Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Building Blocks of Collaboration: A Variety of Coaching Roles Can Strengthen Teams.

In our work with schools and districts across the country, we find there is a strong expectation that collaborative teams will improve student learning. Many districts also expect instructional coaches to be a part of these teams, although there is much confusion about what roles they should play within a team. We hear questions like: I wonder why my principal asks me to attend team meetings? What do I bring to this team? If I am not the facilitator, what should I be doing? Do teachers wonder why I am here? Do they see me as an evaluator or an outsider? Are they looking at me as someone who adds extra work or slows the team down? What exactly is my role? Approaching collaborative work from a perspective of collective efficacy can help address these questions and clarify the coach’s role in teams. Collective efficacy is defined as a team’s belief in its capability to successfully accomplish specific goals and joint work (Bandura, 1997; Kreitner & Kinicki, 2007). John Hattie, who regularly compares the effects of multiple educational policies and practices with a rigorous statistical method, ranks collective efficacy as a top factor in positively influencing student achievement (Hattie, 2015). Developing collective efficacy takes concerted attention and leadership. Coaches are well-positioned to provide such leadership because of their skill sets and their responsibility to support teachers’ success. Furthermore, a frame of collective efficacy can focus coaches’ work with collaborative teams and provide entry points for action. BUILDING BLOCKS OF COLLABORATION
Vocational, college and career counseling in Switzerland : blended information and e-counseling in a digitized world

In the course of the 2030 agenda of vocational education and training (VET) in Switzerland, career development and career management skills in a digitized working world play an important role (SERI, 2017). Therefore the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) commissioned a scientific report on the future of career counseling in Switzerland (Hirschi, 2018) as part of the mission statement for vocational education and training in Switzerland. In this paper we will present two stand-alone initiatives directed at fostering vocational, college and career counseling in Switzerland by incorporating elements of automation and digitization. First, a blended information concept for the media libraries of the public career guidance centres in the Canton of Berne / Switzerland and second an e-counseling concept for vocational, college and career counseling at the IAP Institute of Applied Psychology at Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW).
Implementing UNIQUE Integrity Constraint in Graph Databases

Databases enable users to store and retrieve data. Howe ver, uncontrolled data entry often results in having duplicate or incorrect data stored in the database, which makes it inconsistent. To prevent this, it is recommended to specify integrity constraints in the database. In this paper, the current possibilities in the field of integrity constraints, with special emphasis on graph databases as a relatively new category of NoSQL databases, are discussed. After giving an overview of the current situation regarding integrity constraints in mostly used graph database query languages, a successful implementation of UNIQUE integrity constraint in a Neo4j graph database is shown. Keywords-integrity constraints; graph databases; Gremlin;
Α motor creativity intervention in the Greek early childhood education settings

Motor creativity has been positively associated with preschool children learning. The present study was set out to develop a motor creativity intervention using healthy lifestyle stimuli and test its efficacy in enhancing preschool children’s knowledge about health and changing their attitudes towards healthy nutrition and exercise. In Study 1, 101 preschool children were assigned into control and experimental groups. Children performed the Thinking Creatively in Action and Movement (TCAM) to measure motor creativity. The results of the repeated measures analysis of variance showed a significant increase in all dimensions of motor creativity in the experimental group. In Study 2, 138 preschool children were assigned into control and experimental groups. Children performed the TCAM, and completed the Health Lifestyle Evaluation Instrument and measures of attitudes towards healthy nutrition and exercise. The analysis of variance with repeated measures revealed a significant increase of knowledge towards health in the experimental group, but non-significant differences between the groups in the attitudes towards healthy nutrition and exercise. The findings provide valuable information about the effect of motor creativity in the learning process in kindergarten schools.
Nomophobia among undergraduate

It has been observed that students experience irrational fear whenever they are not close to their smart phones. This condition is technically known as Nomophobia, This study examined Personality traits as predictors of nomophobia among undergraduates of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka. The researchers selected 181 participants from two faculties (Education and Social Sciences), comprising of 43 (23.8%) males and 138 (76.2%) females. The ages of these participants ranged from 18- 27 years, with a mean age of 21.96 and standard deviation of 2.91. Two instruments were used in the study. They included Big Five Personality Inventory developed by Donahue and Kentle (1991) and 20- item Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q) by Yildrim (2014). The design employed was a predictive survey study and a multi-factor design hence multiple linear regression was used as statistical tool to analyze the data. The result showed that extraversion (B= .82, T= 2.46, P .05) do not significantly predicts nomophobia; Conscientiousness ( B = -. 52, T = -.1.82, P< .05) Significantly predicts nomophobia; Neuroticism (B = .68, T = 2.48, P< .05) positively and Significantly predicts nomophobia. Finally openness to experience (B = .64, T = 2.36, P < .05) positively and significantly predicts nomophobia.
Relationship and sexual satisfaction: A developmental perspective on bidirectionality

Researchers have investigated the directionality between relationship and sexual satisfaction; however, there remains no definitive conclusion. Previous longitudinal studies have not conceptualized relationship and sexual satisfaction as systematic developmental processes and have focused on predicting scores at later time points. Instead, researchers should be concerned with understanding how relationship and sexual satisfaction change together over time. The objective of this study was to use longitudinal data from midlife American marriages to test the directionality of the association between relationship satisfaction and sexual satisfaction. Multivariate latent growth curve modeling of 1,456 midlife Americans married for 20 years from the Midlife in the United States study was used to compare directionality models. Findings support that long-term, stable marriages of midlife Americans at the sample level were characterized by a linear increase in relationship satisfaction over 20 years and a linear decline in sexual satisfaction during the same time frame. A co-change model, wherein relationship and sexual satisfaction changed together over time, fit the data best. Trajectory correlations showed that changes in relationship and sexual satisfaction were strongly interconnected. High initial levels of sexual satisfaction protected against declines in relationship satisfaction over 20 years. Results support that relationship and sexual satisfaction change together over time and highlight that the longitudinal association between these outcomes is dynamic rather than static.
Contextual cueing in older adults: Slow initial learning but flexible use of distractor configurations

ABSTRACT Learned spatial regularities can efficiently guide visual search. This effect has been extensively studied using the contextual cueing paradigm. We investigated age-related changes in the initial learning of contextual configurations and the relearning after target relocation. Younger and older participants completed a contextual cueing experiment on two days. On day one, they were tested with a standard contextual cueing task. On day two, for the repeated displays the location of the targets was moved while keeping the distractor configurations unchanged. Older participants developed a reliable contextual cueing effect but the emergence of this effect required more repetitions compared to younger individuals. Contextual cueing was apparent quickly after target relocation in younger and older participants. Especially in older adults, the fast updating might be due to learned distractor-distractor associations rather than the updating of target-distractor configurations.
Factors affecting adoption of social media by womens non-governmental organisations (WNGOs)

While the adoption of social media gets prominence in the developed world, its widespread adoption has not yet occurred across many organisations in developing countries and very little empirical research focusing on Women’s Non-Governmental Organisations (henceforth, WNGOs) has been conducted to date. The aim of this study is to fill this knowledge gap by investigating the factors affecting adoption of social media by WNGOs in North-West of Nigeria. Built around the Diffusion of Innovation Theory (DOI), Technology-Organisation-Environment (TOE) Framework and Information Sharing Behaviour (ISB) factors, the study develops an integrated model consisting of twelve variables to investigate factors that affect WNGOs’ social media adoption. The study employed the quantitative approach. To test the research’s proposed model, a survey questionnaire was self-administered to a sample of 327 respondents drawn from eighty-seven registered WNGOs. Out of the 327 questionnaires distributed, 250 usable questionnaires were completed and returned, giving a response rate of 76.5%. Data collected were analysed by means of descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and multiple regression techniques. The results of multi-linear regression analysis indicate that the environmental factors are the strongest predictor of WNGOs’ social media adoption. Similarly, organisational and information sharing behaviour factors all have a significant impact on social media adoption. In contrast, the technological factor was found to be the least predictor. Major implications for the study are policy implications, improving WNGO practice, advancing scholarly research on Information Technology (IT) adoption and theoretical contributions through extending previous research conducted in developed countries in a new setting. Key words: Social media, information and communication technological, social/environmental organisations, social change(s).
Spelling Problems and Causes among Saudi English Language Undergraduates

Arab students who learn English as a foreign language, especially Saudi students, face different challenges during the process of learning of the four English language skills, especially writing and its component (spelling). This paper aims to investigate the preceded causes of students’ spelling errors. The main research question sought to be answered is: What are the causes of spelling errors made by the Saudi university students? The research participants were 15 students in the English Language Department at Tabuk University and 15 English language lecturers from the same department. Group structured interviews were designed for the lecturers and students. The findings reveal that there are different causes of students’ spelling errors such as the education system and university syllabus, students’ learning attitude, and the interference between English and Arabic language. This paper concludes that the spelling errors which Saudi university students commit were caused by the negative impacts of their education system and syllabus, where the syllabus ignores the importance of spelling rules and techniques, and the interference between English and Arabic language when the learners refer to their mother tongue while writing in the English language. It is hoped that the findings revealed in this study will help the policymakers in taking necessary actions in improving the learning experience of Arab learners of English. This paper calls for a reform in the English language teaching in Saudi education system so that spelling is given the required emphasis as it is the foundation of English proficiency.
Aspirations of Canadian youth for higher education

This paper examines the educational aspirations of 15-year-old Canadian youth, using data from cycle one of the Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) and the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). It profiles the range of youth's educational aspirations, examining key influences on these plans. Identifying these influences constitutes the main research focus of this analysis. It also sets the stage for long term analyses of the life course trajectories of Canadian youth as additional phases of the YITS are undertaken. The major findings show that Canadian youth continue to aim high. Almost all want to go beyond high school, and most want to attend university. Gender has an effect on educational plans: girls perform better in school and have higher educational aspirations. Parental socio-economic status affects the youth plans, but has less of an impact than parental encouragement. There are some community size differences, with youth attending schools in smaller communities having lower aspirations, particularly being less likely to plan to attend a university. Francophones in Quebec have a different pattern of educational aspirations than other youth. Academic performance, and program of study have pronounced effects on youth plans, as does academic effort. Other experiences, in and out of school, have less of an effect, including: participation in extracurricular activities; attachment to school; academic self-confidence; and bending or breaking rules in the home or the school. Those who frequently use information technology for educational purposes have higher aspirations, net of other effects.
Advances in echocardiography: global longitudinal strain, intra-cardiac multidirectional flow imaging and automated 3d volume analysis

Echocardiography has the long development history beginning with amplitude imaging. Nowadays, two- and three- dimensional imaging are standard tools available in almost every echocardiography machine. Myocardial deformation imaging is gaining popularity out of research projects. The future will bring new and sophisticated tools for echocardiographic analysis such intracardiac flow imaging and an automated 3D volume calculation.
The Next Generation: Chatbots in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy to Foster Mental Health – A Scoping Review

Background and Purpose: The present age of digitalization brings with it progress and new possibilities for health care in general and clinical psychology/psychotherapy in particular. Internet- and mobile-based interventions (IMIs) have often been evaluated. A fully automated version of IMIs are chatbots. Chatbots are automated computer programs that are able to hold, e.g., a script-based conversation with a human being. Chatbots could contribute to the extension of health care services. The aim of this review is to conceptualize the scope and to work out the current state of the art of chatbots fostering mental health. Methods: The present article is a scoping review on chatbots in clinical psychology and psychotherapy. Studies that utilized chatbots to foster mental health were included. Results: The technology of chatbots is still experimental in nature. Studies are most often pilot studies by nature. The field lacks high-quality evidence derived from randomized controlled studies. Results with regard to practicability, feasibility, and acceptance of chatbots to foster mental health are promising but not yet directly transferable to psychotherapeutic contexts. Discussion: The rapidly increasing research on chatbots in the field of clinical psychology and psychotherapy requires corrective measures. Issues like effectiveness, sustainability, and especially safety and subsequent tests of technology are elements that should be instituted as a corrective for future funding programs of chatbots in clinical psychology and psychotherapy.
FPGA-Assisted DPI Systems: 100 Gbit/s and Beyond

Carrying out deep packet inspection (DPI) in aggregated network connections remains a continuous requirement even though the line rate reaches and exceeds 100 Gb/s. The increasing packet-arrival rate necessitates efficient solutions for on-the-fly packet parsing, packet classification, and distribution for parallelized, software-based payload inspection. Inspection complexity and real-time processing are competing requirements. The deep analysis capabilities of software-based approaches can be enhanced by hardware-based support on time-critical packet parsing and classification. Moreover, some payload inspection tasks can be carried out in hardware as well, further reducing the resources spent on software-based solutions. This paper aims at presenting the state-of-the-art and describing a set of best practices in field programmable gate arrays (FPGA)-based packet processing, which can be applied for DPI-related tasks at 100 Gb/s and beyond. Accordingly, we provide an architectural view of the DPI systems throughout the paper. Besides summarizing the limitations of hardware- and software-based solutions for the three processing phases within a DPI system (packet parsing, packet classification, and payload inspection), this paper reveals the possible trade-offs for choosing the different technical approaches. These limitations include operating frequency, bus size, available memory, on-chip physical resources for hardware-based implementations, and CPU time for software-based solutions.
Image Data Acquisition for NOAA 18 and NOAA 19 Weather Satellites Using QFH Antenna and RTL-SDR

Satellite imaging is widely used in monitoring weather patterns and interpreting satellite images. The limited access to weather satellite image data in real-time is still major issues faced by satellite enthusiasts. NOAA 18 and NOAA 19 weather satellites provide free accessible weather data continuously through Automatic Picture Transmission at 137.9125 MHz and 137.1000 MHz frequencies. In this research the data acquisition system is designed with the help of a Quadrifilar Helix antenna and RTL-SDR. In order to receive both frequencies, the Quadrifilar Helix antenna at 137,5 MHz is designed. Recording, decoding, editing, and viewing of Automatic Picture Transmission signals using WXtoImg software. The result showed that the weather satellite image receptions are sufficiently clear and descriptive, although there are 0.0685% frequency offsets of Automatic Picture Transmission signal reception on NOAA 18 and 0.0686% on NOAA 19.
An intelligent navigation of humanoid NAO in the light of classical approach and computational intelligence

The development of robotics research toward industrialization has created an enhanced demand for modernization of the automation industry. Humanoid robots being advanced than other forms of robots bear a large resemblance to humans and are very much helpful in replacing humans in tedious and repetitive tasks. Therefore, the navigation and path planning of the humanoids bear a large importance in robotics research. The current investigation deals with the path planning of NAO humanoid robots. In the present work, a classical method of regression analysis and an artificial intelligence technique of fuzzy logic are implemented separately for the purpose of obstacle avoidance during the motion of humanoid NAOs toward respective targets. The simulation analysis of the proposed techniques is carried out using V‐REP software. The experiments are performed in laboratory conditions with a proper environment for working of the humanoid NAOs. Finally, a comparison has been made between the simulation and experimental results. The results obtained from the simulation and experimental analyses are in good agreement with each other, which suggest that the proposed methodologies can be used as methods of robust control for the navigation of humanoids.
The effect of creative writing activities on elementary school students’ creative writing achievement, writing attitude and motivation

Writing skills have a tendency to lose their importance day by day. In addition, writing studies with a product-based approach discourage students from writing. Creative writing activities, one of the process-based writing approaches, are among the ones that will make students feel like writing and regard writing as a need. The aim of this study is to examine the effects of creative writing activities on students' creative writing achievement, writing attitudes and motivation. The study employed one-group pretest-posttest experimental design. A total of 630 students from first, second, third and fourth grades formed the sample of the study. The data collection tools of the study are “Written Production Instruction” (Turkel, 2011), “Writing Attitude Scale” (Yildiz & Kaman, 2016), “The Scale of Writing Attitude” (Susar Kirmizi, 2009) and “Writing Motivation Scale” (Canitezer, 2014). Arithmetic mean, standard deviation and t-test results and “Evaluation Criteria Form for Creative Writing ” (Susar Kirmizi, 2008) were used to analyze the data. The results showed that creative writing activities have a positive effect on students' creative writing achievement, writing attitude and motivation.
세계화(globalization)와 안보 연구

세계화가 과연 하나의 독립변수로 사용하기에 충분할 정도로 그 의미가 명확하게 규명된 과학적 개념인가의 여부는 학계의 지속적인 의문으로 남아 있다. 특히 최근에는 현저하게 드러나고 있는 각종 반세계화 현상을 바탕으로 세계화에 대한 반론이 거세지고 있으며 일부 세계화론 주창자들조차 ‘현실’로서 세계화 현상에 대한 회의적 시각을 표출하고 있어 그 의문은 더욱 커지고 있다. 이에 따라 세계화를 설명 변수로 삼는 모든 연구 영역에서 세계화의 의미와 세계화와 관련된 연구 성과를 반추해 볼 필요성도 커지고 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 세계화의 의미 분석을 바탕으로 세계화를 안보환경 변화의 독립변수로 삼는 연구의 동향을 분석하고 연구의 방향을 제시하는데 있다. 세계화는 그 설명적 가치와 규범적 판단을 둘러싸고 논란이 계속되고 있는 개념이다. 세계화는 세계화론자를 중심으로 발전되어 온 개념이지만 이들 사이에서도 개념에 대한 합의는 존재하지 않는다. 세계화는 가장 단순하게는 하나의 현상 혹은 사건으로 간주되기도 하지만, 세계화의 본질을 규명하려는 입장에서는 세계화의 원인과 영향에 대한 인과관계는 물론 사회관계 본질이나 권력관계 변화를 적시하는 개념으로 취급하여 왔다. 그러나 세계화를 개념화하려는 노력은 수많은 하부 현상을 단일 요소로 설명해야 하며, 역으로 개념 속에 혼재되어 있는 세계화의 원인, 결과, 설명 및 규범적 판단 요소를 단순화해야 한다는 과제를 안고 있다. 특히 원인과 결과가 혼재되어 있는 세계화 개념은 현상 분석을 위한 설명체제 구성에 가장 큰 장애요인이 되고 있다. 세계화와 안보와의 관계를 다루는 연구는 대체로 세계화에 관한 중도론적 입장에서 안보에 관한 낙관론을 피하고 새로운 위협을 제시하는데 초점을 맞추는데, 이러한 경향은 안보연구에서 세계화를 가장 단순한 수준에서 정의하는 데에서 비롯된다. 그러나 지나치게 단순한 세계화 개념을 적용하는 안보연구는 질적으로 새로운 현상인 세계화를 여전히 국가중심적 시각에서 다루고 모든 안보위협을 테러리즘의 문제로 축소하려는 환원주의의 문제를 야기한다. 이러한 문제를 극복하기 위해서는 세계화 개념의 불완전성을 염두에 둔 세계화 개념에 대한 접근과 일관된 세계화 개념 적용이 요구된다. 또한 세계화 현상으로부터 직접적인 안보 사안을 도출하는 노력에서 한 차원 더 나아가 안보연구의 새로운 방향을 제시해 줄 수 있는 안보환경 변화의 전체적 특성을 분석하는 포괄적 연구가 요구된다.