contrastive Study of English and Arabic Linguistic Research Articles

The present study investigates metadiscourse markers role in linguistic research articles to realize the social contrasts among English and Arabic cultures in performing research articles. It utilizes a contrastive text of seventy research articles of different English and Arabic researchers. Metadiscorse markers reflect the culture of researchers in either Arabic or English language through a contrastive statistical outcomes that reinforces the current research goal. Two types of metadiscourse are dominant across the study: interactive and interactional. Moreover, in a way to illustrate the differences among the selected research papers, the study uses the Chi-square tests in its investigation.
Designing peripheral interaction for professional practitioners

In this chapter, we examine the related literature to understand the workaday routines of professional practitioners. Accordingly, we connect the theoretical implications from the literature to the field of human-computer interaction. First, based on the literature, we discuss the intensive, complex and uncertain situations in professionals’ front-stage practice. Following this, we explain how professional practitioners rely on their established routines to cope with the complexity in their practice, and why peripheral interaction is expected to fit into their busy front-stage routines. Subsequently, we explain in detail about two important aspects of professional practitioners’ routines: their repertoire of action and their reflection-in-action. These two aspects help practitioners to proficiently react to and make sense of unfolding situations in their workaday practice. Based on our theoretical examination, we hypothesize that these two aspects of professional routines can be supported by two types of peripheral interaction designs: peripheral physical interaction and peripheral information display. We hypothesize that the former one could enrich practitioners’ repertoire of action by enabling their effortless operations of supportive devices without disrupting their existing workflows, and the latter one could enhance their reflection-in-action by informing them of the unfolding situations without overburdening their minds. These two hypothesized potentials of peripheral interaction will be concretely examined in our later presented design explorations. Consequently, through the theoretical examination in this chapter, we formulate our interpretations of the front-stage routines of professional practitioners, and connect related theoretical implications to the design of peripheral interaction. 22 Theoretical Background: Routines of Professional Practitioners 2.
Interactions Between Brain Maturation and Experience in Driving Behavioural Development

Childhood is a time when the brain undergoes significant change. Intuitively, many people would expect brain development to involve linear increases in size with age. However, this is not the case. Brain development encompasses individual developmental trajectories for different brain areas, with both increases and decreases in size over time. For example, cortical gray matter typically shows a peak in volume during adolescence, whereas white matter continues to show linear increases in volume over this period. The age at which the peak thickness occurs varies across the cortex, with cortical regions supporting primary functions, such as motor and sensory systems, maturing first and higher-order association areas, such as the prefrontal cortex maturing last. Subcortical structures that are phylogenetically older than cortex also show differential developmental trajectories. For example, striatum shows peak volume in middle childhood. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) lacks the spatial resolution to inform us on what the cellular underpinnings of these volumetric changes are, but some have speculated that they may reflect events at the neural level, such as increases in the number of connections between brain areas and the pruning of underused connections and nerve cells.
Evaluation of the DBT-Steps A (DBT-SA) programme when delivered by school-based counsellors to a targeted population

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A Preliminary Study on the Motivation of Funders for Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding is a new and novel way to gather fund through the internet for small and medium-size business from many investors. It is different from the conventional method which capital is gained from the loans from some of the conventional financial institutions like banks, angel investors, venture capitalists. Even though it is very popular, there are few numbers of researches have been done on this topic, especially to identify the motivation behind someone when investing in using this method. Some studies have been done to explore motivations. In this study, the sampling techniques that will be used are convenience and snowball sampling techniques. In the end, the study can gather 68 respondents, which all responses would be analyzed using an exploratory analysis using R software. Based on the results, there are five groups of motivations for investing in crowdfunding; they are enjoyment, recognition, curiosity, perceived risk, and altruism. The results of this study provided theoretical implications for future research and practical implications for the success of crowdfunding platforms.Keywords: crowdfunding, crowd-funding, funding motivation, crowdfunding motivation, internet based funding
Examining Women’s Role in Conflict Resolution in Alamata Town, Ethiopia

The main objective of this study was to examine women’s role in conflict resolution in Alamata Town, Ethiopia. As women can have an important role in a country’s peace talks and conflict resolution, their involvement is much needed in order to lead Ethiopia forward. However, today, the role of women in conflict resolution is underappreciated and is still being undermined by traditionally male dominated political and socio-economic structure in Ethiopia in general, specifically in Alamata Town. Hence, one may ask whether women have been participated in conflict resolution to their full potential in the study area. The study therefore sought to examine the roles of women in conflict resolution in Alamata Town. In this study, qualitative research method was used. This study was conducted based on a descriptive research design. The target populations of this study were the women households who were working in conflict resolution in the study area. The study sampled 20 women households’ respondents selected through purposive sampling technique in the study area. The researcher employed both primary and secondary sources of data and the data was collected using focus group discussion and personal observation. The qualitatively data was analyzed and interpreted using content analysis. The study found out that women were actually involved, though not enough, in peace initiatives or conflict resolution situations in the Town. The study concluded that despite many challenges women faced, they were able to contribute significantly to conflict resolution activities in the study area. This paper therefore, recommended that gender sensitivity (perspectives) and inclusion need to be mainstreamed in all policy processes to assure and continue the productive involvement of women in resolving conflicts. Keywords: Examining, Women, Roles, Conflict, Resolution, Alamata, Ethiopia DOI : 10.7176/RHSS/9-17-06 Publication date :September 30 th 2019
Impact of Daily Workplace Mindfulness Training

Objective: The study assessed the impact of a daily month-long workplace mindfulness training program on worker work-life balance and physical and mental health outcomes among staff of a local housing authority. Methods: The study used a single-group pre-post design to test the effect of a workplace mindfulness training program, consisting of daily (Monday-Friday) 1-hour sessions for 1 month, on self-reported worker health and well-being outcomes measured at baseline, post-intervention, and 2 months after the training. We conducted a series of RM-ANOVAs to test the effect of the training on participants’ self-reported physical health, anxiety, depression, work stress and work-life balance. Results: Nineteen local housing authority staff members participated in the study. The training led to a significant and sustained improvement in participants’ self-reported mindfulness (F (2, 18) = 9.21, p = 0.002) and a significant decrease in self-reported anxiety (F (2, 18) = 7.92, p = 0.003). The effects of the training on participants’ self-reported work-life balance, work stress, depression and physical health were not significant. Conclusions: This study found that mindfulness training successfully improved and sustained self-reported mindfulness and significantly decreased anxiety. The findings contribute to the growing body of literature on the impact of mindfulness training within the workplace, indicating that the training can be delivered at the workplace and improve worker well-being.
The future demand for paid caregivers in a rapidly ageing society

New Zealand's population is ageing due to a decline in the fertility rate and increases in life expectancy. The purpose of this report is to: examine the current supply of paid caregivers for the elderly in New Zealand by developing a demographic profile of the caregiver workforce in New Zealand; and project the future demand for paid caregivers. The Department of Labour estimates show that 48,200 paid aged-caregivers are needed in 2036 in order to care for older disabled people requiring a high level of support. However, if the status quo is maintained, there will only be 21,400 aged care workers available in 2036. It is evident that processes need to be implemented now, as the current pathway is not sustainable.
Consequences of school grading systems on adolescent health: evidence from a Swedish school reform

ABSTRACT Education reforms that entail increased emphasis on high-stakes testing, assessment and grading have spread across education systems in recent decades. Critics have argued that these policies could have consequences for stress, identity, self-esteem and the overall health of pupils. However, these potentially negative consequences have rarely been investigated in a systematic and rigorous way. In this study we use a major education reform in Sweden, which introduced grades and increased the use of testing for pupils in the 6th and 7th school year (aged 12 to 13 years), to study the consequences of grading and assessment for health outcomes. Using data from the Health Behaviours of School-Aged Children Survey, we find that the reform increased school-related stress and reduced the academic self-esteem of pupils in the 7th school year. This, in turn, had an indirect effect on psychosomatic symptoms and life satisfaction for these pupils. Moreover, the negative effects of the reform were generally stronger for girls, thereby widening the already troubling gender differences in health. We conclude that accountability reforms aimed at increased use of testing, assessment and grading can potentially have negative side effects on pupils’ health.
La resiliencia como factor protector del estrés crónico en docentes

The Neuroscience considers that the most resilient people maintain greater emotional balance in stress situations, which allows them to better withstand the pressure and, consequently, to experience a greater sense of control and ability to cope with difficult situations. The aim of the cross-sectional study is to analyze the preventive effect of resilience on burnout perceived by Secondary Education teachers. The sample is constituted by 334 teachers of the Province of Huesca. The data collection instruments used are: a) to measure burnout, the adaptation to Spanish (MBI-GS) of Salanova, Schaufeli, Llorens, Peiro, and Grau (2000) and b) resilience is assessed using the CD Resilience Scale. -RISC (Connor and Davidson, 2003). The correlational and factorial analysis of the information collected yields results that confirm that the personal characteristics and the resilience of the person act as preventive variables against the self-perception of symptoms of chronic stress, typical of the burnout syndrome.
VTE prophylaxis after total joint arthroplasty: current challenges—potential solutions

Venous thromboembolism is the most common complication after total hip and total knee arthroplasty and is associated with significant morbidity, potential mortality and increased healthcare costs. However, venous thromboembolism is a preventable complication. This brief review discusses the epidemiology and the economic and clinical impact of venous thromboembolism after total hip or total knee arthroplasty. It also focuses on preventive strategies, such as appropriate prophylaxis, adherence to evidence-based guidelines, and the potential effect of newer pharmacologic agents that are in clinical development.
Smartphone Addiction: Nomophobia

Nomophobia occurs in situations when an individual experiences anxiety due to the fear of not having access to a mobile phone. The "over-connection syndrome" occurs when mobile phone use reduces the amount of face-toface interactions thereby interfering significantly with an individual's social and family interactions. With the changes of technologies, new challenges are coming up on a daily basis. New kinds of phobias have emerged (the so-called techno-phobias). Since the first mobile phone was introduced to the consumer market in 1983, these devices have become significantly mainstream in the majority of societies. Frequent cell phone usage has been correlated with decreases in grade point average (GPA) and increased anxiety that negatively impacts selfreported life satisfaction (well-being and happiness) in comparison to students with less frequent usage. GPA decreases may be due to the over-use of cell phone or computer usage consuming time and focus during studying, attending class, working on assignments, and the distraction of cell phones during class. Over-usage of smart phones may increase anxiety, depression due to the pressure to be continually connected to social networks and could rob chances of perceived solitude, relieving daily stress that has been linked as a component of wellbeing.
Parenting in Three-Generation Taiwanese Families: The Dynamics of Collaboration and Conflicts

Via this analysis of three-generation families in Taiwan, we are able to witness the struggle of contemporary motherhood in East Asia. This paper foregrounds the negotiations that these mothers undertake in defining ideal parenting and the ideal family. On the one hand, these mothers must encounter the new parenting culture, given that the cultural ideal of concerted cultivation has become a popular ideology. On the other hand, by playing the role of daughter-in-law, they must negotiate within the conventional, patriarchal family norms.
How Culture Influences the Perception of Online Consumer Reviews

Online Consumer Reviews (OCRs) developed to an important and influential online-tool over the past years. While previous research focused on OCRs' influence on purchase intention and sales, little attention was paid on how consumers' cultural value orientation might influence the perception of these reviews. Addressing this important research gap this study investigated how consumer’s cultural value orientation along Hofstede's dimensions influence the perceived importance of OCRs. Using a cross-sectional online survey, the study finds that cultural value orientation partly moderates the relationship between OCRs' attributes and the perceived importance of OCRs significantly. These results might indicate a shrinking influence of cultural values on consumer behaviour when using online shopping websites, which was suggested by previous studies. These findings have significant implications for the theory and practice of international retail management.
Facebook influences you more than me: The perceived impact of social media effects among young Facebook users

The popularity and prevalent use of Facebook among young people are common preoccupations for communication researchers. They focus on unveiling people’s motivations, usage behaviour, and gratifications offered by this communication medium. However, little attention has been invested in examining how young people perceive this new type of media consumption and its effects on themselves as compared to others. Drawing on Davison’s (1983) third-person effect hypothesis, this research paper investigates the (a) differences in estimated Facebook effects on self versus others, (b) association between the desirability of the message (anti-social versus pro-social) and estimated Facebook effects on self versus others, and (c) association between the type of the message and estimated Facebook effects on self versus others. These relationships are studied with reference to the behavioural component of the third-person effect. Results confirm that Facebook might influence the magnitude and direction of the perceptual gap of media effects.
Clinical activity of AMG 337, an oral MET kinase inhibitor, in adult patients (pts) with MET-amplified gastroesophageal junction (GEJ), gastric (G), or esophageal (E) cancer.

1 Background: Dysregulation of the MET pathway can promote tumor growth and metastasis. AMG 337 is an investigational, oral MET kinase inhibitor that is being evaluated in a first-in-human study. Here we describe the clinical activity, safety, and tolerability of AMG 337 in ptswith MET-amplified GEJ, G, and E cancers. Methods: Key eligibility criteria: age ≥ 18 years, advanced solid tumors, measurable disease, ECOG ≤ 2, adequate organ function. AMG 337 was administered QD or BID. Starting dose was 25 mg, with planned dose escalation of 50–500 mg QD and 100–200 mg BID. Ptswith MET overexpression/amplification/mutation could enroll to the highest dose deemed safe at any time. Results: As of April 2014, 80 pts had received ≥ 1 dose of AMG 337. Median (range) age, 58 (19–79) years; men, 61%; ECOG ≤ 1, 96%. Of the 51 pts with pre- and post-central read data, 10 pts had MET-amplified GI cancers (all of which were GEJ, G, or E cancers). Responses in these pts are shown in the table. One pt had a complete respons.
The robustness of eye–mouth index as an eye-tracking metric of social attention in toddlers

Eye-tracking research on social attention in infants and toddlers has included heterogeneous stimuli and analysis techniques. This allows measurement of looking to inner facial features under diverse conditions but restricts across-study comparisons. Eye–mouth index (EMI) is a measure of relative preference for looking to the eyes or mouth, independent of time spent attending to the face. The current study assessed whether EMI was more robust to differences in stimulus type than percent dwell time (PDT) toward the eyes, mouth, and face. Participants were typically developing toddlers aged 18–30 months (N = 58). Stimuli were dynamic videos with single and multiple actors. It was hypothesized that stimulus type would affect PDT to the face, eyes, and mouth, but not EMI. Generalized estimating equations demonstrated that all measures including EMI were influenced by stimulus type. Nevertheless, planned contrasts suggested that EMI was more robust than PDT when comparing heterogeneous stimuli. EMI may allow for a more robust comparison of social attention to inner facial features across eye-tracking studies.
An Exploratory Study of Stalking on Christian Campuses: Does that Happen Here?

Abstract Despite an increase in the research on stalking, much is still unknown about the incidence of stalking in higher-education campus populations. Specifically, most studies report prevalence (defined as lifetime or longer-term occurrences) rather than incidence (defined as recent occurrences, often within the past year, or since being in college), or fail to distinguish between them. Further, even though independent religious colleges and universities represent a substantial portion of postsecondary institutions, particularly within the North American context, little research exists on how the religious characteristics of an institution might influence stalking. This study contributes to the literature by providing improved estimates of the incidence of stalking—conceptualized as obsessive relational intrusion—based on a sample of students (N = 668) from eight independent Christian institutions of higher education in Canada. Incidence rates vary widely in the literature based on variations in sampling, definitions, and measurement. Compared to published incidence rates ranging from 4% to over 40%, this study found that 18% of all students and 23% of women students in Canadian Christian colleges reported experiencing one or more types of stalking behavior five times or more since age 18. An examination of factors related to stalking victimization revealed that only gender had an influence, affirming previous research that women are at greater risk for sexual violence than men. This study provides evidence that these Christian colleges are not immune to various forms of sexual violence and that college personnel must be vigilant in developing policies and programs to prevent and reduce stalking on their campuses.
Coinfection by Cytomegalovirus and BK Polyomavirus in the Renal Allograft

Abstract Viral-induced allograft dysfunction is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in renal allograft recipients. BK polyomavirus nephropathy continues to be the most common viral disease in renal allografts, although other viruses such as cytomegalovirus (CMV) and adenovirus can have devastating impact on graft function. Proper identification of viral pathogens and distinction from other types of nephritis can be challenging, particularly when the viral infection is at an early stage or when viral inclusions are not frequent. BK polyomavirus nephropathy has occasionally been reported in patients with coexisting CMV infection of other sites or with coinfection documented by serological examination. However, the finding of dual viral infection within a single renal allograft biopsy is unusual. Identification of 1 type of virus within the renal allograft does not preclude the possibility of a second pathological process. This review addresses the key pathological features of BK and CMV nephritis, which should prompt the pathologist to order confirmatory studies to distinguish viral infection from cellular rejection or other forms of allograft nephritis.
Background papers for Working together for health: The World Health Report 2006

The World Health Report 2006 - Working together for health contains an expert assessment of the current crisis in the global health workforce and ambitious proposals to tackle it over the next ten years starting immediately. The report reveals an estimated shortage of almost 4.3 million doctors midwives nurses and support workers worldwide. The shortage is most severe in the poorest countries especially in sub-Saharan Africa where health workers are most needed. Focusing on all stages of the health workers career lifespan from entry to health training to job recruitment through to retirement the report lays out a ten-year action plan in which countries can build their health workforces with the support of global partners.