bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
PSYCHOLOGICAL CORRECTION OF GAMBLING ADDICTION AT EARLY YOUTH AGE: APPROACHES AND RESULTS OF THE EMPIRICAL STUDY
Authors:   G.S. Kostiuk Institute of Psychology, National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, Urkaev Vadym , Pleskach Bogdan ,   G.S. Kostiuk Institute of Psychology, National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine
Published: June 2021

Low efficiency of gambling addiction treatment makes important psychological correction of gambling predisposition. Existing corrective programs target a wide range of addiction disorders (both chemical and behavioural) and clients’ ages. However, there is a deficit of programs aimed at correcting the propensity to gambling (deviation) for 16-17 year old people. The intervention in this period is especially needed because deviations are transformed most often into pathological addiction at this age. The theoretical basis for psychological correction of predisposition to gambling in early youth age remains insufficiently developed, so our work in this area has the scientific novelty. The reviewed scientific literature has shown that predisposition to gambling in early youth age is associated with a violation of self-determination. This is manifested in the following features: a broken identity, failure to put forward clear life goals, inability for self-realization in a chosen profession; impossibility to be independent (psychological dependence). The ascertaining experiment was completed with a sample (n = 71) with equal participation of men and women and equal frequency of predisposition to gambling. The obtained results show that the following features increase predisposition to gambling: psychological dependence, co-dependency, broken identity, disorders of self-actualization, lack of clear goals in life and dedication, low self-esteem, psychological distress. The corrective program was developed on the basis of the following principles: “leading activity”, “systematic development”, “top-down correction”. Based on the listed principles, we can argue that psychological correction in early youth age can help students: find their place in society and life goals, develop self-awareness, and work with causal targets (psychological dependence, broken identity, impaired self-actualization, low self-esteem). It is substantiated that the greatest efficiency of the correctional program can be achieved in the format of “group meetings”, complemented by thematic mini-lectures and psychological techniques. The proposed program included 17 meetings (90–120 minutes each) once a week. Two correctional groups consisted of 25 persons of early youth age, among which 15 had the predisposition to gambling, participated in the formative experiment. After the formative experiment, only 8 people showed predisposition to gambling. The observed decrease is not an accident, it is a regularity, as evidenced by Wilcoxon W-criterion (p <0.05).
An era of brain-computer interface: BCI migration into space
Authors: Hummadi Tamara , Chatterjee Indranath
Published: June 2021

Brain-computer interface's (BCI) potential applications increased tremendously over the past decade. The rising of this new technology is providing promising solutions in the field of aerospace and space exploration.  As astronauts face diverse challenges in long-duration spaceflight, BCI can help astronauts deal with complicated tasks with a minimal mental workload. It may provide intelligent communication systems, maximize safety and security, facilitate space discovery missions, and enhance astronauts' overall health and wellbeing. In new ventures such as SpaceX, Starlink, and Neuralink, pioneers adopt futuristic strategies that use BCI as their main anchor. Such efforts are valuable in neuroscience as they will reveal information that will allow neuroscientists to deeper understand the brain's mechanisms.
Inspiring or confusing – a study of Finnish 1–6 teachers’ relation to teaching programming
Authors: Pörn Ray , Hemmi Kirsti , Kallio-Kujala Paula
Published: June 2021

There is limited research on teaching and learning of programming in primary school and even less about aspects concerning teaching programming from teachers’ viewpoint. In this study, we explore how Finnish 1-6 primary school teachers (N=91), teaching at schools with Swedish as the language of instruction, relate to programming and teaching of programming, one year after the introduction of the new national curriculum that included programming. The teachers’ relation to programming is studied by analyzing their view on programming, perceived preparedness to teach programming and their attitudes towards teaching programming. The main results of the present study are that the responding teachers approach programming in school with mixed emotions, but the majority claim to have sufficient preparedness to teach programming, and many of them have a positive attitude towards the subject. The findings indicate that the most important factor for high perceived preparedness and positive attitude is sufficient domain knowledge. The teachers’ views on programming are very diverse, ranging from focusing only on the connection to elementary step-by-step thinking to more sophisticated reasoning connecting to central aspects of computational thinking and other educational outcomes. The findings suggest that there is a need for educational efforts to make the connection between mathematical content and programming more visible for primary school teachers.
Evaluation of radial artery occlusion in patients undergoing diagnostic and therapeutic coronary procedures via distal radial access. A retrospective observational study (RDISTAL DOR)
Authors: Tebet Marden , Ogama Mickael , Kreimer Sergio , Santos Eduardo , Andrade Pedro , Zukowski Cleverson , Maia Felipe , Esteves Vinicius
Published: June 2021

Background: The use of the distal radial access for invasive coronary procedures has been rapidly adopted by the medical community, but with no evaluation of efficacy and safety outcomes of this approach. The objective was to evaluate the rate of radial artery occlusion involved in this technique, using Doppler ultrasound. Methods: This was an observational, retrospective study involving patients undergoing invasive diagnostic or therapeutic coronary procedures via distal radial access, with assessment of the radial artery patency by Doppler ultrasound. The primary outcome analyzed was the rate of radial artery occlusion. Results: Between July and December 2020, 51 patients underwent procedures via distal radial access, with assessment of the radial artery patency, out of a total of 603 patients seen during this period. Patients were aged 58±10.8 years, 68.6% were male, 26.9% had diabetes mellitus, and 68.6% were diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome. Diagnostic procedures were performed in 68.2% of sample, and 23.5% of patients had undergone a previous use of the ipsilateral proximal radial access. Doppler ultrasound was performed over a mean period of 24 hours, and no occlusion of the radial artery was observed, with mean time for sheath insertion of 1.9 minutes. There was no major vascular complication. In two patients, pain was observed at the access point; another two had a small subcutaneous hematoma, and, one patient, presented with moderate spasm. Conclusion: The use of distal radial access was associated with a low rate of hemorrhagic complications in the access route, and absence of occlusion of the radial artery by Doppler ultrasound assessment.
OSMANLI DEVLETİ'NDE TANZİMAT DÖNEMİ'NDE MECELLE BAĞLAMINDA İŞÇİ İŞVEREN İLİŞKİLERİ
Authors: KARAAHMETOĞLU Atanur
Published: June 2021

Tanzimat Dönemi Osmanlı Devleti'nde birçok önemli gelişmenin yaşandığı bir dönem olmuştur. Tanzimat Dönemi ile birlikte, Osmanlı Devleti birçok alanda Avrupa'nın gerisinde kaldığını kabul etmiştir. Savaşlarda alınan mağlubiyetler, yaşanan ekonomik zorluklar, sanayileşmemenin getirdiği sıkıntılar nedeniyle Osmanlılar Batının üstünlüğünü kabul etmek zorunda kalmıştır. Bu sebeplerle Tanzimat Dönemi'nde Osmanlı Devleti'nin geneline yenilikçi bir atmosfer hâkim olmuştur. Bu şekilde İmparatorluğun tekrar ayağa kalkması amaçlanmıştır. Hemen her alanda başlayan bu yenilikçi hareketlerden çalışma hayatı da etkilenmiştir. Zira, Tanzimat Dönemi'nde yapılan kanuni düzenlemelerde çalışma hayatına ilişkin konular da ele alınmıştır. Bu açıdan Mecelle büyük öneme sahiptir. Mecelle bir medeni kanun niteliği taşımakla birlikte, Mecelle'de işçi işveren ilişkileri de ele alınmıştır. Bu nedenle Mecelle iş hukuku açısından da oldukça önemli bir yere sahiptir. Zira, Osmanlı Devleti'nde ilk defa bir genel kanunda işçi işveren ilişkilerine yönelik düzenlemeler getirilmiştir. Bu çalışmada Mecelle'nin gözünden Osmanlı Devleti'nde işçi işveren ilişkilerine bakmak ve işçinin konumunu belirlemek amacıyla bir araştırma yapılmıştır.
PATOLOJİK MERİTOKRASİ : DİSTOPYA’YA DÖNÜŞEN BİR İMKÂNSIZ İDEAL
Authors: AKTAN Coşkun Can
Published: June 2021

Meritokrasi, güç ve yetkilerin, görev ve sorumlulukların aile, servet veya sosyal sınıftan ziyade bilgi, beceri, yeterlilik, yetenek, çaba, çalışma ahlakı, erdem ve başarı temelinde dağıtıldığı bir sistemin adıdır. Meritokrasi kavramı sosyolog Michael Young tarafından 1958'de yayınlanan Meritokrasi’nin Yükselişi adlı kitapta kullanılmıştır ve bu çalışma meritokrasiyi anlamak için en önemli metinlerden biri olmaya devam etmektedir. Kavramı 'I.Q. + Çaba = Liyakat ’ olarak ele alan Young giderek güçsüzleşen alt sınıfın sosyal hareketlilik için fırsat bulamayabileceğine dikkat çekmiştir. Fırsat eşitliği meritokrasi kavramının merkezinde yer alır. Gerçek yaşamda fırsat eşitliği tüm vatandaşlar için sözkonusu değildir ve bu nedenle meritokrasi kavramı eleştiriye açıktır. Eleştirmenler, meritokrasinin fırsat eşitliğinin önündeki en büyük engel haline geldiğini ve alt sınıf için sosyal hareketliliğe yardımcı olmadığını ifade etmektedirler. Eğitim bağlamında, liyakat genellikle giriş koşulları, yetenek testleri veya sınavlardaki notlarla ölçülür. İdeal bir meritokrasi için ilerleme şanslarının eşit fırsatlara sahip olacak şekilde tüm vatandaşlara açık olması gerekir. Bu makale, meritokrasi kavramını eleştirel bir bakış açısıyla incelemektedir. Hiç şüphe yok ki, meritokrasi herhangi bir sosyal sistem ve organizasyonlar için bir idealdir, ancak pratikte "distopya" adı verilen istenmeyen bir duruma dönüşebilir.
SOSYAL POLİTİKALAR TARİHİ AÇISINDAN ALICE SALOMON’UN DÜNYA GÖRÜŞÜ
Authors: SEYYAR Ali , KÖLEOĞLU Yunus
Published: June 2021

Kadın hareketi alanında liberal sosyal reformcu olarak bilinen Alice Salomon (1872-1948), 20. yüzyılın başlarında Almanya’da sosyal kadın okullarının açılmasına öncülük yapması açısından sosyal çalışma faaliyetlerinin bilim ve meslek hâline gelmesine dünya çapında katkı sağlamış önemli kadın bilim insanlarından birisidir. Bu makalede sadece Salomon’un biyografisi çerçevesinde özel hayatı, sosyal bilimlere adanmışlığı, dönemin olumsuz şartları bağlamındaki kadınlara bilimin önüne konulan engelleri nasıl aştığını ve Nazi Hükümetinin baskılarına dayanamayarak doğduğu ülkesini nasıl terk etmek zorunda kaldığı anlatılacaktır. Almanya’da tarihsel süreç içinde kadın odaklı sosyal çalışmanın hangi aşamalardan geçtiğini ve nasıl geliştiğinin ötesinde ilk önce Salomon’un sosyal çalışma bilimi ile ilgili dünya görüşü de incelenecektir. Bu bağlamda sosyal politika ve sosyal çalışma arasındaki ilişkiye yönelik düşünceleri, sosyal adaletsizlik sorunuyla ilgili fikirleri, kapitalist üretim sistemine, sosyal reform ve sosyalist devrim arasındaki ilişkiye bakışı irdelenecektir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Salomon’un kadın temelli sosyal politikaları ile ilgili dünya görüşü çerçevesinde ataerkil kapitalist toplumda kadına yönelik eleştirel bakışını göstermek olacaktır. Bu doğrultuda özellikle kadın ve cinsel özgürlük, sosyal demokrat ve feminist kadın hareketi, çalışan kadınların ailevi yükü, sendikal hakları ve grev gibi ana konular, Salomon’un eserlerinden yola çıkılarak, derinlemesine ele alınacaktır.
PERUBAHAN SOSIAL BUDAYA DAN KETERKAITANNYA TERHADAP PEMBELAJARAN IPS
Authors: Rahman Monalisa
Published: June 2021

Kehidupan bermasyarakat merupakan suatu hal yang bersifat dinamis. Setiap kehidupan akan selalu mengalami perubahan, baik secara lambat maupun cepat. Perubahan itu dapat terjadi pada pola perilaku individu masyarakat, organisasi, nilai, norma sampai pendidikan. Dalam konteks kehidupan bermasyarakat, perubahan terbagi menjadi dua macam, yakni perubahan sosial dan perubahan kebudayaan. Namun, di dalam kehidupan bermasyarakat sangat sulit untuk ditemukan inti perbedaan di antara keduanya itu, sebab sangat sulit untuk menetapkan inti pemisah antara masyarakat dengan kebudayaan. Masyarakat dan kebudayaan merupakan dua elemen yang berbeda tapi tidak bisa dipisahkan secara empiris, sebab keduanya itu mempunyai kaitan fungsional bagi kelangsungan hidup masyarakat. Namun, dalam kehidupan bermasyarakat banyak orang yang menyamakan makna dari keduanya, bahkan ada orang yang menyebutnya perubahan sosial budaya. Meskipun demikin antara perubahan sosial dan perubahan budaya memiliki komponen yang sama, yakni keduanya saling berkaitan dengan penerimaan cara-cara baru atau suatu renovasi dari cara-cara masyarakat dalam memenuhi kebutuhan hidupnya.
HIGHER EDUCATION CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT STUDY : THE CONSEPT OF LINK & MATCH WITH BUSINESS
Authors: Suyitno
Published: June 2021

High unemployment is not caused by absorption of college graduates in the job market. Gaps between the labor force with the world of work, due to link and match synchronization between the education system with the business. The role of universities should be able to bridge that gap by developing a competency-based curriculum, in order top reduce quality graduates or job seekers can meet the required qualifications and requirements of the business world. Link and match concept is realized through the social and labor approaches. While development in the college curriculum through approaches (1) academic, (2) life skills, (3) competency-based curriculum, (4) broad-based curriculum.
Examining the Effects of Food and Product Production Values and Production Added Value on Inflation Over the Years: Empirical Evidence for Turkey
Authors: Menguc Isil Tellalbasi
Published: June 2021

In this study, it is aimed to examine the effects of food and product production values on inflation. In the study, the variables of the World Bank Country Reports between 1991-2019 Consumer Price Index, Wholesale Price Index, Food Production Index, Product Production Index and Production Value Added were used. According to the results obtained from the study, there is a statistically significant relationship between TUFE and TOFE and GUE, UUE and UKD variables (p <0.01). According to the results of controlled correlation analysis, the effects of food and product production indexes on consumer and wholesale inflation level are not statistically significant (p> 0.05). The effect of UKD and GUE parameters on inflation is statistically significant (p <0.05). Explanation power of both models is very high. According to the regression coefficients, UKD has a negative effect, and GUE has a positive effect. The results show that production has a positive effect on inflation, while production value added has a decreasing effect on consumer and wholesale prices. These results show that the production in our country is actually high cost and its added value is low.
Applying Peer Examination Technique on Students’ Speaking Skill
Authors: Kahfi Bagus
Published: June 2021

This paper depicts peer assessment execution in showing talking inclination in Senior High School understudies. The evaluation was masterminded as illuminating assessment in which the inspector filled in as a functioning onlooker. The examination people in this evaluation were the fundamental year understudies and an instructor who applied accomplice assessment technique in the senior discretionary school in Ciamis. The agent applied an ensuing joint effort method by seeing the homeroom utilizing wisdom sheet, and taking field notes to see the example of execution of friend evaluation. In taking a gander at the information, the master utilized information decay, information show, and attestation. The execution relationship of accomplice assessment was appeared by the examination entryway acumen in three stages; pre-execution of buddy evaluation, during peer assessment, and post friend appraisal. The master additionally tracked down that the useful execution of accomplice appraisal was an outcome of the teacher's accentuation on offering score to the colleagues and raising the understudies' inspiration to arrange mate assessment, making them sure to play out the companion assessment measure.
Square Guide Polarizer for Extended C-band
Authors: Alibaba Mahmud
Published: June 2021

This article presents the design and characteristics of new broadband polarizer based on a square guide with diaphragms. Matching and polarization characteristics of the guide polarizer have been simulated and optimized. Frequency dependences of the simulated characteristics are presented. Developed square guide polarizer can be applied in modern satellite antennas.
Applying Universal Design for Learning to Center for English as a Second Language
Authors: Kakamad Karwan Kakabra , Babakr Zana Hasan , Mohamedami Pakstan Faiq
Published: June 2021

This paper investigated the possibility of applying Universal Design for English Language Learning. Throughout the paper, both quantitative and qualitative methods were used for data collection. The students were first asked to critique the ESL program using a methodology created by Paulo Freire to ascertain how much freedom students have in creating their learning environments and establishing their own learning goals and objectives. The results showed that the majority of students rated the ESL program very low regarding their ability to influence the program's curriculum materials or learning outcomes. Moreover, the research shows that the majority of students did not believe they were adequately prepared for graduate-level studies in the University upon completion of the ESL program. As a result of these findings, several recommendations are made about creating more opportunities for individual students to use UDL principles to control their learning environments and establish their own learning goals and objectives.
The Only thing that Fans want
Authors: Ho Manh-Toan
Published: June 2021

This short paper offers a viable pathway to explain the thought process of individuals who are engaging in creating adult content. The pathway is supported by the mindsponge (MSp) mechanism, popularized by Vuong Quan Hoang in his seminal papers in 2015 and 2016. Aside from that, cultural additivity (CA) is also used to explain the simultaneous existence of contradicting values in a belief system.
Over-expression of tumor protein D52-like 1 in human endometrial cancer.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: June 2021

Gynecologic cancers including cancers of the endometrium are a clinical problem (1-4). We mined published microarray data (5, 6) to discover genes associated with endometrial cancers by comparing transcriptomes of the normal endometrium and endometrial tumors from humans. We identified tumor protein D52-like 1, encoded by TPD52L1, as among the most differentially expressed genes, transcriptome-wide, in cancers of the endometrium. TPD52L1 was expressed at significantly higher levels in endometrial tumor tissues as compared to the endometrium. Importantly, in human endometrial cancer, primary tumor expression of TPD52L1 was correlated with overall survival in white patients with low mutational burden. TPD52L1 may be a molecule of interest in understanding the etiology or progression of human endometrial cancer.
PERAN ULAMA DALAM POLITIK
Authors: sari yeti novita purnama
Published: June 2021

Politik juga bisa dikatakan sebagai tentang legitimasi kekuasaan dalam hal Negara, dan juga merupakan suatu hal yang terlepas secara langsung dari yang namanya moralitas yang tercermin pada situasi konkrit Negara yang membutuhkan tindakan tersebut. Negara adalah sisi nyata dari perpolitikan, dengan itu maka untuk mempertahankan negara, pengabaian terhadap sifat sifat yang berbau moral dapat saja di hilangkan oleh seorang penguasa. Dalam berpolitik peran ulama sangatlah penting karena dapat mengontrol kebijakan penguasa dan menjadikan pihak penguasa dan pihak oposisi. Ulama di tekankan memiliki dua peran yang mana dianggap sangat penting, yang pertama, berdasarkan pada bobot keilmuanya maka para ulama sudah sepantasnya sebagai penncerah alam pemikiran umat. Yang kedua ada sebagai panutan umat dalam artian khusus dalam keteladanan moral yang di ajarkan dan di contohkan ulama kepada masyarakat.
Professional Culture: Let’s Talk Tackling of Inequity, Injustice, and Absent Talent
Authors: Riches Amy
Published: June 2021

Progressive reforms and community kindness are encouraged; terminology common among DEI discussions is explored here.
Leadership Styles of Principals Based on Setting, Zone, and Location of Public Colleges of Education in Ghana
Authors: Esia-Donkoh Kweku , Quansah David Kwame
Published: June 2021

This study investigated the leadership styles of principals in public Colleges of Education (CoEs) in Ghana based on the setting, zone and location of the colleges. The quantitative method of the cross-sectional survey design was adopted for the study. The census sampling technique was employed to obtain 38 principals for the study. The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) by Bass and Avolio (2004) was adapted to collect data from the principals. Means, standard deviation, t-test and ANOVA were utilised in analysing the data. The descriptive analysis established that generally, principals of public CoEs in Ghana mostly used transformational leadership style as compared to transactional and laissez-faire leadership styles. The inferential analyses also revealed that there were no statistically significant differences in the leadership styles of the principals based on setting, zone and location of the colleges. Among the recommendations is that the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), formerly known as the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), should consider competence when selecting and appointing principals and not the setting, zone and location of public CoEs because generally, these variables did not statistically significantly determine the leadership styles adopted by the principals.
Some remarks on the Open Access phenomenon in Vietnam
Authors: Quang-Loc Nguyen
Published: June 2021

There is an increasing concern over Open Access (OA) all over the world. Despite some advantages of this movement, such as no paywall for all researchers, there is evidence that predatory publishers make profits from the OA principles, which damages the whole scientific system. Though Vietnam is an emerging economy with a limited scientific budget, the number of scholars who pursue the OA movement is rising annually. This paper tries to review the Open Access situation in Vietnam.
New Iris Polarizer for Satellite Communication Systems
Authors: Torpeda Takeda
Published: June 2021

This article presents the design and characteristics of new broadband polarizer based on a square guide with irises. Matching and polarization characteristics of the guide iris polarizer have been simulated and optimized. Frequency dependences of the simulated characteristics are presented. Developed square guide iris polarizer can be applied in modern satellite antennas.
An attentional perspective on differential fear conditioning in chronic pain: The informational value of safety cues.
Authors: Koenig Stephan , Körfer Karoline , Lachnit Harald , Glombiewski Julia
Published: June 2021

Differences in fear conditioning between individuals suffering from chronic pain and healthy controls may indicate a learning bias that contributes to the acquisition and persistence of chronic pain. However, evidence from lab-controlled conditioning studies is sparse and previous experiments have produced inconsistent findings. Twenty-five participants suffering from chronic back pain and twenty-five controls not reporting chronic pain took part in a differential fear conditioning experiment measuring attention (eye tracking) and autonomic arousal (pupil dilation and skin conductance) elicited by visual cues predicting the presence or absence of electric shock. In contrast to the healthy control group, participants with chronic pain did not acquire differential autonomic responding to cues of threat and safety and specifically failed to acquire any attentional preference for the safety cue over irrelevant contextual cues (while such preference was intact for the threat cue). We present simulations of a reinforcement learning model to show how the pattern of data can be explained by assuming that participants with chronic pain might have experienced less positive emotion (relief) when the electric shock was absent following safety cues. Our model shows how this assumption can explain both, reduced differential responding to cues of threat and safety as well as less selective attention to the safety cue.
My curry story and cultural additivity
Authors: Le Tam-Tri
Published: June 2021

The differences in curry cuisines from my personal experiences can also be viewed in terms of cultural additivity,
EXPLORING EFL TEACHERS’ STRATEGIES IN TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION: A CASE OF THE SCHOOLS AT LIMITED RESOURCES AREAS
Authors: husain balqis , Nyimo Yana Nadila
Published: June 2021

This study aims to examine teachers' strategies in understanding reading. This study was carried out in the EFL class in the limited resources areas; the researcher investigated the teacher strategy for variations to help the students to grasp reading comprehension materials. Qualitative analysis was formulated for this research. Forty nine respondents from 11 schools represented at the Secondary School and High School in Pulau Morotai. The researcher tested the teachers who had been formed in questionnaire tests in this test. The questioner consisted of 25 items, in which the teachers had to select one of the possible alternatives. This is test' advantage was to know the dominant techniques the English teacher used in classroom of reading comprehension. Response criteria were shared with respondents using a Likert scale questionnaire. There are five answers, which range from strongly agree to disagree strongly. In this data collection procedure, all of the items were inserted in the google-form. Then the researcher shared the link of the questionnaire for all English teachers of Junior High School and Senior High School at Morotai Timur and Morotai Selatan. The link was shared through social media such as Whatsapp platform, and respondents’ answer were calculated by SPSS 17 for windows. The researcher found that only 49 respondents volunteered to complete this form. Teachers' methods in understanding teaching lectures were presented at three phases: pre-reading phases, reading phases, and post-reading phases. The Post reading phase was favored for much less than the pre reading and while-reading phase. The data showed that the while-reading stage was the lowest among the other stages; this was evidenced by its mean value of 4.51. The second stage was the pre-reading stage, with a mean score of 28.55, and the highest mean score on the post-reading stage was 28.67.
Is there a Difference between the Timed Up and Go Test and Physical Function due to the Difference in Perception of Slip?
Authors: Kubo Kazuki , Suto Yuta , Okazaki Shin , Takahashi Yuko , Effendi Tonny Dian , Nakagawa Kazumasa
Published: June 2021

The purpose of this study was to examine whether there are differences in the timed up and go (TUG) test results and physical functions due to the differences in slip recognition when performing TUG on wood flooring. The study consisted of 30 community-dwelling elderly subjects, aging over 65 years old. The differences in the perception of floor slippage before and after TUG were as follows: (1) slippery-slipped group (S-S group), (2) slippery-not slipped group (S-N group), and (3) not slippery-not slipped group (N-N group). The modified falls efficacy scale, grip strength, knee extension strength, one-leg standing time, functional reach test, Trail Making Test (TMT), two-step test were used in this study. The results showed no statistically significant difference in TUG test. However, statistically significant difference was observed in TMT between the S-S and N-N groups (p = 0.019, r = 0.51, respectively) and between the S-S and S-N groups (p = 0.003, r = 0.65, respectively). It was found that there was no statistically significant difference in TUG results due to the recognition differences of slippage. However, it was suggested that the subject who reported a history of slippage had a high attention function and could pay attention to the floor environment.
The Effect of Using Technology in Education on Academic Achievement of Students: The Case of Geographical Information Systems
Authors: Turkuresin Hafize Er
Published: June 2021

The objective of this study was to determine the effect of Geographic Information Systems, one of the educational technologies, on the academic performance of students. In accordance with this purpose, to combine the results of independent experimental studies, the meta-analysis method was put into use. Within this context, as a result of the literature review, in the meta-analysis, 17 experimental studies conducted between the years 2007 and 2020 were included. The total sample size of the mentioned studies was 620 in the experimental group and 607 in the control group. Thalheimer and Cook's (2002) classification was used in calculating the effect size values in the study in which the random effects model was used. Publication bias in research; Funnel Plot was tested with Rosenthal Fail Safe N value, cut and fill method of Duval and Tweedie and Begg-Mazumdar statistics, and studies included in meta-analysis were found to be heterogeneous. The effect of moderator variables, which are thought to influence academic achievement, was examined. Q and p significance tests were used to calculate the effect of moderator variables. According to the results of the study, it has been determined that GIS has a very wide (+1,193) effect on academic achievement. Positive average effect size indicates a change in favour of the experimental group. It was concluded that among the moderator variables, the study type, class level and sample size did not create a significant change in the effect size, and the year variable created a significant difference in the effect size.
Some studies on ethnic minorities in Vietnam
Authors: Linh Nguyen Thi
Published: June 2021

Although the Party and State have issued and implemented many policies to develop all aspects of life and society of ethnic minorities. However, due to various reasons, both subjective and objective, the life of the ethnic minorities in our country in general still faces many difficulties, the population level is low.
Adding Procedures and Standards to the HomVEE Review Handbook on the Transparency, Openness, and Reproducibility of Research on Home Visiting Models
Authors: Grant Sean , Mayo-Wilson Evan , Supplee Lauren
Published: June 2021

Questionable research practices threaten the credibility of HomVEE designations for “evidence-based early childhood home visiting service delivery models”. Internationally accepted standards for reporting and interpreting the results of reviews—including the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) and Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE)—recommend that reviews take steps to mitigate bias associated with selective non-reporting of results and other questionable research practices. Moreover, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) policies require that contractors and grantees engage in transparent and open sciences practices. We propose that HomVEE adopt standards to mitigate the effects of questionable research practices, which would be consistent with international guidelines and with complementary HHS policies and procedures.
A Comparative Study on Credit Card Fraud Detection
Authors: DEB KOUSHIK , Ghosal Souvik , Bose Debkanya
Published: June 2021

Credit Card Fraud is increasing rapidly with the development of modern technology. This fraud detection system has been proven essential for banks and financial institution, to minimize their losses. This paper pr- oposes Credit Card Fraud Detection using clustering based on several uns- upervised Machine learning and deep learning algorithms. The method we follow to solve our problem is that we are going to plot the points into two dimensional space and some points turns out to be an outliers and some p- oints forms a valid clusters. These outliers are possible number of cheaters which is nothing but the fraudulent transactions and the bank may reject t- heir credit card application. And valid clusters are not cheaters therefore we are going to allocate them the credit card. So as a result we get the explicit list of customers i.e. the potential cheaters who have cheated. Thus, the clu- stering approach which will give better rating score can be chosen to be one of the best methods to detect fraud. In this paper, we worked with Statlog Australian Credit Card Approval Dataset in which the dependent variables have been removed to maintain the privacy of the customers.
COVID19 Stress Scale - Nepali Version
Authors: Agarwal Ajay
Published: June 2021

Here, I present the Nepali version of the COVID Stress Scale (Taylor et al., 2020).
Reconceptualizing attachment-related differences: From Proximity-seeking to Epistemic trust
Authors: Talia Alessandro , Mazzarella Diana , Duschinsky Robbie , Miller-Bottome Madeleine , Taubner Svenja , Holmes Jeremy , Fonagy Peter
Published: June 2021

Theoretical models of personality and interpersonal relationships often concern themselves with the impact of early relational experiences on later development. Research inspired by attachment theory has addressed this question by focusing on how early experiences of being soothed when distressed give rise to attachment-related differences of lifelong significance. However, though most psychological researchers and practitioners are familiar with attachment-related differences, we currently do not understand how they influence the breadth of later outcomes with which they are associated. This knowledge gap is increasingly felt by researchers as threatening the validity of the theory. To support the continued vitality of attachment research, we propose a reconceptualization of attachment-related differences as broader differences in epistemic trust, which we define as the expectation that overtly communicated information is relevant to oneself. Our reconceptualization weaves together research on how infants learn from testimony, research in linguistic pragmatics (in particular, Relevance Theory), and attachment research. Specifically, we put forward four related theses: 1) that infant attachment patterns reflect differences in epistemic trust vis-à-vis the caregiver; 2) that these differences contribute to biases in interpreting and producing communication after infancy 3) that the so-called measures of “attachment” after infancy, such as the Adult Attachment Interview, capture a special case of these generalized biases; and finally, 4) that the inter-generational transmission of attachment-related differences can be viewed as resulting from infants adapting their own communication style to the communication style of the caregiver.
Varieties of value: Children differentiate caring from liking
Authors: Pesowski Madison Leigh , Ho Venus , Friedman Ori
Published: June 2021

Liking one object more than another does not guarantee caring about it more, and vice-versa. Here we show that with age, children increasingly distinguish between these two ways of valuing objects. We conducted three experiments on 589 children and 415 adults. In Experiment 1, 3–7-year-olds and adults chose between their own plain sticker and another more attractive one. Among 6−7-year-olds and adults, choices of the plain sticker were relatively more common for caring than liking. In Experiment 2, 3−6-year-olds and adults inferred what others care about and like. Among 4−6-year-olds and adults, choices of a plain object owned by another person were relatively more common in inferences about caring than liking. However, children chose the owned objects at low rates, raising the possibility that children had predominantly based judgments on the relative attractiveness of the objects. Experiment 3 addressed this concern by examining judgments about identical-looking objects.
Nonreactive testing: Evaluating the effect of withholding feedback in predictive learning
Authors: Lee Jessica C. , Le Pelley Mike , Lovibond Peter
Published: June 2021

Learning of cue-outcome relationships in associative learning experiments is often assessed by presenting cues without feedback about the outcome and informing participants to expect no outcomes to occur. The rationale is that this “no-feedback” testing procedure prevents new learning during testing that might contaminate the later test trials. We tested this assumption in four predictive learning experiments where participants were tasked with learning which foods (cues) were causing allergic reactions (the outcome) in a fictitious patient. We found that withholding feedback in a block of trials had no effect on causal ratings (Experiments 1 and 2), but it led to regression towards intermediate ratings when the missing feedback was embedded in the causal scenario and information about the outcome replaced by a “?” (Experiment 3). A factorial experiment manipulating cover story and feedback revealed that the regression-to-baseline effect was primarily driven by presentation of the “?” feedback (Experiment 4). We conclude that the procedure of testing without feedback, used widely in studies of human cognition, is an appropriate way of assessing learning, as long as the missing data are attributed to the experimenter and the absence of feedback is not highlighted in a way that induces uncertainty.
The Home Screen Media Environment of Saudi Toddlers
Authors: Alroqi Haifa , Serratrice Ludovica , Cameron-Faulkner Thea
Published: June 2021

The past few years have witnessed a rapid increase in the use of screen media by adults and children alike. Despite the widespread use of technology in Saudi Arabia, previous findings on Saudi children’s screen media use have been inconsistent and contradictory. The current study provides a comprehensive picture of screen media use among young children in Saudi Arabia. It explored the home screen media environment of 220 children aged 1 to 3 years, whose primary caregivers completed an online survey. Findings showed that the vast majority of these children had started using screens before the age of 2 years. On average, Saudi toddlers watched television for about 2 hours a day and used mobile media devices for about 1 hour a day. Their overall screen time was about 3 hours a day. Results also indicated that media use rates among Saudi toddlers are higher than those reported in the United States and the United Kingdom. The most viewed content genre on mobile media was children’s songs. Understanding children’s patterns of media use is an important first step in guiding the development of research-driven recommendations for all stakeholders on the use of screen media by young children.
The Association Between Screen Media Quantity, Content, and Context and Language Development
Authors: Alroqi Haifa , Serratrice Ludovica , Cameron-Faulkner Thea
Published: June 2021

This study investigates the influence of the quantity, content, and context of screen media use on the language development of 85 Saudi children aged 1 to 3 years. Surveys and weekly event-based diaries were employed to track children’s screen use patterns. Language development was assessed using an Arabic Communicative Development Inventory (CDI). Findings indicate that the most significant predictor of expressive and receptive vocabulary in 12- to 16-month-olds was screen media context (as measured by the frequency of interactive joint media engagements). In older children (17- to 36-month-olds), more screen time (as measured by the amount of time spent using screens, the prevalence of background TV at home, and the onset age of screen use) had the highest negative impact on expressive vocabulary and mean length of utterance. These findings support health recommendations on the negative effects of excessive screen time and the positive effects of co-viewing media with children.
Sensitivity of implicit evaluations to accurate and erroneous propositional inferences
Authors: Kurdi Benedek , Dunham Yarrow
Published: June 2021

Explicit (directly measured) evaluations are widely assumed to be sensitive to logical structure. However, whether implicit (indirectly measured) evaluations are uniquely sensitive to co-occurrence information or can also reflect logical structure has been a matter of theoretical debate. To test these competing ideas, participants (N = 3,928) completed a learning phase consisting of a series of two-step trials. In step 1, one or more conditional statements (A → B) containing novel targets co-occurring with valenced adjectives (e.g., “if you see a blue square, Ibbonif is sincere”) were presented. In step 2, a disambiguating stimulus, e.g., blue square (A) or gray blob (¬A) was revealed. Co-occurrence information, disambiguating stimuli, or both were varied between conditions to enable investigating the unique and joint effects of each. Across studies, the combination of conditional statements and disambiguating stimuli licensed different normatively accurate inferences. In Study 1, participants were prompted to use modus ponens (inferring B from A → B and A). In Studies 2–4, the information did not license accurate inferences, but some participants made inferential errors: affirming the consequent (inferring A from A → B and B; Study 2) or denying the antecedent (inferring ¬B from A → B and ¬A; Studies 3A, 3B, and 4). Bayesian modeling using ordinal constraints on condition means yielded consistent evidence for the sensitivity of both explicit (self-report) and implicit (IAT and AMP) evaluations to the (correctly or erroneously) inferred truth value of propositions. Together, these data suggest that implicit evaluations, similar to their explicit counterparts, can reflect logical structure.
COVID19 Stress Scale - Assamese Version
Authors: Agarwal Ajay
Published: June 2021

Here, I present the Assamese version of the COVID Stress Scale (Taylor et al., 2020).
Role of time in binding features in visual working memory
Authors: Schneegans Sebastian , McMaster Jessica , Bays Paul
Published: June 2021

Previous research on feature binding in visual working memory has supported a privileged role for location in binding an object's non-spatial features. However, humans are able to correctly recall feature conjunctions of objects that occupy the same location at different times. In a series of behavioral experiments, we investigated binding errors under these conditions, and specifically tested whether ordinal position can take the role of location in mediating feature binding. We performed two dual-report experiments in which participants had to memorize three colored shapes presented sequentially at the screen center. When participants were cued with the ordinal position of one item and had to report its shape and color, report errors for the two features were largely uncorrelated. In contrast, when participants were cued e.g. with an item's shape and reported an incorrect ordinal position, they had a high chance of making a corresponding error in the color report. This pattern of error correlations closely matched the predictions of a model in which color and shape are bound to each other only indirectly via an item's ordinal position. In a third experiment, we directly compared the roles of location and sequential position in feature binding. Participants viewed a sequence of colored disks displayed at different locations, and were cued either by a disk's location or its ordinal position to report its remaining properties. The pattern of errors supported a mixed strategy with individual variation, suggesting that binding via either time or space could be used for this task.
Impact of crisis communication strategies on people’s attitudes toward behavioral guidelines regarding COVID-19 and on their trust in local officials
Authors: Hirschfeld Gerrit , Thielsch Meinald
Published: June 2021

Introduction: The communication patterns of commercial organizations are generally guided by Situational Crisis Communication Theory (SCCT), but the impact of different crisis communication strategies for public messaging on COVID-19 has not been thoroughly examined. As such, we test how crisis communication strategies affect trust in mayors and the acceptance of behavioral measures, specifically regarding the buffering effect of a mayor’s pre-crisis reputation as well whether trust mediates the link between crisis communication strategies and acceptance of behavioral measures. Methods: A total of 561 participants (53% female; mean age 50 yrs) took part in an online experiment in which we systematically manipulated the mayor’s crisis communication strategy (deny vs. diminish, vs. rebuild, vs. bolstering, vs. no response) and pre-crisis reputation (good past crisis management, bad past crisis management). Age, gender and education served as covariates. In an exploratory analysis, we also tested the predictive power of personal concern regarding the COVID-19 pandemic as well as internal and external control convictions. Results: In our pre-planned analysis, we found that crisis communication strategies and pre-crisis reputation had no significant effect on participants’ ratings of acceptance of certain behaviors or their behavioral intentions. However, the different communication strategies did affect participants’ trust in the mayor and intention to vote for him. Specifically, we found that while the strategy of denying was overall unsuccessful, all other strategies fared similarly when the mayor’s pre-crisis reputation was high. When his pre-crisis reputation was low, differences emerged between the other strategies. The exploratory analysis corroborated earlier findings about the importance of individual concern and trust as predictors of behavioral measures. Discussion: Overall, SCCT seems to be an adequate description the effects of communication strategies on reputation in local officials during a pandemic. Yet, neither direct effects of communication strategies on acceptance of behavioral measures nor indirect effects on behavioral measures could not be shown. Since trust is an important aspect, we advise local officials to carefully choose their communication style.
Adventures of human planners in Maze Search Task
Authors: Kryven Marta , Yu Suhyoun , Kleiman-Weiner Max , Tenenbaum Joshua
Published: June 2021

Humans make efficient plans during everydaynavigation and natural spatial search, while these tasks still remainchallenging for algorithms. Which mental computationalmodels do we have that makes this possible? We investigatethree computational principles that may be leveraged by people— approximate expected utility maximization, discountedutility, and probability weighed utility—in the context of a novelspatial Maze Search Task. These computational principles arewell studied in classic bandit tasks and monetary gambles, butthey have not been evaluated on naturalistic spatial tasks thatinvolve sequential decision making. We found that accountingfor a combined effect of these three principles explains aggregatehuman behavior better than models that include justone, or two of these principles, or any of the four behavioralheuristics. We also found substantial individual differences,revealing that humans are best explained by a diversity ofplanning strategies rather than a single best model. Our resultstake a step toward uncovering common computational qualitiesof human spatial planning that may generalize to naturalhuman behaviors in daily life.