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On-Site and Hybrid Workplace Culture of Positivity and Effectiveness: Case Study from Austria
Authors: Beno Michal 
Published: September 2021

Workplace culture includes beliefs, attitudes, practices, rules, norms and customs. Ideal workplace culture focuses on activities that generate and demonstrate trust. A strong form of essential values that all employees respect and practice helps to build the positivity and effectiveness of a workplace environment. This paper examines the positivity and effectiveness of an on-site and hybrid working model from Austria. A research question is raised that concerns the difference between negative and positive approaches towards different working environments when following the aspects of respect and dignity, support, caring, rewards, forgiveness and inspiration, and asks whether these differ fundamentally and represent different theoretical mechanisms. Mixed research methods (quantitative and qualitative) using the medium of WhatsApp were applied. Relying on Chi-squared tests, we detected significant differences in 25 out of 29 statements where hybrid workers are more often supporting, caring, rewarding, forgiving and inspiring than cubicle workers. In four cases, the test did not detect any significant difference of respect and dignity dimensions: treating each other with respect, demonstrating integrity, fostering dignity in one another and showing appreciation for one another. Evidently, as shown by the data obtained, organisations that offer a hybrid working model have a very high score of positivity and effectiveness in providing the best place to work. The hybrid model might be an inevitable arrangement for some organisations. The interview data present a clearer picture of some pros and cons. The current data seem to reveal that these benefits persist as companies shift to hybrid working at scale and at pace.

Received: 7 July 2021 / Accepted: 19 August 2021 / Published: 5 September 2021
Quality Assurance Practices in Public Technical and Vocational Education and Training Institutions in the Khartoum State-Sudan
Authors: Gasmelseed Ahmed Mansour Mohammad 
Published: September 2021

The primary purpose of this study was to examine the quality assurance practice of public TVET institutions in Khartoum State and its challenges and prospects. To this end, the study used an explanatory sequential mixed method design. The researcher chooses 285 teachers and 491 students from 12 TVET institutions to complete the study questionnaire using stratified and simple random sampling. Descriptive (mean scores, standard deviation) and inferential statistics used to analyze quantitative data (two-sample t-test, multiple regression analysis). Also, the researcher interviewed all of the selected TVET institution managers, technical education directors, and SCVTA for qualitative data. Besides, six teachers and nine students participated in a focus group discussion, accompanied by an observational checklist for the quantity and quality of selected input resources. Documentary analyses for TVET policy documents were also used. According to the study's findings, the amount of materials and services available at Khartoum state TVET institutions is insufficient. In TVET institutions, the input quality was poor. Students had high expectations and perceptions of TVET. It was suggested that the authorities: formulate specific policies and plans for TVET, allocate the appropriate budget, and monitor the plan's implementation; form a collaboration between industry and TVET to help students and compensate for training deficiencies, and pay more attention to teacher training and motivation by meeting their needs.

Received: 5 June 2021 / Accepted: 21 July 2021 / Published: 5 September 2021
I Want to Teach in the Regional Areas: A Qualitative Study about Teachers’ Career Experiences and Decisions in Regional Australia
Authors: Santos Luis Miguel Dos 
Published: September 2021

The Australian government seeks to develop regional and rural communities and school systems. One of the challenges would be the human resources and workforce for registered and qualified teachers, particularly in the field of Languages Other Than English (LOTE). Based on social cognitive career theory (Dos Santos, 2021a; Lent et al., 1994), this study focused on the career perspectives and career decision-making processes of registered and qualified teachers in the field of Languages Other Than English (LOTE). The following research question guided the direction of this study, why would registered and qualified teachers in the Languages Other Than English (LOTE) field (i.e. foreign languages) decide to move to Australian regional and rural communities to develop their teaching career? With the general inductive approach, 18 participants were invited for the interview sessions and focus group activities. The results of this study indicated that missions and goals for development in the regional and rural communities and governmental encouragement for regional and rural developments are the two personal consideration elements. The sharing and comments become a blueprint for government agencies, school leaders, and policymakers to reform the current human resources plans and schemes to attach additional workforce to the regional and rural communities, particularly for teachers.

Received: 20 May 2021 / Accepted: 13 July 2021 / Published: 5 September 2021
Evaluation of the Qualifying Training of New Teachers of Mathematics: Case of the Training of the CRMEF of Settat-Morocco
Authors: Tamani Soumia , Abouhanifa Said , Amad Zahra , Elkhouzai Elmostafa , Radid Mohamed 
Published: September 2021

This research aims to measure the impact of training on the professional qualification of teacher-trainees in all the specifications, behaviors, skills and professional competence corresponding to the practice of the teaching profession by deploying the Kirkpatrick model. To do this, we sent a questionnaire to the mathematics teacher-trainees who benefited from the qualifying training in CRMEF-Settat (Promotion 2019). We, subsequently, conducted an interview with the majority of their trainers. This study allowed us to detect dysfunctions: At the organizational level: Mismatch between the specialty of the diploma obtained by the trainee teachers (physics, chemistry, computer science) and the subject they will be teaching (Mathematics), Lack of an adequate structure at the CRMEF likely to take care of the management and implementation of the MSP (the practical situations) and Insufficient time training. And at the educational level: Insufficient communication between trainers and teacher-trainees, and Lack of support for these teachers in internship places during the MSP period.

Received: 19 July 2021 / Accepted: 20 August 2021 / Published: 5 September 2021
Gender Equality, a Priority for the Social, Economic, Political and Educational Development of a Country: The Case of Albania
Authors: Pacukaj Sokol , Brajshori Behxhet , Deda Eriona 
Published: September 2021

In this paper we have focused on measuring the gender inequality index in relation to some important indicators that reflect gender inequality in social, economic, political, and educational terms. Our study aims to reflect the differences in gender inequality through the gender inequality index for 2013-2020 in relation to these important indicators such as reproductive health, which includes maternal mortality per 1000 live births and fertility rate of teenagers. Another indicator is the empowerment, which includes the percentage of seats in parliament on a comparative basis by gender and completion of secondary or higher education by gender. Another indicator is the labor market, which includes the degree of participation in the labor market. Precisely, in relation to these indicators and according to the annual periods taken into consideration in the study, we have analyzed the index of gender inequality between women and men. Measuring gender inequality is very important for the fact that it highlights many problems related to the social, economic, political, educational development of a country. The data is provided by INSTAT (Institute of Statistics, Albania), based on social surveys and administrative resources by gender. The paper is based on the descriptive method, from which comparative statistical analysis related to the gender inequality index are derived through data processing, by years and by important indicators obtained in the study. This study is also focused on recommending some important policies to be undertaken by the government to improve the gender inequality index in relation to the indicators we have taken into consideration in our study.

Received: 13 July 2021 / Accepted: 26 August 2021 / Published: 5 September 2021
French Motorcyclists and the 80 km/hr Speed Limit: Conditionality and Risk-Taking with Regard to Age, Type and Power of Motorbike
Authors: Gaymard Sandrine , Tiplica Teodor , Schvartz Anne-Sophie 
Published: September 2021

After months of controversy, the speed limit on two-way secondary French roads without a median strip was reduced from 90 to 80 km/hr on 1 July 2018. Thousands of car drivers and motorcyclists have since protested against this measure, and the present study concerned the latter group. Starting from the Theory of Conditionality in the field of social thinking, which holds that prescriptions are massively conditional, a specific questionnaire based on 23 conditional scripts has been devised. A total of 661 male motorcyclists were asked about the conditions justifying the transgression of the 80 km/hr limit. Results showed that those motorcyclists who exceeded this limit did so by at least by 20 km/hr. A personalized assessment of speed, the pleasure associated with driving, and good road and weather conditions were the most conditional situations, while situations linked to the risk of loss of control were the least conditional. This study suggests that the determinants of risk-taking must be studied at the group and context levels, and that behavior is influenced by the system of social norms. Although this system may conflict with the Highway Code, it reflects an adaptation of the group linked to a need for meaning.

Received: 7 July 2021 / Accepted: 12 August 2021 / Published: 5 September 2021
Pre-Schoolers’ Parental Concern on Educational Effect of Information and Communication Technology on Children’s Learning
Authors: Kassim Rafiah , Abu Samah Siti Akmar 
Published: September 2021

Technology has been the bread and butter of learning not only among school going children, but also those of pre-schoolers. Its access and usage has become the perennial tool to generate learning. Hence, it comes with the effects of the learning process. This study attempts to investigate the concern of pre-schoolers’ parents regarding the access of Information Communication Technology (ICT) that takes place both in school and at home. This has also become the cause of concern for parents as their children are exposed to its access and usage, conveniently 24/7. To conduct this study, questionnaires were given and duly completed by 10 parents in a small school of eighteen pre-schoolers. These pre-schoolers ranged from the ages of 3 to 6 years old. At these ages, the children have ICT knowledge, at home ranging from leisure games, electronic toys, mobile phones, television, CD, and computers. They have well educated parents with concerns on child computer addiction, health matters and lack of social values. Discussions on the findings focus on the advantages and disadvantages of technology access and usage among the pre-schoolers. They also included the questions on methods of access control or preventive measures to ensure safe ICT use for these pre-schoolers. This study took a qualitative approach as it was suitable to access the respondents’ perception and opinion via questionnaires. The analysis of the study results indicated that ICT had positive impact on education. The concern and setback for parents were the health issues, dark webs, and lack or over socialising. More often it is lack of social mingling.

Received: 27 June 2021 / Accepted: 9 August 2021 / Published: 5 September 2021
The Mediating Role of Emotional Intelligence in Predicting of Self – Efficacy in Mathematical Thinking among Fourth Grade Students in the Sultanate of Oman
Authors: Al-Kiyumi Mohammed , Alfalasi Amina 
Published: September 2021

This study aimed to investigate the role of emotional intelligence in predicting self-efficacy in mathematical thinking. The sample consisted of 150 students selected by cluster and sample random techniques from Al-Buraimi governorate. The tools of the study were: Mathematical Thinking Scale developed by the researchers, Self-efficacy Scale for Children (SEQ-C), and Bar-On Emotional Intelligence scale. The results showed a statistically significant correlation between mathematical thinking, self-efficacy, and emotional intelligence. The self-efficacy predicted mathematical thinking when emotional intelligence was a mediator. The variables of sex and the type of school had an impact on the prediction of mathematical thinking. Based on the results, the researchers recommended attention to the development of psychological factors that contribute to the development of mathematical thinking, including self-efficacy and emotional intelligence. They also recommended that further studies be carried out to investigate the role of different psychological traits in mathematical thinking.Contribution/Originality: this study is one of very few studies that investigated to how much extent that self-efficacy predicts mathematical thinking when emotional intelligence plays a mediating role. This investigation was conducted in a new environment.

Received: 10 June 2021 / Accepted: 10 August 2021 / Published: 5 September 2021
Autograph of the Victory. About war and peace at the lessons of Russian. Essays by the winners of the Pushkin Competition – 2020
Authors: Алламуратова Дилором , Войинович Миомир , Дернова Наталья , Зоидзе Евгения , Кийизбаева Динара , Комаренко Марина , Павлова Татьяна , Саввин Иван , Сафаров Рустам , Суханинская Ульяна 
Published: September 2021

Международный пушкинский конкурс для педагогов-русистов, появившийся благодаря «Российской газете» в 2000 году, ежегодно проводится при поддержке Министерства иностранных дел Российской Федерации, московского правительства и фонда «Русский мир». Цель конкурса – морально и материально поддержать самых талантливых и энергичных зарубежных учителей русского языка.
В этом номере – эссе лауреатов XX международного пушкинского конкурса 2020 года, тема которого вынесена в заголовок.
International Pushkin Competition for teachers of the Russian language and literature, initiated by «Rossiyskaya Gazeta» in 2000, is held annually with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Moscow Government and the Russkiy Mir Foundation. The purpose of the competition is to give moral and financial support to the most talented and energetic foreign teachers of Russian.
Here, we present the essays by the laureates of the XX International Pushkin Competition 2020, the topic of which is given in the title.
Transmission Electron Microscopy Study of the Morphology of Ices Composed of H2O, CO2, and CO on Refractory Grains
Authors: Kouchi Akira , Tsuge Masashi , Hama Tetsuya , Oba Yasuhiro , Okuzumi Satoshi , Sirono Sin-iti , Momose Munetake , Nakatani Naoki , Furuya Kenji , Shimonishi Takashi , Yamazaki Tomoya , Hidaka Hiroshi , Kimura Yuki , Murata Ken-ichiro , Fujita Kazuyuki , Nakatsubo Shunichi , Tachibana Shogo , Watanabe Naoki 
Published: September 2021

Abstract
It has been implicitly assumed that ices on grains in molecular clouds and protoplanetary disks are formed by homogeneous layers regardless of their composition or crystallinity. To verify this assumption, we observed the H2O deposition onto refractory substrates and the crystallization of amorphous ices (H2O, CO2, and CO) using an ultra-high-vacuum transmission electron microscope. In the H2O-deposition experiments, we found that three-dimensional islands of crystalline ice (Ic) were formed at temperatures above 130 K. The crystallization experiments showed that uniform thin films of amorphous CO and H2O became three-dimensional islands of polyhedral crystals; amorphous CO2, on the other hand, became a thin film of nano-crystalline CO2 covering the amorphous H2O. Our observations show that crystal morphologies strongly depend not only on the ice composition but also on the substrate. Using experimental data concerning the crystallinity of deposited ices and the crystallization timescale of amorphous ices, we illustrated the criteria for ice crystallinity in space and outlined the macroscopic morphology of icy grains in molecular clouds as follows: amorphous H2O covered the refractory grain uniformly, CO2 nano-crystals were embedded in the amorphous H2O, and a polyhedral CO crystal was attached to the amorphous H2O. Furthermore, a change in the grain morphology in a protoplanetary disk is shown. These results have important implications for the chemical evolution of molecules, nonthermal desorption, collision of icy grains, and sintering.
Kilonovae Across the Nuclear Physics Landscape: The Impact of Nuclear Physics Uncertainties on r-process-powered Emission
Authors: Barnes Jennifer , Zhu Y. L. , Lund K. A. , Sprouse T. M. , Vassh N. , McLaughlin G. C. , Mumpower M. R. , Surman R. 
Published: September 2021

Abstract
Merging neutron stars produce “kilonovae”—electromagnetic transients powered by the decay of unstable nuclei synthesized via rapid neutron capture (the r-process) in material that is gravitationally unbound during inspiral and coalescence. Kilonova emission, if accurately interpreted, can be used to characterize the masses and compositions of merger-driven outflows, helping to resolve a long-standing debate about the origins of r-process material in the Universe. We explore how the uncertain properties of nuclei involved in the r-process complicate the inference of outflow properties from kilonova observations. Using r-process simulations, we show how nuclear physics uncertainties impact predictions of radioactive heating and element synthesis. For a set of models that span a large range in both predicted heating and final abundances, we carry out detailed numerical calculations of decay product thermalization and radiation transport in a kilonova ejecta with a fixed mass and density profile. The light curves associated with our models exhibit great diversity in their luminosities, with peak brightness varying by more than an order of magnitude. We also find variability in the shape of the kilonova light curves and their color, which in some cases runs counter to the expectation that increasing levels of lanthanide and/or actinide enrichment will be correlated with longer, dimmer, redder emission.
Jupiter as a Rotating Bipolytrope
Authors: Kadam Kundan 
Published: September 2021

Abstract
Polytropes have long been used to model a wide variety of astrophysical objects. A bipolytrope (composite polytrope) may be used for bodies with a distinct core-envelope structure. In this short paper, I demonstrate that a rotating bipolytrope is a reasonable approximation for Jovian interior. Similar models may be used to probe rotating exoplanets to gain an intuitive understanding of their internal structure.
Tracking Short-term Variations in the Haze Distribution of Titan’s Atmosphere with SINFONI VLT
Authors: Nichols-Fleming Fiona , Corlies Paul , Hayes Alexander G. , Ádámkovics Máté , Rojo Patricio , Rodriguez Sebastien , Turtle Elizabeth P. , Lora Juan M. , Soderblom Jason M. 
Published: September 2021

Abstract
While it has long been known that Titan’s haze and atmosphere are dynamic on seasonal timescales, recent results have revealed that they also exhibit significant subseasonal variations. Here, we report on observations of Titan acquired over an eight-month period between 2014 April and 2015 March with the Spectrograph for Integral Field Observations in the Near Infrared instrument on the Very Large Telescope using adaptive optics. These observations have an average five-day cadence, permitting interrogation of the short-period variability of Titan’s atmosphere. Disk-resolved spectra in the H and K bands (1.4–2.4 μm) were analyzed with the PyDISORT radiative transfer model to determine the spatial distribution and variation of stratospheric haze opacity over subseasonal timescales. We observed a uniform decrease in haze opacity at 20°N and an increase in haze opacity at 250–300°E and ∼40°N over the span of our observations. Globally, we found variations on the order of 5%–10% on timescales of weeks, as well as a steady, global increase in the amount of haze over timescales of months. The observed variations in haze opacity over the short timescales of our observations were of similar magnitude to long-period variations attributed to seasonal variation, suggesting rapid dynamical processes that may take part in the distribution of hazes in Titan’s atmosphere.
Morphological Evolution of Ordinary Chondrite Microstructure during Heating: Implications for Atmospheric Entry
Authors: Panerai Francesco , Bessire Brody , Haskins Justin , Foster Collin , Barnard Harold , Stern Eric , Feldman Jay 
Published: September 2021

Abstract
Meteoroid entry physics remain poorly understood, owing to the extreme conditions experienced by the meteoroid during hypervelocity atmospheric passage, which are not reproducible in ground-test facilities. Therefore, much of our knowledge of fundamental processes is based on bolide lightcurve inference and a posteriori analysis of recovered meteorites. Here, novel in situ microtomography experiments at entry-relevant temperatures were performed on samples of two ordinary chondrites: Tamdakht (H5) and Tenham (L6). The two meteorites were imaged while undergoing a temperature ramp from room temperature to 1200°C. A machine-learning mediated analysis of the microstructural evolution reveals incongruent melting of the meteorite, initiated by the meteoritic iron and iron sulfide grains, and subsequent flow through microcracks that leads to the evolution of large voids. This behavior is correlated to a broad, high-temperature endotherm, noted from differential scanning calorimetry analysis, indicative of the heat of fusion of the melting grains. Correspondingly, a surface elemental analysis indicates that the sulfur species in iron sulfide are highly mobile, which can result in the formation of nonstoichiometric iron–sulfur compounds with melting points that span the temperature range of the observed endotherm. The implications for entry phenomena, in particular meteoroid ablation, are discussed.