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Mitchell, Imogen. "Nature and nurture: the future of predictor variables." Current Opinion in Critical Care 6, no. 3 (June 2000): 166–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00075198-200006000-00004.
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Man, Anton De, Vincent Hall, and Dale Stout. "FAMILY ENVIRONMENT AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL LOCUS OF CONTROL." Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 18, no. 2 (January 1, 1990): 197–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.1990.18.2.197.
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Sixty-seven women and thirty-six men participated in a study of the relationships between selected family environment variables and Levenson's dimensions of locus of control (Personal Control, Powerful Others, Chance). Results indicated significant bivariate and semipartial associations between perceived family nurture and Personal Control. Significant bivariate correlations were found between Powerful Others and the respective measures of perceived family nurture and control. The latter associations were not maintained in subsequent semi-partial correlation analyses. No significant findings were obtained for the Chance dimension. Sex of subject did not appear to be of importance in the various relationships.
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Prayoga, Dimas Hadi, Nursalam Nursalam, and Eka Mishbahatul Mar'ah. "PARENT NURTURE MODEL IN SHAPING BEHAVIOR OF ADOLESCENCE 12-15 AGES." INDONESIAN NURSING JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND CLINIC (INJEC) 1, no. 2 (February 8, 2017): 155. http://dx.doi.org/10.24990/injec.v1i2.116.
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Introduction: The deviation problem of smoking activity an adolescent is come to anxious level for parents, teachers, and society. The correlation between parents nurture model and smoking activity of adolescent needs to be examined further. The purpose of this study was to analyze the correlation between parents nurture model with smoking activity of adolescent (12-15 years old). Method: This was correlational research with cross sectional approach. The sample were 84 adolescent (12-15 years old) at MTs Mojosari Nganjuk. The independent variables was parents nurture model and the dependent variable was adolescent smoking activity. Data were collected by using questionnare, then examined by using chi square with the level of significant α=0,05. Result: Statistical analysis had showed the low correlation between permissive parents nurture model with smoking activity of adolescent (12-15 years old) at MTs Mojosari Nganjuk (p=0,049; r = 0,210) and no correlation between democratic nurture model (p=0,554) and authoritative nurture model (p=0,418) with smoking activity of adolescent (12-15 years old) at MTs Mojosari Nganjuk, but only permissive model which correlate with smoking activity. The permissive parents with no control and demand caused adolescent to be feeling unimpeded to do smoking activity since there is no warning and punishment from the parents. Discussion: So that, School nurses should provide health promotion to parents in making appropriate parenting in adolescence. Parents should have the right parenting provided in accordance with the age and development of adolescents because appropriate parenting will have a positive impact on adolescent behavior. Further research on parenting questionnaires must be checked for cross-compatibility between questionnaire answers given adolescent and parents to know the truth in filling out the questionnaire. The differences in this study compared to previous studies is the researcher doing research in the school semi islamic boarding school, while the previous study examined in formal school.Keywords: parent nurture model, smoking activity, adolescent
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Mishra, Anubhav, Satish S. Maheswarappa, Moutusy Maity, and Sridhar Samu. "Teenagers’ eWOM intentions: a nature vs nurture perspective." Marketing Intelligence & Planning 36, no. 4 (June 4, 2018): 470–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/mip-09-2017-0186.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of parents (via family communication patterns) on teenagers’ electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) intentions, via a serial mediation by internet usage and self-esteem, along with the moderating effect of online impression. Design/methodology/approach A conceptual model was developed based on the nature vs nurture perspective and theory of consumer socialization. Structural equation modeling was applied to investigate the interplay among proposed variables, using a sample of 797 teenage respondents in India. Findings The findings indicate that family communication, internet usage, and self-esteem are significant antecedents to eWOM intents of teenagers. Also, online impression is a strong moderator which influences whether teenagers would engage in eWOM activities or not. Research limitations/implications This study presents actionable items for marketers interested in teenage consumers in an emerging economy. Marketers can benefit by tailoring their online communication to influence parent’s attitude toward the internet and to enhance online impression of teenagers to substantially increase eWOM dispersion. Originality/value This study provides original insights about how parents and individual characteristics act as antecedents and impact teenagers’ eWOM intentions including the moderating effect of online impression.
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Snowdon, Charles T. "The nurture of nature: Social, developmental, and environmental controls of aggression." Behavioral and Brain Sciences 21, no. 3 (June 1998): 384–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x98481226.
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Evidence from many species suggests that social, developmental, and cognitive variables are important influences on aggression. Few direct activational or organizational effects of hormones on aggression and dominance are found in nonhuman primates. Female aggression and dominance are relatively frequent and occur with low testosterone levels. Social, cultural, and developmental mechanisms have more important influences on dominance and aggression than hormones.
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Chen, Ang, and Weimo Zhu. "Young Children’s Intuitive Interest in Physical Activity: Personal, School, and Home Factors." Journal of Physical Activity and Health 2, no. 1 (January 2005): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2.1.1.
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Background:A physically active or inactive lifestyle begins with intuitive interest at a very young age. This study examined the impact of selected personal, school, and home variables on young children’s intuitive interests in physical and sedentary activities.Methods:National data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (US Department of Education) were examined using Cohen’s d, hierarchical log-linear analyses, and logistic regression.Results:Children’s interest in physical activity is accounted for fractionally by personal variables, but substantially by school and home variables including number of physical education classes per week, teacher experiences of teaching PE, and neighborhood safety.Conclusion:School and home environment variables have stronger impact than personal variables on children’s intuitive interest in physical activity. Future interventions should focus on strengthening school physical education and providing a safe home environment to help nurture young children’s intuitive interest in physical activity.
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Adonisi, Mandla, and R. Van Wyk. "The Influence Of Market Orientation, Flexibility And Job Satisfaction On Corporate Entrepreneurship." International Business & Economics Research Journal (IBER) 11, no. 5 (April 30, 2012): 477. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/iber.v11i5.6966.
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The profound dynamic changes that the South African business environment is going through and the low level of business development in the country begs for entrepreneurial innovation. This paper is an investigation into the relationship of corporate entrepreneurship with the organizational variables of marketing, flexibility and job satisfaction. These relationships are investigated in a sample of 333 managers in three different industries in South Africa. The relationships between corporate entrepreneurship and biographic variables were examined by means of Spearman correlation. Pearson-product moment correlation explored the association between corporate entrepreneurship and the organizational variables. The empirical results show significant relationships with different market orientation, flexibility, and job satisfaction factors. We suggest that organizations should nurture their corporate entrepreneurial strategies by fostering its orientation towards marketing, flexibility and job satisfaction.
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Black, Sandra E., Paul J. Devereux, Petter Lundborg, and Kaveh Majlesi. "Poor Little Rich Kids? The Role of Nature versus Nurture in Wealth and Other Economic Outcomes and Behaviours." Review of Economic Studies 87, no. 4 (July 25, 2019): 1683–725. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdz038.
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Abstract Wealth is highly correlated between parents and their children; however, little is known about the extent to which these relationships are genetic or determined by environmental factors. We use administrative data on the net wealth of a large sample of Swedish adoptees merged with similar information for their biological and adoptive parents. Comparing the relationship between the wealth of adopted and biological parents and that of the adopted child, we find that, even prior to any inheritance, there is a substantial role for environment and a much smaller role for pre-birth factors and we find little evidence that nature/nurture interactions are important. When bequests are taken into account, the role of adoptive parental wealth becomes much stronger. Our findings suggest that wealth transmission is not primarily because children from wealthier families are inherently more talented or more able but that, even in relatively egalitarian Sweden, wealth begets wealth. We further build on the existing literature by providing a more comprehensive view of the role of nature and nurture on intergenerational mobility, looking at a wide range of different outcomes using a common sample and method. We find that environmental influences are relatively more important for wealth-related variables such as savings and investment decisions than for human capital. We conclude by studying consumption as an overall measure of welfare and find that, like wealth, it is more determined by environment than by biology.
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Mehmood, Bilal, Hafeezur Rehman, and Syed Husnain Haider Rizvi. "From Information Society to Knowledge Society: The Asian Perspective." Pakistan Journal of Information Management and Libraries 15 (December 1, 2014): 37–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.47657/201415759.
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In an era, where ‘traditional society’ is replaced by a ‘knowledge society’, there is a global inclination towards creating knowledge and nurturing its affiliated factors. Accordingly, this paper intends to scrutinize the hypothesized causal relationship between ICT and knowledge creation. Variables for ICT and knowledge creation are taken from World Development Indicators (WDI).To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study of its kind that explicitly constructs an empirical framework for ICT and knowledge creation. Depending on the availability of data, 24 countries have been selected from Asia. Time dimension for the data set is from 1990-2013, yielding a panel data set. To conduct statistical analysis of the relevant variables, we use Pooled Mean Group Estimator (PMGE), Mean Group Estimator (MGE) and Dynamic Fixed Effects Estimator (DFEE).Recommendations are made on the basis of findings from empirical analysis. To nurture knowledge creation in the knowledge society, the role of ICT is found to be positive. For a mature knowledge society, ICT, expenditure in R&D and researchers in R&D have a constructive role.
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Vanaei, Hamid Reza, Sofiane Khelladi, and Abbas Tcharkhtchi. "Roadmap: Numerical-Experimental Investigation and Optimization of 3D-Printed Parts Using Response Surface Methodology." Materials 15, no. 20 (October 15, 2022): 7193. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15207193.
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Several process variables can be taken into account to optimize the fused filament fabrication (FFF) process, a promising additive manufacturing technique. To take into account the most important variables, a numerical-experimental roadmap toward the optimization of the FFF process, by taking into account some physico-chemical and mechanical characteristics, has been proposed to implement the findings through the thermal behavior of materials. A response surface methodology (RSM) was used to consider the effect of liquefier temperature, platform temperature, and print speed. RSM gave a confidence domain with a high degree of crystallinity, Young’s modulus, maximum tensile stress, and elongation at break. Applying the corresponding data from the extracted zone of optimization to the previously developed code showed that the interaction of parameters plays a vital role in the rheological characteristics, such as temperature profile of filaments during deposition. Favorable adhesion could be achieved through the deposited layers in the FFF process. The obtained findings nurture motivations for working on the challenges and bring us one step closer to the optimization objectives in the FFF process to solve the industrial challenges.
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Ganesh, M. P., and Meenakshi Gupta. "Impact of procedural justice perception on team commitment." Journal of Advances in Management Research 12, no. 2 (August 3, 2015): 176–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jamr-07-2014-0045.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand the impact of procedural justice on team members’ commitment and the role of task routineness and participatory safety in this relationship. Design/methodology/approach – Survey method was used to collect data from 177 respondents from 33 software development teams. Participatory Safety Scale from Anderson and West’s Team Climate Inventory, Colquitt’s Procedural Justice Scale, a modified version of Mowday et al.’s Organizational Commitment Scale and Daft and Macintosh’s Task Routineness Scale were used to measure the variables studied. Regression analysis was used to test the main, mediating and moderating effects. Findings – Results showed a significant positive impact of procedural justice perception on participatory safety dimensions and team commitment. Task routineness did not show any significant moderation effect. Perception of participatory safety had a partial mediation effect. Research limitations/implications – A relatively smaller sample size, purposive sampling technique and absence of relevant control variables are the key limitations of this study. Practical implications – The findings will provide managers insights on designing the team tasks and procedures to nurture participatory safety and commitment in teams. Originality/value – The study is unique in terms of selection of variables, design (moderation and mediating effects) and the context (software development teams). The study provides a holistic picture of team dynamics by studying variables related to procedures, task and psychological states of the individual.
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Mora, Santiago. "Community’s House and Symbolic Dwelling: A Perspective on Power." Humans 2, no. 1 (January 28, 2022): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/humans2010001.
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For anthropologists and archaeologists, the study of cultural change is the greatest challenge. Initially, the subject was considered from perspectives that included too few variables, resulting in an approximation that proved to be incomplete and inadequate. Since the end of the last century, important efforts have been made to document cultural change in a broader context, revealing the variability of the processes involved. These new studies highlight social relations and their changeability as key components to understanding the dynamic of any community or cultural system. This article explorers social and spatial organization based on one such approach, Lévi-Strauss’ “house society”. This analysis results in a view where multiple dwellings may constitute one conceptual “house”. This perspective should facilitate the archaeological investigation of contexts that nurture the power relationships that structure society.
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Van Wyk, R., and M. Adonisi. "Antecedents of corporate entrepreneurship." South African Journal of Business Management 43, no. 3 (September 30, 2012): 65–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajbm.v43i3.475.
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Businesses should strive to identify and nurture internal organisational factors that cultivate a dynamic entrepreneurial culture. This paper scrutinizes the contribution of the internal organisational factors, measured by market orientation, flexibility and job satisfaction, to intrapreneurship, as measured by the Corporate Entrepreneurship Assessment Instrument (CEAI). Information from a sample of 333 managers explores the relationships of corporate entrepreneurship with different work variables by means of Product-Moment Correlation, Multiple Regression Analyses and Structural Equation Modelling. Structural Equation Modelling confirms that four of the corporate entrepreneurship factors were predicted reasonably well by means of the market orientation, flexibility and job satisfaction sub-scales. The article attempts to fill the research gap of identifying which market orientation, flexibility and job satisfaction factors play an important role in facilitating corporate entrepreneurial actions.
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Maneschi, Andrea. "The Dynamic Nature of Comparative Advantage and of the Gains From Trade in Classical Economics." Journal of the History of Economic Thought 20, no. 2 (June 1998): 133–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1053837200001814.
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The London Economist of June 14, 1997, carried an article by Jeffrey Sachs (1997) entitled “The Limits of Convergence: Nature, Nurture and Growth,” which explores the relationship between geography, economic policies and institutions, and economic growth on the basis of recent econometric work. Four principal groups of factors were found to account for the sizable difference in per capita income growth between the South-East Asian countries and other less successful developing countries: initial economic conditions (such as the income gap separating poor countries from rich ones), policy variables, demographic factors, and resources and geography. One of the most significant conclusions (Sachs, 1997, p. 20) is that “openness was decisive for rapid growth. Open economies grew 1.2 percentage points per year faster than closed economies, controlling for everything else.”
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Johnson, Andrew M., Philip A. Vernon, Julie M. McCarthy, Mindy Molson, Julie A. Harris, and Kerry L. Jang. "Nature vs nurture: Are leaders born or made? A behavior genetic investigation of leadership style." Twin Research 1, no. 4 (August 1, 1998): 216–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1375/twin.1.4.216.
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AbstractWith the recent resurgence in popularity of trait theories of leadership, it is timely to consider the genetic determination of the multiple factors comprising the leadership construct. Individual differences in personality traits have been found to be moderately to highly heritable, and so it follows that if there are reliable personality trait differences between leaders and non-leaders, then there may be a heritable component to these individual differences. Despite this connection between leadership and personality traits, however, there are no studies of the genetic basis of leadership using modern behavior genetic methodology. The present study proposes to address the lack of research in this area by examining the heritability of leadership style, as measured by self-report psychometric inventories. The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ), the Leadership Ability Evaluation, and the Adjective Checklist were completed by 247 adult twin pairs (183 monozygotic and 64 same-sex dizygotic). Results indicated that most of the leadership dimensions examined in this study are heritable, as are two higher level factors (resembling transactional and transformational leadership)derived from anobliquely rotated principal components factors analysis of the MLQ. Univariate analyses suggested that 48% of the variance in transactional leadership may be explained by additive heritability, and 59% of the variance in transformational leadership may be explained by non-additive (dominance) heritability. Multi-variate analyses indicatedthat most ofthe variables studiedshared substantial genetic covariance, suggesting a large overlap in the underlying genes responsible for the leadership dimensions.
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Spinath, Frank M., Birgit Spinath, and Robert Plomin. "The nature and nurture of intelligence and motivation in the origins of sex differences in elementary school achievement." European Journal of Personality 22, no. 3 (May 2008): 211–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/per.677.
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This study investigates the roles of intelligence and school‐related motivation in sex differences in school achievement and whether there are sex differences in the genetic and environmental influences on these variables. In a sample of 4464 9‐year‐old twins, intelligence, ablility self‐perceptions, intrinsic values and achievement scores were assessed. Girls outperformed boys in English and had better corresponding ability self‐perceptions, whereas in Math boys showed better attainment and ability self‐perceptions. For both sexes and all three domains, intelligence was the strongest predictor of achievement and ability self‐perceptions added incrementally to the prediction. Evidence of genetic influences was found for all measures but shared environmental influences were not important. These findings challenge some widely held assumptions about the development of children's motivation. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Kakakhel, Shahid Jan, Nisar Muhammad, and Fayaz Ali Shah. "Effect of Service Quality on Customers Satisfaction: An Application of HEdPERF Model." Review of Economics and Development Studies 4, no. 2 (December 25, 2018): 165–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.26710/reads.v4i2.387.
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The aim of this study was to measures the effect of service quality on customer satisfaction. There are 384 respondents were selected from 19 universities of Khyber Pakhtunkwa (Pakistan). The proportionate stratified sampling method was used for the collection of data. The collected data was analysed using SPSS and AMOS packages. Exploratory Factor, Confirmatory Analysis and Parallel Analysis were also performed. Structural Equation Modelling technique was used to investigate the relationship among variables under investigation. Findings of the research reveals that majority of the respondents were satisfied with the dimensions of HEdPERF model in universities of Khyber Pakhunkhwa (Pakistan). The dimension academic was ranked the most important dimension of service quality. Thus, this unique finding implies that universities should nurture the academic quality rigorously in order to enhance students’ satisfaction without ignoring the remaining dimension of service quality.
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Mawang, Lucy L., Edward M. Kigen, and Samuel M. Mutweleli. "Achievement goal motivation and cognitive strategies as predictors of musical creativity among secondary school music students." Psychology of Music 48, no. 3 (October 19, 2018): 421–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0305735618805837.
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The purpose of this study was to (a) establish the relationships among achievement goal motivation, cognitive learning strategies, and musical creativity; (b) determine the best predictors of musical creativity among the study variables. Participants ( N = 201) were secondary school music students in Kenya. Two self-report measures, the Achievement Goal Questionnaire-Revised (AGQ-R) and Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) were used in data collection for the independent variables. Musical creativity was measured by a creative composition task and evaluated according to four dimensions of musical craftsmanship, syntax, originality and aesthetic sensitivity. The results showed that musical creativity was positively correlated with mastery-approach goal and deep processing learning strategy but negatively correlated with surface processing strategy, performance-approach and performance-avoidance goals. The best predictor of musical creativity was deep processing strategy, β = .45, p < .01, which accounted for approximately 26% of the variance in participants’ musical creativity, followed by mastery-approach goal, β = .27, p < .01, R2 =.09. The implication for music education is that music teachers should create conducive environments and adopt teaching strategies that nurture mastery-approach goal orientation and deep processing learning strategies to enhance musical creativity
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Mohadesi, Elahe, and Taghi Vahidi. "Designing teachers’ OC and JS model considering the triple IQ–EI–SI pattern for students." Global Journal of Guidance and Counseling in Schools: Current Perspectives 12, no. 1 (April 30, 2022): 92–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.18844/gjgc.v12i1.5708.
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Any educational system strongly requires teachers’ commitment. Meanwhile, job satisfaction (JS) apparently reinforces their organisational commitment (OC), and also OC will probably, in turn, lead to JS even more. Additionally, unilateral focus on intelligence quotient (IQ) cannot definitely nurture the scientific and practical capabilities of students proportionally. Thus, simultaneous attention needs to be paid to emotional intelligence (EI) and social intelligence (SI) along with IQ. This study aims to find reasonable relationships among the variables ‘OC’, ‘JS’, ‘IQ’, ‘EI’ and ‘SI’ by introducing a model containing recent findings based on the web mining and text mining methods and by considering a set of related components determined for each variable. Finally, it has been concluded that focusing on both OC and JS in teachers will accelerate the triple competencies of the students in IQ, EI and SI. Keywords: Organisational commitment, job satisfaction, intelligence quotient, emotional intelligence, social intelligence;
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Lawrence, Renée H., and Anne M. Tomolo. "Development and Preliminary Evaluation of a Practice-Based Learning and Improvement Tool for Assessing Resident Competence and Guiding Curriculum Development." Journal of Graduate Medical Education 3, no. 1 (March 1, 2011): 41–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.4300/jgme-d-10-00102.1.
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Abstract Background Although practice-based learning and improvement (PBLI) is now recognized as a fundamental and necessary skill set, we are still in need of tools that yield specific information about gaps in knowledge and application to help nurture the development of quality improvement (QI) skills in physicians in a proficient and proactive manner. We developed a questionnaire and coding system as an assessment tool to evaluate and provide feedback regarding PBLI self-efficacy, knowledge, and application skills for residency programs and related professional requirements. Methods Five nationally recognized QI experts/leaders reviewed and completed our questionnaire. Through an iterative process, a coding system based on identifying key variables needed for ideal responses was developed to score project proposals. The coding system comprised 14 variables related to the QI projects, and an additional 30 variables related to the core knowledge concepts related to PBLI. A total of 86 residents completed the questionnaire, and 2 raters coded their open-ended responses. Interrater reliability was assessed by percentage agreement and Cohen κ for individual variables and Lin concordance correlation for total scores for knowledge and application. Discriminative validity (t test to compare known groups) and coefficient of reproducibility as an indicator of construct validity (item difficulty hierarchy) were also assessed. Results Interrater reliability estimates were good (percentage of agreements, above 90%; κ, above 0.4 for most variables; concordances for total scores were R = .88 for knowledge and R = .98 for application). Conclusion Despite the residents' limited range of experiences in the group with prior PBLI exposure, our tool met our goal of differentiating between the 2 groups in our preliminary analyses. Correcting for chance agreement identified some variables that are potentially problematic. Although additional evaluation is needed, our tool may prove helpful and provide detailed information about trainees' progress and the curriculum.
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Sr, Chrysanthus Chukwuma. "Epigenetics and its essence in understanding human growth, development and disease." Journal of Medical Research 8, no. 5 (November 10, 2022): 165–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.31254/jmr.2022.8506.
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Epigenetics is a scientific discipline encompassing the genetic and non-genetic related perspectives of heritable phenotypic modifications of whose aetiologies include behavioural, anthropogenic, environmental, metabolic and spatiotemporal variables. Behavioral epigenetics examines how epigenetics shapes animal and human behaviour to explicate how nurture moulds nature; nature prefers to biological heredity and nurture prefers to occurrrences in the environment and hereditary during the lifespan of all individuals. Behavioural epigenetics features how experiences and the environment produce individual disparities in behaviour, cognition, personality, and mental health influence gene expression. Epigenetic gene regulation relates to modification of DNA sequence and histones as well as DNA methylation. These epigenetic alterations effect the growth of neurons in the developing brain and functional modification of neurons in the developed brain, with resultant significant alterations in neuron morphology. Epigenetic changes occur in the developing fetus and throughout the lifespan of an individual, with alterations in individual traits and transgenerational inheritance. Epigenetics is associated with heritable changes in gene actions and these are not due to DNA sequence alterations. Epigenetics may be termed sustained, long-run changes in the transcription veracity of a heritable or non-heritable cell. DNA methylation and histone alteration are mechanisms which modify gene expression without changing the underlying DNA sequence. Gene expression is driven by repressor protein actions which bind to DNA silencer regions.DNA methylation turns a gene ''off'' culminating in genetic information impairment to be read from DNA, but extricating the methyl tag can turn ''on'' the gene. Histone alteration defines the packaging of DNA into the chromosomes; and.these changes influence gene expression. This review provides the latitude to examine the extant information in the universal characterizations of epigenetic formulations, such as ageing, susceptibility to pollutant and irritant exposure.
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Pierre Caporal and Balvin B. Braham. "The Impact of Pastoral Nurture on Member Retention in Selected Fields within the Haitian Union of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church." International Journal of Engineering and Management Research 12, no. 6 (December 31, 2022): 282–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.31033/ijemr.12.6.38.
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This descriptive-correlational study sought to investigate the relationship between pastoral nurture initiatives and member retention to confirm, refute or extend pastoral nurture initiatives as effective constructs for retaining members in the church within the Northwest and South Haitian Mission of Seventh-day Adventists. Three self-reported questionnaires were used to collect data from one hundred and thirty-two (132) participants comprising the sampled population from 45 congregations in the Northwest and the South Haitian Missions. The data were coded and analysed using SPSS version 25.0 to compute mean, standard, Cronbach’s Alphas, factor analysis, Pearson Correlation, t-test and One-Way. It was found that there was no significant statistical association between membership retention and the nurturing initiative employed by the church (χ2 (df=1) = 0.015, P = 0.904). The reality is that the nurturing programmes are not enhancing membership retention, which points to a disconnect between church offerings and people’s expectations. The findings revealed that 82.4% of the Pastors indicated that the execution initiatives are resulting in low membership retention compared to 78.3% who opined otherwise. Furthermore, with the result showing that there is no statistical association between the execution initiatives and membership retention (χ2(df=1) = 0.102, P = 0.749), this suggests that the aforementioned initiatives are not catering to people’s deeper emotions of belonging and as such accounts for the ineffectiveness of the execution initiatives to retain members in the church. It was found that there was a revealed significant statistical relationship between the two variables (χ2 (df =4) = 28.103, P< 0.0001). It was recommended that Union and local fields should design and implement a Pastors’ training programme to address discipleship, friendly human relations, stewardship, leader and member motivation, conflict resolution, programme design and development and strategic planning to strengthen the structure of the church’s offerings and the faith of members for improved retention.
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Nazli, Ansa, Rehana Siddiqui, and Imran Hanif. "Trade Reforms and Productivity Growth in Manufacturing Industries of Pakistan." Review of Economics and Development Studies 4, no. 2 (December 30, 2018): 199–207. http://dx.doi.org/10.26710/reads.v4i2.404.
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Trade has significant influence on total factor productivity (TFP) growth. There is lack of research at level in Pakistan This paper investigates to what extent trade liberalization affects productivity growth employing endogenous growth model. Using DEA-Malmquist index to panel data in the first step we examine TFP growth, and decompose it into technological change and efficiency change. We found technological change is the key source of improvement in productivity growth. In the second step, we employ generalized method of moments (GMM) to assess the effect of trade liberalization on productivity growth and its components. We found trade liberalization, and other variables have substantial effect on productivity growth through the channels of learning by doing, knowledge spillovers, technology diffusion, and transformation. The results also support the hypothesis that human capital plays a crucial role in the creation, promotion, and absorption of technology. The study emphasis on the need to invest in human capital with the latest and scientific education to nurture human skills.
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Pinto, Giuseppe Leonardo, Claudio Dell’Era, Roberto Verganti, and Emilio Bellini. "Innovation strategies in retail services: solutions, experiences and meanings." European Journal of Innovation Management 20, no. 2 (May 8, 2017): 190–209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ejim-06-2015-0049.
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Purpose Notwithstanding the importance innovation scholars have accredited to design-driven innovation (DDI), no attempts have been made so far to systematically study whether and how this innovation strategy can be used in the retail context in order to gain and nurture competitive advantage. The purpose of this paper is to make a first step towards closing this gap, and therefore understand whether and how companies involved in retail service can create competitive advantage by the adoption of a strategy based on innovation of meanings. Design/methodology/approach Due to the complex ecosystem of variables that inevitably influence the problem, the case study approach represents the best option to grasp the different aspects highlighted by the research objectives. The analysis undertook a thorough and systematic comparison with the use of an ad hoc “paired comparison method”, in which common systemic characteristics have been intended as a controlled variable in order to minimise the variance and quantity of factors that can have an impact on the selected case studies; intersystemic differences have been understood as explanatory variables to decree the contribution in terms of novelty in relation to the current paradigm. Findings The paper provides empirical insights about how radical innovation in meanings can be a very important lever on which retail firms can act to gain and nurture their competitive advantage. Research limitations/implications Of course the study has several limitations, which represent however opportunities for future research. The authors say that the findings, given the exploratory nature of the study, cannot be generalised to any population of firms or markets, rather they should be used as a basis to develop theoretical understanding of a complex phenomenon and draw research propositions and hypotheses to be tested in subsequent deductive empirical research. Practical implications This paper highlights the importance to think, beyond shopping experience, at the role of new meanings when designing service innovation in retail firms. Although the findings do not have statistical relevance, given the exploratory nature of the study, they suggest that DDI can be a viable option for retail firm managers to improve their firms’ competitiveness. Originality/value The study presented in this paper has merit to broaden the generalisability of the DDI model to other industries, different from those where it was initially studied and applied. This is an important step toward conceptualising DDI as a novel management paradigm.
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da Silveira, Camila Brasil Louro, Gil Marcelo Reuss Strenzel, Mauro Maida, Ana Lídia Bertoldi Gaspar, and Beatrice Padovani Ferreira. "Coral Reef Mapping with Remote Sensing and Machine Learning: A Nurture and Nature Analysis in Marine Protected Areas." Remote Sensing 13, no. 15 (July 24, 2021): 2907. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs13152907.
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Mapping habitats is essential to assist strategic decisions regarding the use and protection of coral reefs. Coupled with machine learning (ML) algorithms, remote sensing has allowed detailed mapping of reefs at meaningful scales. Here we integrated WorldView-3 and Landsat-8 imagery and ML techniques to produce a map of suitable habitats for the occurrence of a model species, the hydrocoral Millepora alcicornis, in coral reefs located inside marine protected areas in Northeast Brazil. Conservation and management efforts in the region were also analyzed, integrating human use layers to the ecological seascape. Three ML techniques were applied: two to derive base layers, namely geographically weighted regressions for bathymetry and support vector machine classifier (SVM) for habitat mapping, and one to build the species distribution model (MaxEnt) for Millepora alcicornis, a conspicuous and important reef-building species in the area. Additionally, human use was mapped based on the presence of tourists and fishers. SVM yielded 15 benthic classes (e.g., seagrass, sand, coral), with an overall accuracy of 79%. Bathymetry and its derivative layers depicted the topographical complexity of the area. The Millepora alcicornis distribution model identified distance from the shore and depth as topographical factors limiting the settling and growth of coral colonies. The most important variables were ecological, showing the importance of maintaining high biodiversity in the ecosystem. The comparison of the habitat suitability model with species absence and human use maps indicated the impact of direct human activities as potential inhibitors of coral development. Results reinforce the importance of the establishment of no-take zones and other protective measures for maintaining local biodiversity.
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Sun, Hongyi, Choi Tung Lo, Bo Liang, and Yuen Ling Belle Wong. "The impact of entrepreneurial education on entrepreneurial intention of engineering students in Hong Kong." Management Decision 55, no. 7 (August 21, 2017): 1371–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/md-06-2016-0392.
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Purpose Theory of planned behavior (TPB) has been used to study the impact of entrepreneurial education (EE) on entrepreneurial intention (EI) for more than 20 years, yet an intensive literature review reveals that there are gaps in both the conceptual models and the research methods. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of EE on EI with a view to address the gaps in previous research. Design/methodology/approach This research proposes a conceptual model that links the entire antecedent variables of TPB and the elaborated four components of entrepreneurship education (Why, What, How, and Who). The model is tested by a structural equation modeling with the empirical data from 200 engineering students from three universities in Hong Kong. Findings The empirical test reveals that the four components of entrepreneurial education do influence attitude, social norm, self-efficacy, and EI, correspondingly. Additionally, it also reveals that the four EE components and the three TPB antecedent variables are also interrelated with each other. Originality/value This study bridges specific education components and EI, providing significant insight into how the key components influence the entrepreneurial attitudes and intentions of students. It fills the gap in the knowledge required for fostering EI through entrepreneurship education. It not only answers the question on whether EE influences EI but also on how to nurture the intention by designing a relevant EE course.
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Hutasoit, Renata, Zubaedah Fahmi, Gabriella Buulolo, and Tara Putra Utama. "IMPLEMENTING FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT EARLIER THROUGH SAVING." Indonesian Journal of Multidisciplinary Science 1, no. 6 (March 28, 2022): 641–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.55324/ijoms.v1i6.123.
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Saving is generally very good behavior and should be inculcated early. Saving is used to prepare a person to have the choice to control their needs and have the choice to anticipate their future. Unfortunately, nowadays we rarely find young people who like to save. Indeed, today's children's interest in saving is very low. Indeed, many advantages can be obtained from saving. Many variables cause children's low interest in saving. One of them is because there is no lack of awareness. This Student Service to the Community (PMKM) aims to build awareness about the importance of setting aside money (saving) for children at the Ishlahul Hayat Foundation, Pondok Petir, Depok through a project to save money. Children at the Ishlahul Hayat Foundation become the object of student service activities to the community because they need attention from external parties to nurture them. This PMKM activity was carried out according to the plan and lasted for one day. This PMKM activity aims to increase awareness for saving children at the Ishlahul Hayat Foundation, Pondok Petir.
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Prafitri, Dianing. "Konsep Psikoterapi Sufistik Untuk Pembinaan Kesehatan Mental." Esoterik 4, no. 1 (June 20, 2018): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.21043/esoterik.v4i1.3553.
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<p class="06IsiAbstrak">Sufistic psychotherapy that is intended in writing this article is a treatment that nuanced Sufism with the aim to realize a healthy bermental human being. In this study primary sources consisted of literature that directly related to research variables, namely various data about sufistik psychotherapy and mental health. While the secondary sources, namely data related to this research one of them about psychotherapy. This research approach using psychological approach. The psychological approach used as the basis for this research is Sufistic psychotherapy. If faith gave birth to theology of science / kalam, Islam gave birth to the science of shari'ah, then Islam gave birth to the science of akhlaq or tasawuf. His theories are tested in the context of therapeutic psychology, workshops in individual development, individual experimentation by inducing altered state of consciousness eg by worship, meditation, hypnosis, etc., including dhikr. The results of this study, seen that can be used as a cure for mental illness, so as to nurture individuals to achieve mental health.</p><p class="07KatakunciKeywords"> </p>
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Kandler, Christian, Rainer Riemann, Frank M. Spinath, Wiebke Bleidorn, Wolfgang Thiel, and Alois Angleitner. "The Bielefeld Longitudinal Study of Adult Twins (BiLSAT)." Twin Research and Human Genetics 16, no. 1 (October 9, 2012): 167–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/thg.2012.67.
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The Bielefeld Longitudinal Study of Adult Twins (BiLSAT) is a German longitudinal study of monozygotic and dizygotic twins reared together, including more than 1,100 twin pairs aged between 14 and 80 who participated in the first wave. Data were collected at five waves of assessment between 1993 and 2009. Initially, the study focused on genetic and environmental influences on the structure and the development in adult temperament and personality. Today, the study includes a broad range of individual variables, such as personality disorders, major life goals, interests, attitudes, values, life and work satisfaction, and major life events. A special feature of this genetically informative study lies in the multiple-rater approach (i.e., self-reports and peer reports). Longitudinal multiple-rater analyses allow researchers to go beyond the basic nature–nurture decomposition of variance in self-reports examining genetic and environmental influences on stability and change in more accurately measured individual attributes. In the current article, we briefly describe the design and contents of BiLSAT as well as some recent major findings and future plans.
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Srirajakulendra, Aroshan, and Ajith Medis. "A Comprehensive Literature Review on Psychological Distance and Online Purchasing Intention Towards Big Ticket Electronics: A Mediating Effect of Online Trust and Moderating Effect of Perceived Risk." International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science 06, no. 11 (2022): 632–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.47772/ijriss.2022.61129.
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E-commerce provides the opportunity for retailers to attract and nurture a wider consumer base in big ticket consumer electronics trade sans the traditional high investment intensive pre-requisites such as extravagant physical presence, wide distribution networks etc. However, distrust in the mindset of the consumer in turn impede such opportunities. By using the construal level theory such reluctance could be partially explained via psychological distance; and by deploying certain tactics and manipulating the underlying dimensions of psychological distance, whether retailers have the ability to offset such reluctance in the mindset of consumers without the need for heavy investment on complicated operating structures. This research marks a unique milestone in Sri Lanka where it is the first of its’ nature to explore a heavily under-researched frontier of psychological distance in the context of e-commerce, and calls for more systematic research attention towards such. This paper offers practitioners an overview of variables such as psychological distance, online trust, perceived risk and online purchasing intention in view of expanding the local e-commerce market for big ticket electronics.
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Yassin, Haneen, and Mais Jaradat. "The Impact of Talent Management on Organizational Effectiveness in Healthcare Sector." Journal of Social Sciences (COES&RJ-JSS) 9, no. 2 (April 1, 2020): 535. http://dx.doi.org/10.25255/jss.2020.9.2.535.572.
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The current research aim is to investigate the direct effect of talent management on organizational effectiveness in the health care sector. The study population consisted of all working employees at all levels, from the medical and the managerial domains with a total of 3512 employees, a quantitative research design and regression analysis were used to a convenience sample on a total of 251 valid returns that were gained in a questionnaire based survey, applied among workers from Joint Commission International (JCI) accredited Jordanian private hospitals. The findings showed that there is a strong positive correlation between the study variables; talent management and organizational effectiveness; talent management with its dimensions; attract talent, maintain talent, and develop talent, have a significant effect on organizational effectiveness. In addition the organizational effectiveness dimensions, namely job satisfaction, and organizational involvement were positively and significantly related to each other. This study implies that Jordanian hospitals should try their best to adopt and facilitate talent management strategies implementation to keep its talented employees in nurture tone and more sustained, which will eventually yield favorable results for those hospitals in regard with its effectiveness.
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Obeidat, Bader, Haneen Yassin, and Ra’ed Masa’deh. "The Effect of Talent Management on Organizational Effectiveness in Healthcare Sector." Modern Applied Science 12, no. 11 (October 29, 2018): 55. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/mas.v12n11p55.
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This study aim is to investigate the direct effect of talent management on organizational effectiveness in the health care sector. The study population consisted of all working employees at all levels, from the medical and the managerial domains with a total of 3512 employees, a quantitative research design and regression analysis were used to a convenience sample on a total of 251 valid returns that were gained in a questionnaire based survey, applied among workers from Joint Commission International (JCI) accredited Jordanian private hospitals. The findings showed that there is a strong positive correlation between the study variables; talent management and organizational effectiveness; talent management with its dimensions; attract talent, maintain talent, and develop talent, have a significant effect on organizational effectiveness. In addition the organizational effectiveness dimensions, namely job satisfaction, and organizational involvement were positively and significantly related to each other. This study implies that Jordanian hospitals should try their best to adopt and facilitate talent management strategies implementation to keep its talented employees in nurture tone and more sustained, which will eventually yield favorable results for those hospitals in regard with its effectiveness.
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Khuller, Nitin. "Genetic Basis of Dental Disorders: A Review." Journal of Oral Health and Community Dentistry 2, no. 3 (2008): 55–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/johcd-2-3-55.
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ABSTRACT Deciphering the relative roles of heredity and environmental factors (“nature vs. nurture”) in the pathogenesis of dental caries and diseases of the periodontium has occupied clinical and basic researchers for decades. Success in the endeavor has come more easily in the case of caries; the complex interactions that occur between host-response mechanisms and mutative microbiologic pathogens in periodontal disease have made elucidation of genetic factors in disease susceptibility more difficult. A critical discussion of the evidence for a hereditary component in caries susceptibility is presented, also from a historical perspective. Recent applications of in vitro methods for genetic analyses in periodontal research are also being discussed, with an eye toward a future in which persons who are at risk, i.e., genetically predisposed to periodontal disease may be identified and targeted for interventional strategies. The evidence for the influence of genetics in dental anomalies and malocclusion has also been discussed. The most important conclusion of this review is: while phenotype is inevitably the result of both genetic and environmental factors, there is irrefutable evidence for a significant genetic influence in many genetic and occlusal variables.
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MacDonald, Kevin. "The Establishment and Maintenance of Socially Imposed Monogamy in Western Europe." Politics and the Life Sciences 14, no. 1 (February 1995): 3–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0730938400011679.
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Although stratified societies have typically been characterized by intensive polygyny, socially imposed monogamy has developed in the stratified societies of Western Europe. Following a critical review of other theories of socially imposed monogamy, a multivariate, nondeterministic theory is developed. Within this theory, a variety of internal political processes can result in socially imposed monogamy, but this phenomenon—while consistent with evolutionary theory—is underdetermined with respect to (1) evolutionary theory, (2) human nature/nurture (i.e., the characteristics of humans), and (3) external ecological variables. Data on the origins and maintenance of socially imposed monogamy in Western Europe are reviewed, indicating that post-antiquity socially imposed monogamy originated in the late Middle Ages and has been maintained since that period by a variety of social controls and ideologies, including political activities of the Christian Church and, in later periods, of women and lower- and middle-status males. As a result of institutionalized controls on reproduction, non-monogamous Western sexuality has been directed at obtaining psychological rewards deriving from evolved motivational systems (e.g., sexual pleasure, excitement, feelings of dominance, status, or intimacy), but this non-monogamous sexuality has not typically been a major source of increased reproductive success.
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Vanblaere, Bénédicte, and Geert Devos. "The Role of Departmental Leadership for Professional Learning Communities." Educational Administration Quarterly 54, no. 1 (June 28, 2017): 85–114. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0013161x17718023.
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Purpose: Department heads play a pivotal role in the functioning of departments in secondary schools. However, quantitative research about the role of departmental leadership for the development of professional learning communities (PLCs) in subject departments in secondary schools remains scarce. As PLCs are seen as promising contexts for teachers’ continuous professional development, it is highly relevant to study how department heads can facilitate PLC characteristics in their department. Research methodology: This study examines how two dimensions of departmental leadership (group- and development-oriented) relate to interpersonal PLC characteristics in departments. Survey data were collected from 248 experienced mathematics and French teachers in 62 departments in secondary schools in Flanders (Belgium). Two multilevel regression analyses were conducted with collective responsibility and reflective dialogue as dependent interpersonal PLC characteristics. We controlled for several demographic teacher variables and structural departmental variables. Findings: Our results nurture optimism about the potential of departmental leadership for interpersonal PLC characteristics. More specifically, teachers who perceive high group-oriented departmental leadership experience more collective responsibility in their department. Furthermore, teachers’ perceptions of both group-oriented and development-oriented departmental leadership are significantly related to the reported frequency of teachers’ reflective dialogues. Implications: This study suggests that department heads play a critical role in facilitating interpersonal PLC characteristics in departments. As a result, department heads need to be carefully selected and adequately supported. As this article is one of the first to offer a quantitative perspective on this matter, it offers an instrument for future studies and informs policy about departmental leadership practices.
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Zheng, Xiaofeng, Zhiying Liu, and Xiuyuan Gong. "Why does leader attention scope matter for innovation ambidexterity? The mediating role of transformational leadership." Leadership & Organization Development Journal 37, no. 7 (September 5, 2016): 912–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lodj-12-2014-0242.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the role leader attention plays in the nurture of transformational leadership (TL) behavior, as well as the mechanism by which TL affects innovation ambidexterity, this research empirically studied the relationship between leader attention scope (LAS) and innovation ambidexterity (exploratory innovation and exploitative innovation) through the mediating role of TL. Further, the moderating effect of environmental dynamism (ED) on the relationship between TL and innovation ambidexterity was examined. Design/methodology/approach Empirical study was adopted by distributing questionnaires to high echelon leaders in mainland China to assess related variables. Structural equation modeling was used to examine the relationships of the variables based on the 188 returned questionnaires. Findings The results show that LAS had a positive effect on innovation ambidexterity, and the relationship was partially mediated by TL. ED negatively moderated the relationship between TL and innovation ambidexterity. Practical implications The results suggest that upper echelon leaders receive more unfamiliar, outward-oriented, and source-diverse information to broaden their attention scope. The broad outlook they get obliges them to engage in TL behavior which is beneficial for innovation ambidexterity. Originality/value Based on upper echelons theory, this research reveals the realization mechanism of innovation ambidexterity from the perspectives of leader attention and leadership behavior. This paper avoids the previous research limitation of prevalently employing demographic measurements to substitute for leaders’ psychological processes. The study of LAS also explains the formation mechanism of TL. ED is considered to examine the effectiveness of TL.
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Astiana, Melia, Maya Malinda, Anny Nurbasari, and Meily Margaretha*. "Entrepreneurship Education Increases Entrepreneurial Intention Among Undergraduate Students." European Journal of Educational Research 11, no. 2 (April 15, 2022): 995–1008. http://dx.doi.org/10.12973/eu-jer.11.2.995.
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Entrepreneurs play an important role in improving a country’s economy, shown by the increase in young people involved in startup businesses, including students. The young generation needs motivation through a good education to support their intention. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the role of entrepreneurship education in increasing entrepreneurial intention among business students. The data were obtained from 240 business students in Indonesia using a questionnaire. The study was conducted using descriptive methods and Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). Hypothesis testing showed that perceived desirability is the strongest variable on the entrepreneurial intention of business students. Furthermore, the R-Square test results showed that entrepreneurial intentions are positively and significantly influenced by perceived desirability and feasibility, the propensity to act, and entrepreneurship education by 61.12%. The remaining 38.88% is influenced by other variables outside this study. The key impact of this research is revealed perceived desirability and feasibility, the propensity to act and entrepreneurship education give positive entrepreneurial intention among undergraduate students. Higher education has responsibility to nurture young generation to learn more about entrepreneurship. The increasing number of entrepreneurs can support government to improve the nation’s economy and society.</p>
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Lwesya, Francis, Adam Beni Swebe Mwakalobo, and Justine Mbukwa. "Utilization of non-financial business support services to aid development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Tanzania." Small Business International Review 5, no. 2 (July 26, 2021): e358. http://dx.doi.org/10.26784/sbir.v5i2.358.
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A variety of factors inhibit the development of MSMEs in African countries, which in turn affects entrepreneurship, job creation and economic transformation. Using cross-sectional data from 250 MSMEs in the Dar es Salaam region, we find in most of the examined variables the positive relationship between the use of non-financial business support services (BDS) and the development of MSMEs in the Dar es Salaam region. However, contrary to expectations, building business linkages and mentoring programs recorded negative relationships with MSMEs development. This is related to restricted capacities stemming from the size of MSMEs compared to large companies and deficiencies in the content of mentoring programs. In addition, the discrepancy between BDS demand and supply as well as the low adoption rate of BDS are associated with the inadequate adaptation of BDS to the needs of MSMEs, high service costs and a lack of qualified service providers. Thus, we argue that the provision of BDS to MSMEs should be demand-driven and that institutions should build on the pre-eminent characteristics of MSMEs when designing business support programs. On the other hand, Government efforts to nurture the development of MSMEs through policies and programs should extend to promoting business linkages between MSMEs and large enterprises.
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Sawayaa, Alen, and Shepherd Bhero. "Financial Support, Indispensable for Smes Growth in Mozambique." Archives of Business Research 10, no. 10 (November 2, 2022): 145–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/abr.1010.13266.
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Universally it is recognized that support to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) at their birth and during growth is essential to nurture them in order to avoid premature deaths. Without formidable support to SMEs, youths would remain unemployed and result in all sorts of economic ills such as increase in crime and youth immigration from rural areas to urban areas, or from Mozambique to the republic of South Africa. Support to SMEs can come in many forms; including support from financial institutions, from government agencies, large firms and non-governmental organizations (NGO)s to mention a few. What has not been confirmed especially in Mozambique is the fact that out of all types of support that can be rendered to SMEs, financial support is the most important and indispensable for SMEs survivability. The objective of the study was therefore to provide evidence that financial support supersedes all other support that can be made available to this important sector of the Mozambican economy. A sample of 485 SMEs was drawn from the population of SMEs in Greater Maputo representing Mozambique as a whole, using stratified random sampling methods. Greater Maputo, the capital of Mozambique was chosen as the nucleus of the study, because Maputo is the main centre of economic activities of the country. A face to face interview was conducted using structured, close-ended questionnaires to collect the primary data. Data was processed using multiple regression analysis, in order to isolate the one single variable, financial support, whist keeping the other support variables constant. The study found that of all supporting variables available for SMEs at start-up and during growth, financial support was critical and obligatory in Mozambique. It was recommended that financial institutions should be restructured to be more proactive to support SMEs in Mozambique, especially aiming at the most disadvantaged SMEs owner-managers.
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Kilinç, Emin, and Bulent Tarman. "Citizenship types, social media use and speaking a foreign language as predictors of global competence." Citizenship Teaching & Learning 17, no. 1 (February 1, 2022): 49–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/ctl_00081_1.
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One of the main roles of schooling is equipping students with civic values and preparing them for participation in democratic societies. However, what should be taught and what kind of citizenship should be promoted are core issues in civic education, especially in the time of globalization. As several researchers stated, what kind of citizens we want to nurture and what kind of school curricula will best promote it are contentious topics among educators and policy-makers. The purpose of this article is to examine the influence of speaking a foreign language, social media use and types of citizenship on global competence. The correlational survey model was applied for the study. The participants were selected through cluster random sampling during the 2018‐19 academic year. This study was implemented with 425 high-school students in Turkey. The author used the Global Citizenship Scale and ‘What Kind of Citizen’ survey. The findings showed that the number of social networks that participants engaged in was positively related to global competence. A positive attitude towards participatory citizenship was also associated with global competence. Multiple regression was conducted to determine the best linear combination of speaking a foreign language, social media use, and attitude towards participatory citizenship for predicting global competence. Test results showed that the combination of these variables significantly predicted global competence.
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Santos, Lilibeth C. "Relationship between Students' Historical Awareness and their Appreciation of Local Cultural Heritage." International Journal of Multidisciplinary: Applied Business and Education Research 2, no. 6 (June 13, 2021): 520–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.11594/ijmaber.02.06.08.
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The K-12 curriculum brought a significant change in Social Studies/ Araling Panlipunan curriculum at the Basic Education level, but much still must be done to introduce relevant topics in history and culture following local contexts. As such, local historians and educators pursued its relevance to studying local history, particularly with the Kasaysayang Lokal (KASALO) ng Pampanga, to embark to the mind of todays' learners the local history of their pace. With this, the study aimed to assess the local awareness of Junior High School students and its correlation to their appreciation of cultural heritage. The study utilized descriptive-correlational research designed that aims to determine the relationship of the variables. The respondents of the study consisted of 281Junior High School students chosen through a simple random sampling technique. The results revealed that the students exhibited a slight awareness of their local history. Moreover, they have generally agreed to school-based initiatives to nurture cultural heritage appreciation. The Pearson-r correlation analysis revealed that the student's knowledge of KASALO did not significantly correlate to their appreciation of Kapampangan's local cultural heritage. The implications underlined the need for teachers to introduce more novel ways to integrate topics in local history in the AP classroom and strengthen local studies centers to promote the study of local history for the future.
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Alarcón, G. S., M. F. Ugarte-Gil, G. Pons-Estel, L. M. Vilá, J. D. Reveille, and G. McGwin. "Remission and low disease activity state (LDAS) are protective of intermediate and long-term outcomes in SLE patients. Results from LUMINA (LXXVIII), a multiethnic, multicenter US cohort." Lupus 28, no. 3 (January 24, 2019): 423–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0961203319826693.
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Objective The objective of this report is to determine the impact of remission and low disease activity state (LDAS) on damage accrual and mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. Patients and methods Visits from the Lupus in Minority populations: Nature vs. Nurture (LUMINA) cohort were categorized into remission (Systemic Lupus Activity Measure (SLAM) score = 0 and prednisone ≤ 5 mg/day and no immunosuppressants), LDAS ((not on remission), SLAM score ≤ 3, prednisone ≤ 7.5 mg/day, no immunosuppressants), or neither: active. Remission and LDAS visits were combined because of the relatively small number of remission visits. Their impact on damage accrual and mortality were examined by Poisson and logistic multivariable regressions adjusting for variables known to affect these outcomes. Results A total of 3879 visits for 558 patients (28% Caucasian, 37% African descent, 35% Hispanic) were studied. These visits corresponded to 71 in remission, 585 in LDAS, and 3223 active. The longer the percentage of time the patients were in remission/LDAS, the less damage accrual observed (rate ratio 0.1773 (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.1216 to 0.2584) p < 0.0001). A trend was observed in terms of mortality although statistical significance was not reached (odds ratio 0.303 (95% CI 0.063 to 1.456), p = 0.1360). Conclusions The longer the patient's state on Remission/LDAS, the less damage accrual that occurs. The protective effect on mortality was not statistically significant.
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Napirah, Muh Ryman, Lusia Salmawati, and Andi Rahmi. "Evaluation Of Patient Safety Policy To Nurse In Anutapura General Hospital Palu City." Preventif : Jurnal Kesehatan Masyarakat 10, no. 2 (August 1, 2020): 65–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.22487/preventif.v10i2.121.
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Patient safety in the hospital is a system where the hospital makes the nurture of the patients safer which includes risk assessment, identification and management of patient-related risks. Patient safety problems in general in Anutapura Palu General Hospital are the occurrence of mismanagement by officers, including errors in discipline, communication, to technical errors.This research aimed to evaluate the implementation of patient safety policies for nurses at Anutapura Public Hospital at Palu. This research was quantitative in nature, as many as 72 respondents by using the Slovin formula. The results showed that the variable results in this research were input with value frequency of ≥50 % respondents who stated the good input. Process variables in this research were obtained from the value that in the process it was quite good seen from the value the frequency of ≥50 % respondents who stated that the process was good. The results of the analysis of variable output with value frequency of≥50 % respondents who stated that the output was good. The conclusion that can be drawn is that the results of the evaluation of the implementation of patient safety policies have been applied in Anutapura Public Hospital at Palu. It is expected that the hospital performs performance evaluation and monitoring complaints as well as satisfaction of service users on a regular basis in order todevelop the satisfaction of service users and the community.
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Amy, Nolan, F. S. Hannah Elizabeth, Lakin Elizabeth, and J. Topping Keith. "Whole-school nurturing approaches: A systematic analysis of impact." Educational and Child Psychology 38, no. 1 (March 2021): 10–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.53841/bpsecp.2021.38.1.10.
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Aims:This systematic analysis aims to address the research question – do whole-school nurturing approaches show any impact in the short or long term on (1) emotional/behavioural, (2) cognitive/educational or (3) teacher/school variables?Rationale:Trauma or Adverse Childhood Experiences can have long-term consequences though causing problems in attachment, which nurturing approaches seek to ameliorate. Whilst there is a good deal of international research evidence on the impact of Nurture Groups in schools, less is known about the impact of whole school nurturing approaches on pupils and schools. This paper aims to address that gap.Findings:A total of 146 papers were retrieved from four databases and 13 from other sources. After excluding 61 duplicate papers, 98 papers were screened in relation to inclusion and exclusion criteria, and only 13 papers were finally selected. Results suggest that nurturing approaches can have a positive impact on pupils’ social, emotional and behavioural needs, academic progress, other pupils in the mainstream class/school, parents and home life, and the whole school. Additionally, the length of time a nurturing approach is in place in a school contributes to its effectiveness.Limitations:Limitations include the quality of research available, lack of papers focusing on universal whole-school nurturing approaches and lack of international studies.Conclusions:The paper highlights the need for more robust research focusing on universal whole-school nurturing approaches to be carried out.
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Pauluzzo, Rubens. "The imitation game: building cultural intelligence as a social learning capability to boost SMEs' international performance." Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 28, no. 3 (February 15, 2021): 317–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jsbed-02-2019-0061.
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PurposeDrawing on the upper echelons theory and resource-based view, the purpose of this paper is to investigate how SMEs' decision-makers can develop cultural intelligence to improve firms' adaptive capability and performance in foreign markets. The study addresses this need by using social cognitive theory as an appropriate tool to measure cultural intelligence development.Design/methodology/approachUsing a sample of 244 Italian SMEs, data were collected through an online survey and analyzed with structural equation modeling techniques.FindingsThe results show that decision-makers of resource-constrained SMEs can rely on modeled behaviors to inform their decisions when dealing with diverse cultural contexts. The findings also reveal that the development of cultural intelligence can foster adaptive strategies and support SMEs in achieving superior performance outcomes in international markets.Research limitations/implicationsOther variables can be taken into account to expand the model and recognize new determinants able to affect the link between the constructs. Other learning theories could provide additional interpretations of cultural intelligence development.Practical implicationsSocial cognitive processes nurture cultural intelligence in helping SMEs' owner-managers become more flexible and adaptive in responding to the requests of local settings. When facing the uncertainties of foreign markets, decision-makers can effectively make inferences from the observation of successful modeled behaviors. This helps owner-managers better coordinate, recombine and allocate resources to address the needs of diverse cultural markets.Originality/valueThis study demonstrates that social cognitive theory is a relevant tool to measure cultural intelligence development in small business settings.
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Moisescu, Ovidiu-Ioan, Oana-Adriana Gică, and Mihaela-Corina Dorobanțu. "Exploring the Drivers of Visitor Loyalty in the Context of Outdoor Adventure Parks: The Case of Arsenal Park in Romania." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 19 (September 24, 2021): 10033. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph181910033.
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Outdoor adventure parks are highly important for contemporary society, having positive social, economic, and environmental impacts. Nevertheless, to fulfill their positive role in society, and to be economically sustainable, such parks need to nurture visitor loyalty. Drawing on previous fundamental research results that ascertain that customer satisfaction has a positive influence on customer loyalty, the objective of the current research is to explore the specific elements of outdoor adventure park visitors’ satisfaction, within an applied research framework, in order to emphasize those attributes that have a significant impact on visitors’ loyalty. For that, an online survey was conducted among the visitors of Arsenal Park, Romania, one of the largest adventure parks in south-eastern Europe. Data were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). Our results show that visitors’ satisfaction with respect to the safety and equipment involved in amusement services, the ambience of the park’s food and beverage facilities, and the quality of the food are the most important satisfaction constituents for enhancing visitor loyalty in the context of outdoor adventure parks. By formatively specifying the exogeneous variables of our model (in contrast with the omnipresent reflective measurements used in previous studies), and by employing the importance–performance map analysis (IPMA), we clearly emphasize those particular aspects that are under the control of outdoor adventure parks’ managers, which significantly impact their visitors’ loyalty, as well as the way in which managers can clearly identify those attributes that need improvements.
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Yli-Piipari, Sami, Arto Gråstén, Mikko Huhtiniemi, Kasper Salin, and Timo Jaakkola. "One-year stability of physical education-centered physical literacy indicators on objectively measured physical activity." European Physical Education Review 28, no. 2 (October 5, 2021): 361–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1356336x211046302.
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One of the central goals of school physical education (PE) is to improve physical literacy in youth to nurture their ability, confidence, and desire to be physically active for life. The aim of this study was to examine the stability of the selected PE-centered physical literacy indicators on school students’ objectively measured moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA). This study was a follow-up study tracking a sample of 450 Finnish children ( M = 11.26[0.32]; nfemales = 194; nmales = 256) across upper elementary school from fifth (T1) to sixth (T2) grade. A set of independent variables (motor competence, health-related fitness, in-class PE MVPA, and PE motivation and enjoyment) and total MVPA as a dependent variable were collected, and gender and body mass index were controlled in the analyses. The entire model explained almost 29% of MVPA in T1 and 26% in T2. While cardiorespiratory endurance (β = 0.29) and MVPA in PE (β = 0.20) were statistically significant predictors of MVPA in T1, MVPA in PE (β = 0.23), and identified regulation (β = 0.16) were statistically significant predictors at T2. Across the time, boys had higher levels of MVPA compared to girls (T1: β = −0.12; T2: β = −0.14), whereas the relationship was inverted in motor coordination (T1: β = 0.13; T2: β = 0.12). The findings of this study suggest that MVPA in PE is an important contributor to children's MVPA, and its role is eminent during the last two grades of elementary school.
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Wan Hooi, Lai, and Kwang Sing Ngui. "Enhancing organizational performance of Malaysian SMEs." International Journal of Manpower 35, no. 7 (September 30, 2014): 973–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijm-04-2012-0059.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine organizational learning (OL) capability as a mediator of the relationship between human resource management (HRM) and performance of Malaysian small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach – A cross-sectional design was adopted, where data were collected from a sample of 286 manufacturing and service SMEs, utilizing a survey questionnaire. Hypotheses were tested using structural equation modeling. Findings – Results from a two-stage structural equation modeling analysis suggest that the use of human-capital enhancing HR practices strengthen SMEs’ learning capability. Furthermore, SMEs’ learning capability mediates the effect of the HR practices on firm performance. Research limitations/implications – It uses a cross-sectional design which has prevented the examination of cause and effect relationship between two constructs. It also did not include large organizations in the sample population. It also did not consider other SME contextual variables which may otherwise exert significant impact on OL capability, or moderate the relationship between the constructs under study. Practical implications – A profound understanding of HR practices’ holistic effect on performances would assist organizations to implement strategies to sustain competitive advantage. Company capabilities embedded in employee behavior are less likely to be inimitable and organizations could effectively nurture the needed employee capabilities to achieve the desired performance outcomes. Originality/value – The study advances knowledge on HRM among SMEs by proposing that decisions on selection of HR practices can be guided by the objective of developing the OL capability of the firm.
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Mat Nawi, Farahiyah Akmal, Abdul Malek A.Tambi, Muhammad Faizal Samat, and Wan Masnieza Wan Mustapha. "A REVIEW ON THE INTERNAL CONSISTENCY OF A SCALE: THE EMPIRICAL EXAMPLE OF THE INFLUENCE OF HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT ON MALCOM BALDRIDGE QUALITY PRINCIPLES IN TVET INSTITUTIONS." Asian People Journal (APJ) 3, no. 1 (April 30, 2020): 19–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.37231/apj.2020.3.1.121.
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Today’s education institutions are constantly striving to develop and enhance the quality of employees to achieve a competitive advantage in the education market. Investing in developing the human capital quality has become a vital part of the institution strategy in managing the resources. In conjunction with the government aims in enhancing the quality of education system the institution nowadays is striving to nurture the lecturer’s capabilities towards the strategy. This paper aims to assess the internal consistency of data therefore; the further analysis procedure can be carried out systematically. For this purpose, the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient is used in validating the adapted questionnaire. It is a necessary procedure for the pilot testing phase to measure the strength of consistency as it is a well-known and consistent method to measure the reliability of items in the instrument. As for the example of practical, the data derived from a study which was conducted to 345 lecturers from 9 polytechnic campuses in East Coast Malaysia (Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang) was applied. The questionnaire consists of 63 questions with 7 scales that were used to identify the internal consistency. The preliminary analysis of the reliability analysis resulted in strong associations (greater than 0.6) for all variables. The finding obtained has proven that the research’s instrument has high association of consistency to enhance the quality of the study.
Keywords: Human Capital Investment, TVET Institutions, Internal Consistency and Cronbach Alpha
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Chang, Yu-Ling, Yi-Yuan Zhuo, and Di-Hua Luo. "Education Moderates the Negative Effect of Apolipoprotein E ɛ4 on Response Inhibition in Older Adults." Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 82, no. 3 (August 3, 2021): 1147–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/jad-210183.
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Background: Studies have reported that apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 (APOE ɛ4) has adverse effects on executive functions (EFs) in late adulthood. However, the results have been inconsistent. Insufficient measurements of executive functioning, uncontrolled clinical and demographic confounders, and moderation effects from other environmental factors are suspected to account for the inconsistency. Objective: This study used aggregate measures to examine the effects of APOE ɛ4 on four components of EFs, namely switching, working memory, inhibition, and reasoning. We further investigated whether high educational attainment, a proxy measure for cognitive reserve, moderates the adverse effects of ɛ4 on EFs. Methods: Cognitively unimpaired older participants were divided into groups based on APOE genotype and into subgroups based on educational attainment level. The demographic and clinical variables were matched between the groups. Four core components of the EFs were measured using a relatively comprehensive battery. Results: The results revealed that although no main effect of the APOE genotype was observed across the four EF components, the potentially adverse effects of ɛ4 on inhibition were alleviated by high educational attainment. A main effect of education on the reasoning component was also observed. The moderation analysis revealed that for older adults with 12 years of education or fewer, the relationship between the APOE ɛ4 genotype and inhibition performance became increasingly negative. Conclusion: This study highlights the distinctive role of response inhibition in the gene–environment interaction and underlines the importance of considering factors of both nature and nurture to understand the complex process of cognitive aging.