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Veljanovska, Vera, Menka Trepalkovska, and Blagoj Dimitrov. "DOMINANT VALUES IN THE ORGANIZATION." Knowledge International Journal 26, no. 6 (March 18, 2019): 1869–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.35120/kij26061869v.
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Throughout the organization, the work and development of an educational institution or organization tends to establish a recognizable positive culture and working environment. This culture can often be inherited (but with a tendency to sustain it) from its original founders, which are aimed at maintaining and upgrading the positive effects, and removing the negative sides. It will be easy to maintain and upgrade the recognizable positive culture and working environment if we have a good organizational culture in the school or organization. Organizational culture is the result of the knowledge, skills and abilities of the manager to design the organization, and not less valuable is the desire of all members to contribute in the organization, to work and team-co-operate with each other.Organizational culture is a system of built common values, norms, attitudes, beliefs, a way of thinking and behavior that are common to all members in an educational institution or organization. Organizational culture gives a clear picture of the built and established interpersonal relationships in the school or organization. For this reason, we want to further improve and raise the mutual cooperation between pupils, students and teachers, with parents and institutions in the local self-government. Improving the school culture and the working climate will be achieved through constant care and involvement of the employees, students, parents and institutions in the school life of the local self-government.As a teacher of Macedonian language and literature, through my many years of experience and cooperation with other schools and institutions, and participating in a large number of events, I have knowledge of the role of the teaching subject Macedonian Language and Literature in the formation and construction of the child person as a good speaker, presenter, interlocutor, in enriching the dictionary fund, fostering and expressing the Macedonian literary language, developing love for the book, film, Macedonian culture, creativity, cultural heritage, building of moral, ethical and aesthetic values, norms and attitudes.
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Lock, Jean. "The Effect of Ideology in Gender Role Definition: China as a Case Study." Journal of Asian and African Studies 24, no. 3-4 (1989): 228–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685217-90007250.
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Male and female roles are defined by soeiety in aecordanee with eultural values and dominant ideologies. But gender-role definitions do not remain constant over time. When dominant ideologies clash with eultural values, gender-roles may be redefined. To illustrate this, the present paper eompares gender-role expeetations in China before the revolution and after the establishment of the soeialist system, espeeially during theCultural Revolution (1966-76). Family roles, work roles, and other role expeetations for females in these two periods are examined. The study eoncludes that politieal ideology strongly influenees gender-role definitions and expeetations in soeiety. The redefinition of gender-roles tends to be more effeetive when it is eonsistent with the dominant ideology and soeial values. Gender-role expeetations are an important refleetion of the dominant ideology of society at any partieular period of time.
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Parkhurst, Gregory M., and Clifford Nowell. "The Role of Confidence in Truthful Revelation of Private Values." Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 43, no. 2 (August 2014): 193–208. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1068280500004275.
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Recent research shows that disparities between willingness to pay (WTP) and willingness to accept (WTA) disappear with market experience and training. In effect, preferences can be refined by eliminating subjects’ misconceptions regarding elicitation procedures. We use a stated measure of confidence as a proxy for misconceptions and test the influence of confidence on truthful revelation of induced values in WTP and WTA auctions using the Becker-DeGroot-Marschak (BDM) mechanism. The results indicate that confidence matters for buyers and sellers. With confidence, WTA and WTP measures converge, and people with greater confidence choose the dominant bidding strategy more frequently.
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Sokic, Maja. "Needs, values and aspirations of rural youth." Zbornik Matice srpske za drustvene nauke, no. 118-119 (2005): 365–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/zmsdn0519365s.
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Contemporary Serbian society faces increasing social and economical problems as results of social crisis. Such problems reflect on the quality of life of all social groups. Problems of one of the social groups, rural youth, are particularly interesting, specially regarding to specifics of its social status, role they were (un)rightfully given and problems they are facing. The paper is focused on determinating dominant needs, values and aspirations of rural youth, as well as their social potential, willingness to take an active role in social changes. The sample the research was based on consists of young rural population of Sivac, third biggest settlement in the municipality of Kula. The research addresses 107 persons, age from 19 to 30 years, living in Sivac and deals with issues such as their opinions on social environment they are living in, family, spare time, religion, values and needs etc. Theoretical analysis of the problems is followed by empirical data collected by a questionnaire. Specific issues are being analyzed through the prism of dominant social processes and relations. The research was conducted in April 2004.
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Satkunasingam, Elsa, Aaron Yong, and Sern Cherk. "The influence of cultural values on the board of directors: Lessons from five corporations." Corporate Ownership and Control 9, no. 4-2 (2012): 221–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv9i4c2art3.
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The Malaysian Code of Corporate Governance 2000 emphasises the monitoring role of the Board of Directors, especially that of independent directors. It has not however taken into account the cultural values in Malaysia which do not encourage differences of opinion or criticisms and has failed to provide sufficient safeguards for directors to exercise their role effectively. As a result, it is relatively easy for dominant Chairmen or CEOs especially in government-linked companies or CEO dominated companies to control the Board or senior management with very little opposition. This paper will discuss several incidences of financial mismanagement in companies caused by dominant directors with very little opposition from the rest of the board. It will highlight that the law has to take cultural values more seriously in order to equip the Board and especially independent directors with the ability to challenge dominant Board members.
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Wilson, Christopher. "How dominant coalition members’ values and perceptions impact their perceptions of public relations participation in organizational decision making." Journal of Communication Management 20, no. 3 (August 1, 2016): 215–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jcom-07-2015-0058.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand the extent to which dominant coalition members’ values and perceptions influence their perceptions of public relations participation in organization-level decision making. Research in this area has largely focussed on the relationship between practitioner roles and decision-making inclusion. Design/methodology/approach – The population of interest was dominant coalition members of for-profit, government, and nonprofit organizations in the USA. Data were collected through a national survey to a nonrandom sample of 201 dominant coalition members. Findings – Results indicate that dominant coalition members’ values of organizational openness to the environment and perceived substantive autonomy of the organization positively predicted perceptions of public relations participation in organizational decision making. Perceived manager role potential of the public relations department also had significant predictive power. Originality/value – While research has focussed primarily on the characteristics that public relations practitioners can develop to earn a seat at the management table, little is known about the characteristics of dominant coalition members that influence whether or not a seat is made available or the degree to which public relations is perceived to participate in decision making.
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De Wet, Gideon. "passing of the Dominant Paradigm." Communicare: Journal for Communication Studies in Africa 9, no. 1 (November 10, 2022): 55–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.36615/jcsa.v9i1.2044.
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In this paper an attempt is made to contribute towards a better understanding regarding the role and application of mass media (TV) with reference to developmental efforts. A theoretical and explorative overview will be posed deal Ing with three interlocking areas: 1. A retrospective analysis and discus sion of Rogers' (1976) article on "Communication and Development: The Passing of the Dominant Paradigm." An attempt is made, in an Integrated fashion, to analy, the Im plications of Rogers' (1976) declara tion that the dominant paradigm has passed. 2. Secondly, and as a result of serious methodological questions regarding the analysis and Interpretion of developmental communication ef forts, an attempt is made to pose theoretical considerations which can lead to the structuring of an alter native developmental approach with reference to rural development. 3. The third area, which could be regard ed as a natural consequence of the above-mentioned, deals with the role of the mass media (TV) with reference to rural development. The analysis In cludes an overview on media Involve ment in development as well as the specific applicability of "big media" in "little worlds". The emphasis shifts to message content where the impor tance of cultural values and the cultural convergence of messages is emphasised.
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Savic, Mico. "Nietzsche’s critique of moral values." Filozofija i drustvo 23, no. 3 (2012): 348–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/fid1203348s.
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In this article the author argues that Nietzsche?s critique of morality is based on his metaphysics in which the notion of will to power conceived in the spirit of the Greek concept of physis plays a key role. He demonstrates that the revaluation of all values as overcoming of Platonist-Christian nihilism is aimed at the affirmation of ?living in accordance with nature?, whereby nature is understood just as physis. He also shows why, for Nietzsche, pretension to universality and objectivity of the dominant value system is not justified. Finally, the author points to the difficulties of Nietzsche?s (inverse) Platonism and concludes that the failure of modernity to justify morality imposes the task of examining the possibilities of rehabilitation of Aristotle?s practical philosophy.
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Bulankina, N. E. "СOMMUNICATION COMPETENCE OF A PEDAGOGUE AS A DOMINANT VALUE: POSTMODERN CONTEXT." Educational Psychology in Polycultural Space 53, no. 1 (2021): 37–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.24888/2073-8439-2021-53-1-37-44.
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The problem of this article concerns the value of the communication skills and competence that has steadily risen on the Communicative Stock Exchange over the past ten years due to both global challenges of the modernity, and the current status of Russian public education development in terms of introducing culture of communication into everyday lessons. The purpose of this study is to substantiate the need for the required competence of teachers across all subjects at Regional Destination of cross-border characteristics, and to fill in the gap in the management of current professional education of a pedagogue. Scientific exposition and introduction to the problem will set out the theoretical background of technology, pedagogy and knowledge content of culture of communication and the rational for using it not just in language learning, but in all learning that is based on the ideas and principles of regional and axiological approaches to improving the methodology and scientific support of the tutorials intended for in-service teachers and teaching staff of regional consulting centers. The results of this research cover a) the constructs of the regional project the focus of which is on three main areas of supplementary techniques for doing, being and facing daily difficult situations of communication with others within the routine of the Regional Methodology Centers; b) the answer to the question of how to improve language education, both teaching and learning, spoken communication skills, understanding of text, etc; c) the tutorial practice support for the management of which the Institute Departments are responsible. This comprehensive model of the management of the Regional Methodology Centers presents a number of practical pieces of advice which have focused on the creation of the right atmosphere, both on the role of the pedagogue and the role of the most cooperative students/teachers, on the need of careful planning, timing and preparation during lessons using modern techniques (drama, project works, online and offline activities, business games, modern lesson and its criteria, etc ) for improving the presentation of activities in the regional development spaces, etc. In conclusion the article presents some ideas for further research of the possibilities of the Regional Consulting Centers in improving teachers’ presentation activities in terms of languages for special purposes in the communicative professional spaces.
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Freitas, Ka'ipo B., and Paul W. Dixon. "A COSMOLOGY OF HAWAIIAN AND WESTERN VALUES." Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 25, no. 1 (January 1, 1997): 59–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.1997.25.1.59.
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A value study was conducted using a modified form of Rokeach's Value Schedule (D) on a research sample of 96 divided into four groups of 24, with an equal number of men and women. This sample included incarcerated men and women and non-incarcerated men and women. As this study was conducted in Hawaii, it was hypothesized that the now dominant, competitive corporate societal model would give rise to societal pressures which would force those holding the traditional Aloha or love-oriented model of societal values into a conflicting role in this current society. This hypothesis was borne out in these transgenerational observations which showed that when using a Varimax orthogonal rotation on eighteen values, both the incarcerated men and women had factors which showed retention of the traditional family-oriented system of values. The non-incarcerated men had a very subordinate factor which included love-oriented values while the non-incarcerated women had no family-oriented value factor. This last group's absence of Aloha was interpreted as showing a non-conflicting integration into the now dominant, materialistic corporate value structure of Hawaiian society.
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Phansopkar, Pratik. "COMPARISON OF MUSCLE LENGTH IN DOMINANT VERSUS NON-DOMINANT LOWER EXTREMITY IN YOUNG ASYMPTOMATIC INDIVIDUALS." Journal of Medical pharmaceutical and allied sciences 10, no. 5 (October 15, 2021): 3569–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.22270/jmpas.v10i5.1318.
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Muscle length is the length where maximum amount of force a muscle is able to produce. This length is determined by the joint angle that corresponds to the muscle. Understanding the optimal muscle length as well as its comparison between the extremities is very important as a part of examination in physiotherapy. Ranges that are obtained of muscle length helps therapist to recognize individuals with reduced flexibility. Identification and knowledge of muscle length has several role including; evaluation of pre-competition risk for injury, decreased flexibility as an predictor of muscle injury and guides in determining interventional strategy plus training program for an individual. Objectives: To compare muscle length of rectus femoris, hamstring’s, iliopsoas, gastrocnemius in dominant as well as non-dominant side of young asymptomatic individuals in the age group of 18 to 25 years. Method: Through standard goniometer muscle length data was obtained between dominant, non-dominant lower extremity. The methods of assessment used were; active knee extension (AKE) tests the hamstrings length, Thomas and modified Thomas test had been used to evaluate iliopsoas and rectus femoris while prone, figure-four position accompanied by dorsiflexion utilized for gastrocnemius. Result: Values were calculated using goniometric measurements through the group mean values. There is statistically significant variation between the muscle length of hamstring, rectus femoris, iliopsoas and gastrocnemius between the dominant and non-dominant side (p<0.05). Conclusion: Along with data about lower limb muscle length of asymptomatic individuals, we conclude notable difference in dominant to non-dominant extremities muscle length in individuals eighteen to twenty five year.
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Dreyer, Y. "Vroue en die sosio-kulturele narratief." Verbum et Ecclesia 20, no. 1 (August 6, 1999): 51–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ve.v20i1.1165.
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Women and the sosio-cultural narrative The socio-cultural narrative mirrors the dominant system of values in society. This system contains the values of and protects the interests of the dominant group. It is expression of the prevailing ideology of a culture. In Western society patriarchy is still the dominant ideology. Feminist hermeneutics aims to illuminate the disparity between the sexes in the socio-cultural narrative as one of more urgent problems in society. This article discusses different aspects of the “coherent philosophy” behind this socio-cultural narrative. Dominant theories in theology, which result from this ideology, are exposed. The article focuses on the role of pastoral interaction with women and points out the consequences for pastoral care.
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Ngo, Hoang Minh, Phuong Phong Nguyen, and Isabelle Ledoux-Rak. "Optimization of second harmonic generation of gold nanospheres and nanorods in aqueous solution: the dominant role of surface area." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 18, no. 4 (2016): 3352–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5cp06850a.
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Sevindi, Tarık. "Examining Some Motoric Features of Under-15 Badminton Players of National Teams." Journal of Education and Training Studies 7, no. 9 (August 8, 2019): 97. http://dx.doi.org/10.11114/jets.v7i9.4382.
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The aim of this research is to compare the motoric features of badminton players of the national teams participated in International tournament under-15, and to determine whether there is a correlation between the development level of motoric features and the results. Totally 48 players participated in the study, from 6 countries (Turkey, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia, Georgia) participating in the 5th International Rumi Child Sport Games, 24 of whom were females and 24 males. Stature, bodyweight, body mass index (BMI), flexibility, dominant and non-dominant hand grasping power, standing long jump, sit-up for 30 seconds, vertical jumping test, and anaerobic strength values of the participants were detected. It was determined that there were statistically significant differences (p<0.05) between the countries in terms of dominant hand grasping power, vertical jumping, and standing long jump values of the male players; and in terms of bodyweight, BMI, dominant and non-dominant hand grasping power values of the female players. As conclusion, it was found that the motoric features of the players ranked in the International Tournament under-15 were in better level, and it can be concluded for badminton sport that development of motoric features played an important role for success alongside with technique and tactic features.
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de Araújo, Luciana Corrêa. "“A Role in Which the Work Is Not Completely Passive”." Feminist Media Histories 3, no. 4 (2017): 102–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/fmh.2017.3.4.102.
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The silent Brazilian film Miss Right Now (1927), produced by and starring Eva Nil, who also worked as a camera and laboratory assistant on the film, stands out as a powerful and rare example of a woman's creative agency in early Brazilian cinema. The plight of this film also provides a means to consider the conditions of women's on- and offscreen work, dominant models for female screen protagonists in 1920s Brazil, and negotiations between modern and traditional values within an emergent Brazilian star system.
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King, Gundar J., and J. Thad Barnowe. "Social Capital in the Latvian Transition: Trust and Other Managerial Values." Nationalities Papers 26, no. 4 (December 1998): 687–703. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00905999808408595.
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Values play an important role in any culture, shaping attitudes and aspirations, and supporting economic activities. They are widely acknowledged to be defining elements of business culture for managers and workers alike, despite difficulties in tracing the exact linkages they have with behaviors and events (Connor and Becker 1994). They impact individuals’ ability to make critical adjustments under conditions of accelerating technological change and unprecedented expansion of information transfer (Rothschild 1992). They also are thought to affect how well technological changes and economic activity are integrated with dominant social-political structures, helping to make public policy harmonious with frames of reference individuals hold, and lending meaning to appeals for courses of action (Buchholtz 1986).
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Popkewitz, Thomas S. "Culture, Pedagogy, and Power: Issues in the Production of Values and Colonialization." Journal of Education 170, no. 2 (April 1988): 77–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002205748817000204.
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The problem of culture contains contradictory social interests. It gives reference in current political debates about the role of dominant traditions and disenfranchised groups, providing a point of reference to the tensions of modernization and control by the state. The concept of culture also entails the creation of social fields that contain power relations. Current educational reforms to alter participation and teaching can be viewed as discourse practices that establish forms of representation of self and other related to particular Western values. Efforts toward multicultural education may in fact normalize power relations and enable the supervision and regulation of individuals in a far more powerful way than older forms of colonialization.
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Radkiewicz, Piotr, Agnieszka De Zavala, and Krystyna Skarżyńska. "Pro-social basic human values and civic involvement. The moderating role of survival vs self-expression cultural context." Polish Psychological Bulletin 39, no. 4 (January 1, 2008): 226–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10059-008-0028-1.
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Pro-social basic human values and civic involvement. The moderating role of survival vs self-expression cultural context The present study investigated a hypothesis that the pro-social values differentiated by S. Schwartz's model of basic human values - universalism and benevolence - would positively predict civic involvement. Most importantly, authors expected that the type of pro-social value that would play a dominant motivational role would depend on moderating role of the level of self-expression and benevolence - cultural value dimension developed by R. Inglehart. Based on discriminant function analyses performed on the data gathered in 17 European countries through the European Social Survey conducted in 2002, authors found that universalism predicts civic involvement only in self-expression countries, whereas the role of benevolence is rather neglectable and independent of the cultural context. The results are discussed with reference to cross-cultural differences in Europe.
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Hmaied Assadi, Samar, Revital Feige Gross-Nevo, Israel Dudkiewicz, Haim Barel, and Debbie Rand. "Improvement of the Upper Extremity at the Subacute Stage Poststroke: Does Hand Dominance Play a Role?" Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair 34, no. 11 (October 5, 2020): 1030–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1545968320962502.
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Background The impact of hand dominance on the expected (motor and functional ability and daily use) improvement of the affected upper extremity (UE) in subacute stroke has not yet been investigated. Objectives To compare between the affected dominant and affected nondominant UE (1) on rehabilitation admission (T1) for motor and sensory abilities, functional ability, and daily use and (2) 6 weeks poststroke onset (T2) and the UE recovery between T1 and T2 regarding percent change, improvement effect size, and percent of participants achieving minimal clinical important difference (MCID). Methods Multicenter longitudinal study. Results Thirty-eight participants with affected dominant and 51 participants with affected nondominant UE were recruited. On T1 and T2, between-group differences were not seen for all UE variables. Significant improvement in the motor and functional ability, daily use, and perceived recovery between T1 and T2 were seen for the affected dominant ( z = −3.01 to −4.13, P < .01) and nondominant UEs ( z = −4.59 to −5.32, P < .01). Effect size improvement values were moderate and large in the affected dominant and nondominant UE (respectively). In addition, 14% to 40% of the participants in both UEs achieved MCID. Conclusions Significant and similar clinical meaningfulness in UE improvement can be expected during subacute rehabilitation; however, improvement magnitude and percent improvement is different for the UE domains of the affected dominant and the affected nondominant UEs. These findings highlight the distinct roles of the dominant and nondominant hands during bimanual daily activities, which can guide clinicians during stroke rehabilitation.
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Koster, Edwin, and Henk W. de Regt. "Science and Values in Undergraduate Education." Science & Education 29, no. 1 (December 10, 2019): 123–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11191-019-00093-7.
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AbstractWhile a conception of science as value free has been dominant since Max Weber defended it in the nineteenth century, recent years have witnessed an emerging consensus that science is not – and cannot be – completely free of values. Which values may legitimately influence science, and in which ways, is currently a topic of heated debate in philosophy of science. These discussions have immediate relevance for science teaching: if the value-free ideal of science is misguided, science students should abandon it too and learn to reflect on the relation between science and values – only then can they become responsible academics and citizens. Since science students will plausibly become scientists, scientific practitioners, or academic professionals, and their values will influence their future professional activities, it is essential that they are aware of these values and are able to critically reflect upon their role. In this paper, we investigate ways in which reflection on science and values can be incorporated in undergraduate science education. In particular, we discuss how recent philosophical insights about science and values can be used in courses for students in the life sciences, and we present a specific learning model – the so-called the Dilemma-Oriented Learning Model (DOLM) – that allows students to articulate their own values and to reflect upon them.
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Dorta, E., E. Fuentes-Lemus, A. Aspée, E. Atala, H. Speisky, R. Bridi, E. Lissi, and C. López-Alarcón. "The ORAC (oxygen radical absorbance capacity) index does not reflect the capacity of antioxidants to trap peroxyl radicals." RSC Advances 5, no. 50 (2015): 39899–902. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5ra01645b.
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We demonstrate from kinetic studies that under the experimental conditions proposed for the ORAC protocol, ORAC values do not correlate with the capacity of antioxidants to trap peroxyl radicals (ROO˙), suggesting a dominant role of alkoxyl radicals (RO˙) in the assay.
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Weiss, Emery, Corradini, and Živojinović. "New Values of Non-Wood Forest Products." Forests 11, no. 2 (January 31, 2020): 165. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f11020165.
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The role of non-wood forest products (NWFPs) in industrialised country economies has declined in the past, but they are generating renewed interest as business opportunities. In a forest-based bio-economy frame, NWFPs can contribute to human nutrition, renewable materials, and cultural and experiential services, as well as create job and income opportunities in rural areas. Applying a service-dominant logic (SDL) approach to analysis of NWFPs, this article aimed to understand how new goods and services are co-created through networks of public and private actors in specific institutional, social, and cultural contexts. This focus sheds light on the experiences associated with NWFP harvest and use, revealing a fulsome suite of values and economic opportunities that include but are greater than the physical goods themselves. Turning the SDL lens on in-depth case studies from Europe and North America, we show dimensions of forest products that go beyond commercial values but are, at the same time, constituent of commercial activities. SDL provides a new view on customer relations, service provision to businesses, and policy measures for innovation support for non-wood forest products.
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Budarick, John. "Agonistic Pluralism and Journalism: De-centering Dominant Journalistic Norms." Communication Theory 30, no. 2 (November 18, 2019): 188–204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ct/qtz034.
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Abstract In this article I apply a poststructuralist perspective to journalism. I argue that Chantal Mouffe’s theory of agonistic pluralism provides a powerful theoretical site from which to critically analyze dominant forms of journalistic professionalism, their relationship to race, ethnicity and ethnic media, and the ways they shape expectations of the role of journalism in democratic society. There are two main themes in this analysis. In the first instance, the post-structuralist approach insists on seeing current professional journalistic norms as examples of hegemonic discursive formations that achieve ascendancy over other options. Through this perspective, one can interrogate how ethnic media and journalism are excluded from democratic public debates on the basis of contingent communicative values dressed up as objective norms. Secondly, Mouffe’s work provides a theoretical basis for aligning journalistic contingency with a plural agonistic democracy. The article also will discuss several challenges that arise when applying agonistic pluralism to media.
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Galyapina, V. N. "Out-Group Trust of the Russians in Multicultural Regions of Russia: the Role of Values and Intercultural Contacts." Social Psychology and Society 12, no. 4 (2021): 71–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.17759/sps.2021120405.
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Objectives. The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship of values and intercultural contacts with intergroup trust among the Russian ethnic minority in two multicultural regions of Russia — the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania (RNO-A), the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR). Background. The study of out-group trust is important for multicultural societies. Out-trust contributes to the harmonization of intercultural relations, overcoming unstable social interactions and leads to important public benefits, including personal and social well-being. However, in Russia, trust was studied among the ethnic majority and in the context of acculturation problems. Study design. We conducted a socio-psychological survey. Data collection took place in towns and villages of North Ossetia-A and KBR, where the Russians live compactly. We used the “snowball” method. Respondents received blank questionnaires, completed them and returned them to the researcher. Participants. The sample included 593 Russian respondents. In RSO-A, the sample included 291 re¬spondents (29% of men, average age M=44,6); in KBR the sample included 302 respondents (36% of men, average age M=42,7). Measurements. We used Personal Values Questionnaire — Revised (Schwartz), the Yamagishi scale of trust, the scale of intercultural friendship contacts from the Mutual Intercultural Relations in Plural Societies project (MIRIPS). Results. The results showed that in RNO-A, Openness to change values, Conservation values were positively associated, and Self-Enhancement values were negatively related to out-group trust through intercultural contacts only. Intensive intercultural contacts of Russians also moderated the positive relationship between Openness to change values and out-group trust. In KBR, Self-Enhancement values had direct and indirect (through intercultural contacts) negative effects on out-group trust only. Intercultural contacts also moderated the negative relationship between Self-Enhancement values and out-group trust. Conclusions. In general, the results showed that the characteristics of the sociocultural context determine the significance of different values for out-group trust. In the situation of favorable intercultural relations and in “the close” religious context (RNO-A), if the Russians interact intensively with the dominant ethnic group representatives, then their values focused on the self-direction thought and action, openness to the world increase out-group trust. In “the distant” religious context in the situation of interethnic tension (KBR), if the Russians interact intensively with dominant ethnic groups representatives, then their values of achievement, power, “preserving their own face” reduce out-group trust.
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Martinez, Adriana E., and Patricia F. McDowell. "Invasive Reed Canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea) and Native Vegetation Channel Roughness." Invasive Plant Science and Management 9, no. 1 (March 2016): 12–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1614/ipsm-d-15-00046.1.
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AbstractIn instances where vegetation plays a dominant role in the riparian landscape, the type and characteristics of species, particularly a dominant invasive, can alter water velocity at high flows when vegetation is inundated. However, quantifying this resistance in terms of riparian vegetation has largely been ignored or listed as a secondary characteristic on roughness reference tables. We calculated vegetation roughness based on measurements of plant stem stiffness, plant frontal area, stem density, and stem area of three dominant herbaceous plants along the Sprague River, Oregon: the invasive reed canarygrass, native creeping spikerush, and native inflated sedge. Results show slightly lower roughness values than those predicted for vegetation using reference tables. In addition, native creeping spikerush and invasive reed canarygrass exhibit higher roughness values than native inflated sedge, which exhibits values lower than the other two species. These findings are of particular importance where the invasive reed canarygrass is outcompeting native inflated sedge, because with invasive colonization, roughness is increasing in channel zones and therefore is likely changing channel processes. Direct depositional measurements show similar results.
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Lipinski, Teri A. "The role of vocational counseling for the American Indian student." Rural Special Education Quarterly 10, no. 1 (June 1989): 31–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/875687058901000105.
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American Indian students have been neglected over the years in educational settings more apparently than other minority groups. Problems resulting from poor basic skills and motivation have placed them at a disadvantage when competing with other people for employment. Moreover, the values conflict between Indian and dominant European-American culture has created acculturation difficulties. Persons knowledgeable regarding the particular problems of Indians are greatly needed in educational and counseling situations to move toward a more fulfilling future for the Indian people. Tapping into the special capabilities of the Indian people can enhance the quality of living for all who share this earth.
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Kasafírek, Evžen, Přemysl Frič, and Jan Slabý. "Role of amino acid residues in chromogenic substrates cleaved by pancreatic elastase." Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications 52, no. 6 (1987): 1625–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1135/cccc19871625.
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Anionic chromogenic substrates, 3-carboxypropionyl tripeptide p-nitroanilides modified with glycine, β-alanine, alanine, leucine and proline in positions P1, P2, and P3 were synthesized. The substrates were digested with pancreatic elastase and the values of Km, kcat, and kcat/Km were determined. Alanine plays a decisive role in position P1, substrates with glycine or β-alanine in this position are not cleaved. The substitution in P2 is dominant for proline; next follow alanine, leucine, and glycine. The substitution in P3 is the least specific one.
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Lad, Pradip Raghunath, Dhairysheel Sanjay Patil, Smita Chandrakant Patil, and Khushboo Trishant Chotai. "EMG Analysis of Dominant and Non-Dominant Arm of Latissimus Dorsi Muscles in Bowlers of Karad, Maharashtra, India." Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences 10, no. 36 (September 6, 2021): 3088–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.14260/jemds/2021/630.
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BACKGROUND Latissimus dorsi plays an important role in bowlers. Different bowling techniques recruit latissimus dorsi at different phases of bowling. This causes the muscle to undergo excessive contraction than its limit. Despite widespread knowledge about the recruitment of latissimus dorsi in bowling, there is limited electromyographic (EMG) studies about latissimus dorsi. It is necessary to evaluate and document the recruitment of latissimus dorsi in dominant and non-dominant arm in bowlers, which is focused in this study. This study was done to analyse the surface EMG activity of latissimus dorsi muscle in dominant and non-dominant arm during bowling. METHODS A cross-sectional analytical study was carried out among 96 professional cricket bowlers from deluxe cricket club and Yashwanthrao Chavan’s cricket club in Karad. EMG electrodes were applied over the latissimus dorsi muscle and the bowlers were asked to perform the action of bowling. The root mean square (RMS) and mean peak amplitude of the dominant and non-dominant arm were recorded. RESULTS The RMS (12.45 ± 2.84) values and mean peak amplitude (131.77 ± 44.11) of the dominant latissimus dorsi varied significantly from non-dominant muscle (P = 0.0015). Wilcoxon test was utilized for analysis of within group parameters. CONCLUSIONS The result of the present study showed strong evidence to support high recruitment of dominant latissimus dorsi in professional bowlers suggests the changes occurred in the physiological as well as biomechanical muscular structure. KEY WORDS EMG, Dominant, Non-Dominant, Latissimus Dorsi, Fast Bowlers
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Bamforth, S. D., U. Kniesel, H. Wolburg, B. Engelhardt, and W. Risau. "A dominant mutant of occludin disrupts tight junction structure and function." Journal of Cell Science 112, no. 12 (June 15, 1999): 1879–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jcs.112.12.1879.
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The tight junction is the most apical intercellular junction of epithelial cells and forms a diffusion barrier between individual cells. Occludin is an integral membrane protein specifically associated with the tight junction which may contribute to the function or regulation of this intercellular seal. In order to elucidate the role of occludin at the tight junction, a full length and an N-terminally truncated murine occludin construct, both FLAG-tagged at the N terminus, were stably introduced into the murine epithelial cell line CSG 120/7. Both constructs were correctly targeted to the tight junction, as defined by colocalization with another tight junction protein, ZO-1. The construct lacking the N terminus and extracellular domains of occludin was found to exert a dramatic effect on tight junction integrity. Cell monolayers failed to develop an efficient permeability barrier, as demonstrated by low transcellular electrical resistance values and an increased paracellular flux to small molecular mass tracers. Furthermore, gaps were found to have been induced in the P-face associated tight junction strands, as visualized by freeze-fracture electron microscopy. These findings demonstrate an important role for the N-terminal half of occludin in tight junction assembly and maintaining the barrier function of the tight junction.
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Saifudin, Ahmad. "Moral Values for the National Character Building in Novel “The Rainbow Troops”." Jurnal Pendidikan : Riset dan Konseptual 6, no. 1 (January 31, 2022): 173. http://dx.doi.org/10.28926/riset_konseptual.v6i1.471.
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This study is to identify the moral values that can be implemented to build students’ character in the novel “The Rainbow Troops”. The research method was qualitative research with intertext approach. The role of the researcher is a compulsory because the researcher is the key instrument in this study. The finding in this research is found fourteen moral values or more than a half number of moral values that were promoted by Kemendiknas in the year 2010. One of them is the dominant, it is empathetic. Two of them are the moderate number; they are religious and sportive and respectful values. The others are the low number; they are disciplined, hard-working, creative, independent, democratic, curious, patriotic, inclusive and communicative, peace-loving, studious, and responsible. All of them can be used to build student’s character.
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Danilov, Alexander N. "Modernity as a Challenge: A Reset of Values." Russian Journal of Philosophical Sciences 65, no. 3 (September 16, 2022): 12–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.30727/0235-1188-2022-65-3-12-24.
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The article discusses topical problems of social development, in which context modernity evolves as a challenge, and the emergence of new forms is accompanied by a reset of values. The post-Soviet society turns to national foundations, traditions, historical experience, ideals, and values tested in national culture. The Western-type consumer society, which is now dominant in the world, was previously perceived as promising, and its ideals and values were presented as a role model, but nowadays, in public opinion, that society is not considered as a non-alternative model. The problems that arise during the implementation of the value orientations of the consumer society are becoming increasingly obvious. The universality of such a model of development for modernity is called into question, and evidence of its historical limitations appears. In addition, that type of organization of socio-economic and cultural life is not organic and does not imply continuity in the reset of values. Under the current conditions of global instability, connections and interactions emerge that form some new integrity. From a methodological point of view, it is important to analyze the mechanism and motives for choosing the future and the role of culture in that process. Obviously, in every time there is a need to define what modernity is and what is the role of values reset for that. Modernity does not arise as a completed project, but as a process of updating social reality, as a system of individual views on society and relations to the world; in emerging modernity, there is a growing diversity of values. The catalysts for transformations on the way to a new modernity are values that bring changes in life meanings under the influence of social life. Constantly emerging new risks and challenges demand the reset of values, which are tested on various levels of national culture and only after that become ideals for imitation and mass reproduction.
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Manzin, Aldo, Laura Solforosi, Maurizia Debiaggi, Francesca Zara, Elisabetta Tanzi, Luisa Romanò, Alessandro R. Zanetti, and Massimo Clementi. "Dominant Role of Host Selective Pressure in Driving Hepatitis C Virus Evolution in Perinatal Infection." Journal of Virology 74, no. 9 (May 1, 2000): 4327–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jvi.74.9.4327-4334.2000.
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ABSTRACT The dynamics of the genetic diversification of hepatitis C virus (HCV) populations was addressed in perinatal infection. Clonal sequences of hypervariable region 1 of the putative E2 envelope protein of HCV were obtained from four HCV-infected newborns (sequential samples spanning a period of 6 to 13 months after birth) and from their mothers (all samples collected at delivery). The data show that the variants detected between birth and the third month of life in samples from the four newborns were present in the HCV populations of their mothers at delivery. In the newborns, a unique viral variant (or a small group of closely related variants) remained stable for weeks despite active viral replication. Diversification of the intrahost HCV population was observed 6 to 13 months after birth and was substantially higher in two of the four subjects, as documented by the intersample genetic distance (GD) (P = 0.007). Importantly, a significant correlation between increasing GD and high values for the intersampleKa/Ks ratio (the ratio between antonymous and synonymous substitutions; an index of the action of selective forces) was observed, as documented by the increase of both parameters over time (P = 0.01). These data argue for a dominant role of positive selection for amino acid changes in driving the pattern of genetic diversification of HCV populations, indicate that the intrahost evolution of HCV populations is compatible with a Darwinian model system, and may have implications in the designing of future antiviral strategies.
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Ummarino, G. A. "The Phenomenology of Iron Pnictides Superconductors Explained in the Framework of -Wave Three-Band Eliashberg Theory." Advances in Condensed Matter Physics 2010 (2010): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/167985.
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Thes-wave three-band Eliashberg theory can simultaneously reproduce the experimental critical temperatures and the gap values of the superconducting materials , and as exponent of the more important families of iron pnictides. In this model the dominant role is played by interband interactions and the order parameter undergoes a sign reversal between hole and electron bands (-wave symmetry). The values of all the gaps (with the exact experimental critical temperature) can be obtained by using high values of the electron-boson coupling constants and small typical boson energies (in agreement with experiments).
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Топалова, Екатерина, Ekaterina Topalova, Наталья Шафажинская, and Natalya Shafazhinskaya. "Ethnocultural Features of the Cossacks as a Factor of Preserving Traditional Values in the Language Picture of the World of Modern Youth." Scientific Research and Development. Socio-Humanitarian Research and Technology 8, no. 3 (September 24, 2019): 84–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/article_5d8883df9ef2a9.77687236.
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The article is devoted to the analysis of socialization and adaptation of the younger generation, the change of cultural focus, which is largely manifested in the worldview of the generation. The system of values of modern youth and the influence of the spiritual culture of their people and ethnic group on the formation of these values are indicated. The role of the national language, which is the most reliable and scientifically acceptable evidence of the existence of a national character, is also described. The article reflects the most significant meanings and value dominants supported and maintained in the language, which characterize the linguistic picture of the world of the Cossacks and the dominant cognitive zones, which are common in the linguistic picture of the world of modern youth and the Cossacks in the right choice of the vector of spiritual, moral and military-patriotic education. The article pays attention to the need to preserve its own sociocultural matrix and strengthen it with new spiritual and ideological and semantic foundations.
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Fadlli, Muhammad Dzul. "The Role of East Java as A Trade Hub for Eastern Indonesia." East Java Economic Journal 6, no. 1 (March 25, 2022): 95–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.53572/ejavec.v6i1.80.
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The role of East Java as a trade hub for eastern Indonesia is still in doubt. This study aims to analyze the role of East Java as a trade hub for eastern Indonesia (KTI). This research was conducted descriptively using interregional input-output (IRIO) data with 52 industries in 2016 from BPS. The results of this study show that the proportion of East Java's exports to eastern Indonesia is still small. Although small in proportion, exports by East Java to eastern Indonesia are very profitable for East Java. The value of East Java's exports is greater than the value of its imports. The majority of East Java's exports are used to meet final demand needs. Meanwhile, imports by East Java from eastern Indonesia are dominated by intermediate demand in East Java. Bali is East Java's largest export destination in Eastern Indonesia, followed by Papuan, NTB and NTT. Industries with dominant export values to eastern Indonesia include the Food and Beverage Industry and the Tobacco Processing Industry. Meanwhile, the dominant imports came from a season and annual plantation industry and the metal ore mining industry.
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Ekundayo, Ariwadun Martha. "The Role of Hydrologic Processes in Catchments." Volume 5 - 2020, Issue 8 - August 5, no. 8 (September 8, 2020): 1216–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt20aug571.
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Hydrological processes within a catchment perform an important role in the functioning of the ecosystem, by incorporating the complex processes (physical, chemical and biological) that sustain life. Water is a very vital factor that determines the efficiency of the ecosystem, species composition and biodiversity, hence the imperativeness of a review of the catchment hydrological processes causing runoff. Some of the models, such as the Stochastic and the Physical and Probability Distribution Models, will be reviewed. The factors affecting these hydrological processes, determining their functioning within the catchment will be reviewed to examine their effects on the productivity of the basin. For proper catchment management, this review is important for examining integration and understanding the important challenges of the interaction between economic, environmental, and productivity values of catchments as complex socioecological systems. Catchments have common hydrological characteristics but vary in their runoff response within the basin which is subject to the dominant hydrological factor controlling the catchment
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Xystrakis, F., A. S. Kallimanis, P. Dimopoulos, J. M. Halley, and N. Koutsias. "Precipitation dominates fire occurrence in Greece (1900–2010): its dual role in fuel build-up and dryness." Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Discussions 1, no. 2 (March 26, 2013): 693–720. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhessd-1-693-2013.
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Abstract. Historical fire records and meteorological observations spanning over one century (1894–2010), were assembled in a database to collect long-term fire and weather data in Greece. Positive/negative events of fire occurrence on an annual basis were considered the years where the annual values of the examined parameters were above (positive values) or below (negative values) the 95% confidence limits around the trend line of the corresponding parameter. To analyze the association of positive/negative events of fire occurrence and meteorological extremes, we proceeded with a cross-tabulation analysis based on a Monte Carlo randomization. Positive/negative values of total annual precipitation were randomly associated with the corresponding values of burned areas, and significant associations were observed for seasonal precipitation totals (spring and fire season). Fire season precipitation is the dominant factor coinciding with negative values of area burned, while years with high spring precipitation coincide with large burnt area burned. These results demonstrate the dual role of precipitation in controlling a fire's extent through fuel build-up and dryness. Additionally, there is a clear outperformance of precipitation-related against temperature-related weather variables revealing that, at least in Greece, fire spread is controlled by precipitation totals rather than air temperature.
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García-García, Oscar, Virginia Serrano-Gómez, Antonio Hernández-Mendo, and Verónica Morales-Sánchez. "Baseline Mechanical and Neuromuscular Profile of Knee Extensor and Flexor Muscles in Professional Soccer Players at the Start of the Pre-Season." Journal of Human Kinetics 58, no. 1 (August 1, 2017): 23–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/hukin-2017-0066.
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AbstractThe aim of the study was to determine the mechanical and neuromuscular profile of knee extensor and flexor muscles in professional soccer players at the start of the pre-season, and to calculate percentages for symmetry, as well as examine differences according to the player’s positional role. The vastus medialis (VM), vastus lateralis (VL), rectus femoris (RF) and biceps femoris (BF) of 16 professional soccer players were evaluated by means of tensiomyography (TMG) on the first day of the pre-season. A paired-samples t test (p < .05) was used to compare the dominant and non-dominant lower limb. One-way ANOVA was applied, with the positional role as an independent factor. No differences were observed between the dominant and non-dominant leg. The highest degree of symmetry corresponded to the VM (92.5 ± 2.7%), and the lowest to the BF (80.7 ± 10.9%). The positional role was associated with significant differences in some of the variables for the BF, RF and VM, although only the half-relaxation time in the BF and the time to sustain force in the VM differed across all the playing positions considered. TMG was shown to be a useful way of evaluating the neuromuscular characteristics of soccer players at the start of the pre-season, and of establishing baseline values for individual players.
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Li, Jun, and Bin Kang. "Dominant species drive seasonal dynamics of the fish community in the Min estuary, China." Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies 49, no. 1 (March 26, 2020): 34–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2020-0004.
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AbstractFishery resources are currently facing multiple stresses such as overfishing, pollution and climate change. Looking into processes and mechanisms of the dynamic fish community through detailed quantitative analyses contributes to effective conservation and management of fishery resources. The Min estuary plays an important role in maintaining fisheries in southeastern coastal China, therefore the fish community in the brackish area was investigated and analyzed in this study. A total of 127 species belonging to 91 genera, 49 families and 14 orders were sampled in 2015. Eight indices reflecting four aspects of fish communities were determined, i.e. species richness, species evenness, heterogeneity and taxonomy. Differences between the indices were nonsignificant, suggesting that the use of a single diversity descriptor could not provide a full explanation. Nine dominant species in the Min estuary showed seasonal turnover by rational use of resources and co-occurring species showed correspondingly adequate habitat preferences and feeding habits to avoid competition. The species Harpadon nehereus occurred as the dominant species in three seasons except spring. High values of niche overlap among common or rare species and lower values of niche overlap among all dominant species effectively brought the diversity of the fish community into a state of equilibrium.
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Saputra, Jaya, and Marlina Gazali. "Penanaman Nilai-Nilai Agama Islam kepada Anak di Desa Mata Wolasi Kecamatan Wolasi Kabupaten Konawe Selatan." Diniyah : Jurnal Pendidikan Dasar 3, no. 1 (May 31, 2022): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.31332/dy.v3i1.2845.
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This study aims to find out how to instill religious values by parents to their children in the village of Mata Wolasi, Wolasi District, South Konawe Regency. This study employed qualitative research with a descriptive approach. The research informants were 9 residents of Mata Wolasi Village who were selected by purposive sampling technique. Research data were collected through observation, interviews, and documentation. The data was then analyzed through several stages, namely data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results showed that there were four methods used by parents in passing on religious values to their children in Mata Wolasi Village, namely: habituation, example, advice and punishment. In teaching religious values to their children, mothers and fathers show the same role in the methods of habituation, advice, and punishment. However, fathers are more dominant in giving examples.Keywords: Internalization of Religious Values, Children's Character, Parents' Role
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Shekhar, Amritanshu. "Role of Forest Management in Environmental Studies with Reference to the Maintaining of Conservation Values." International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology 10, no. 1 (January 31, 2022): 496–502. http://dx.doi.org/10.22214/ijraset.2022.39865.
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Abstract: A forest is a type of ecosystem in which there is high density of trees occupying a relatively large area of land. An ecosystem is an ecological unit consisting of a biotic community together with it’s a biotic environment. In the case of forest, tress dominant the biotic landscape, although there are also other plants and animals. There are many types of forest, such as tropical, evergreen, deciduous and dry forest based on the climatic condition and types of trees present. Forests provide innumerable values to people, provide aspects that address both physical needs as well as the internal nature of people. Forest help cleanse the air by intercepting airborne particles, reducing heat, and absorbing such pollutants as carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide. Trees remove this air pollution by lowering air temperature, through respiration, and by retaining particulates. Erosion control has always started with tree and grass planting projects. Tree roots bind the soil and their leaves break the force of wind and rain on soil. Trees fight soil erosion, conserve rainwater and reduce water runoff and sediment deposit after storms. Herbs, shrubs and trees in the forests hold the topmost layer firmly by their roots. This does not allow natural forces like wind and water to carry away the topmost fertile layer of the soil easily. Hence, Forests prevent soil erosion. With forest conservation, animal species, insects and all the biodiversity of natural areas is protected. It is noteworthy that these beings and the local vegetation exert influence on conservation beyond deforestation and the regional climate, even interfering with the health of the local community. Keywords: Forest, Natural Resources, Implementation, Ecological Balance, Significance, Deforestation, Climatic Condition
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Griffin, Victoria C., Tony Everett, and Ian G. Horsley. "A comparison of hip adduction to abduction strength ratios, in the dominant and non-dominant limb, of elite academy football players." Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics 2, no. 1 (October 28, 2015): 109. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/jbei.v2n1p109.
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Context: Hip adduction and abduction strength plays an important role in the treatment and prevention of groin injuries in football players. Currently there are no reliable baseline values for uninjured football player’s hip adduction: abduction muscle strength ratios. Objective: To examine whether normal hip adduction: abduction strength ratios can be established in uninjured football players. To compare this data, and establish if there is an asymmetry between the dominant and non-dominant limb. Methods: Twenty, English Premier League academy football players 18.45 (± 2.06) years, 72.6 (± 5.56) kg, 180.15 (± 7.97) cm, 3 left limb dominant, and 17 right limb dominant were included in the study. Eccentric and concentric hip adduction and abduction strength of the dominant and non-dominant leg was tested using a Cybex isokinetic dynamometer. Results: The concentric ratio on the dominant limb was 1.59 (± 0.19) and on the non-dominant limb 1.45 (± 0.31). The eccentric ratio on the dominant limb was 1.45 (± 0.32) and on the non-dominant limb 1.26 (± 0.26). Overall the ratios were higher on the dominant limb and this was statistically significant P ≤ .05. Abduction strength was similar bilaterally. Adduction strength was 18%-22% greater on the dominant limb. Conclusions: The greater ratios on the dominant limb are due to increased adductor strength as a result of the kicking action. Elite football player’s hip adduction: abduction strength ratios should be 1.45-1.6 on the dominant limb and 1.25-1.45 on the non-dominant limb. The adductors on the dominant limb should be 18%-22% stronger than the non-dominant limb. Ratios outside these parameters could indicate the player is at risk of injury. Further research is required to support muscle imbalance as a cause of injury and identify injury risk thresholds for groin injuries in football players.
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Vijay, Manjeet SinghGautam, Rishi PalChahal, Sukhvinder Duhan, and Hitender Khatri. "Analysis of barrier distributions data for16O + 64Zn reaction at sub-barrier energies." Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2089, no. 1 (November 1, 2021): 012018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2089/1/012018.
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Abstract The barrier distribution data for the 16O + 64Zn reaction at energies spanning around the no minal barrier are examined by employing symmetric-asymmetric Gaussian barrier distribution (SAGBD) approach. The cumulative role of dominant channel couplings in the SAGBD method are determined in terms of the channel coupling parameter λ and percentage decrease of fusion barrier VCBRED with reference to nominal Coulomb barrier. The non-zero and positive values of these parameters for the studied system quantitively measure the influences of dominant intrinsic channels originated from the structure of the participants. The barrier distribution data of 16O + 64Zn reaction is quantitatively as well as qualitatively explained by SAGBD outcomes.
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Radu, Cătălina, Alecxandrina Deaconu, and Răzvan-Cătălin Dobrea. "Dominant drivers of business students." Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence 11, no. 1 (July 1, 2017): 381–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/picbe-2017-0041.
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Abstract Taibi Kahler wrote in 1974 a theory about five main drivers that could explain people’s motivation and a series of positive and negative behavior patterns: Be Strong, Be Perfect, Hurry Up, Try Hard and Please People. Of course, we consider there is no absolute positive or negative behavior, since (1) everything needs to be analyzed by taking into account the context and (2) any behavior pattern can mean a series of advantages as long as people understand their own values, beliefs, attitudes and behaviors. It would be interesting to link Kahler’s drivers to the educational process, in order to be able to adapt our courses and our teaching styles to students’ requirements and also to the requirements in the labor market. Our paper is built on literature review and a questionnaire applied to a sample of 607 students in Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania. Information was processed with Microsoft Excel 2013, in order to look at the main working styles our students have, at the main explanations for the differences between them and in order to test a series of hypotheses. We were interested to look at the main traits of the current generation of students in our university: dominant drivers, roles of managers and specialists, the attractiveness of the entrepreneurial career path, etc. and at a series of patterns (i.e. gender-related differences). We consider results of this study are useful both for teaching and research purposes. In terms of teaching, we plan to adapt our educational methods in order to improve the educational process.
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SADASIVAM, K., R. JAYAPRAKASAM, and R. KUMARESAN. "A DFT STUDY ON THE ROLE OF DIFFERENT OH GROUPS IN THE RADICAL SCAVENGING PROCESS." Journal of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry 11, no. 04 (July 16, 2012): 871–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0219633612500599.
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The molecular properties of robinetin and melanoxetin which are the two naturally occurring flavonoid compounds have been studied theoretically by means of density functional theory approach (DFT) at the level of B3LYP/6-311G(d,p). The analysis of computed bond dissociation enthalpy (BDE), proton dissociation enthalpy (PDE), proton affinity (PA), electron transfer enthalpy (ETE) values for both the flavonoid compounds indicate the role of B-ring for the significant antioxidant characteristics and the instability of the A-ring. It also concerns the dominant role of BDE mechanism for antioxidant activity than PDE, PA and ETE mechanisms. Ionization potential (IP) is also found to be trustworthy in the study of antioxidant activity and the computed IP magnitudes are in agreement with the values of synthetic food additives. Further, the various molecular descriptors along with the plot of frontier molecular orbitals and Mulliken spin population analysis have been obtained and the validity of Koopmans' theorem is also verified with reference to antioxidant behavior.
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Markelova, Ekaterina, Christopher T. Parsons, Raoul-Marie Couture, Christina M. Smeaton, Benoit Madé, Laurent Charlet, and Philippe Van Cappellen. "Deconstructing the redox cascade: what role do microbial exudates (flavins) play?" Environmental Chemistry 14, no. 8 (2017): 515. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/en17158.
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Environmental contextRedox potential is a controlling variable in aquatic chemistry. Through time series data, we show that microbial exudates released by bacteria may control trends in redox potential observed in natural waters. In particular, electron transfer between these exudates and the electrode could explain the values measured in the presence of abundant oxidants such as oxygen and nitrate. AbstractRedox electrodes are commonly used to measure redox potentials (EH) of natural waters. The recorded EH values are usually interpreted in terms of the dominant inorganic redox couples. To further advance the interpretation of measured EH distributions along temporal and spatial redox gradients, we performed a series of reactor experiments in which oxidising and reducing conditions were alternated by switching between sparging with air and N2. Starting from a simple electrolyte solution and ending with a complex biogeochemical system, common groundwater solutes, metabolic substrates (NO3− and C3H5O3−), bacteria (Shewanella oneidensis MR-1) and goethite (α-FeOOH(s)) were tested by increasing the system complexity with each subsequent experiment. This systematic approach yielded a redox cascade ranging from +500 to −350 mV (pH ~7.4). The highest and lowest EH values registered by the platinum (Pt) electrode agreed with Nernstian redox potentials predicted for the O2/H2O2 and FeOOH/Fe2+(aq) couples respectively. Electrode poisoning by the organic pH buffer (MOPS) and addition of bacteria to the aerated solutions resulted in marked decreases in measured EH values. The latter effect is attributed to the release of flavins by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 to the medium. As expected, equilibrium with the non-electroactive NO3−/NO2−/NH4+ redox couples could not account for the EH values recorded during dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA). However, the observed EH range for DNRA coincided with that bracketed by EH values measured in separate abiotic solutions containing either the oxidised (+324 ± 29 mV) or reduced (−229 ± 40 mV) forms of flavins. The results therefore suggest that the Pt electrode detected the presence of the electroactive flavins, even at submicromolar concentrations. In particular, flavins help explain the fairly low EH values measured in the presence of strong oxidants, such as O2 and NO3−.
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Meulders, Danièle, and Síle O'Dorchai. "The role of welfare state typologies in analysing motherhood." Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research 10, no. 1 (February 2004): 016–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/102425890401000105.
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This article reviews the literature relating to the explanatory power of different welfare state typologies when viewed from the perspective of mothers. The seminal work of Esping-Andersen is in this respect criticised; such typologies are more easily applicable to welfare states organised according to the dominant male breadwinner model. When the specific situation of mothers is considered, the main finding is that welfare states are hardly ever pure types and are usually hybrid cases that foster mothers’ welfare in different forms and to different extents. In order to more accurately reflect current societies that rely on women both as participants in the market place and as mothers, the alternative typology of ‘gender regime clusters’ is presented. Finally, it is argued that future classifications of welfare state regimes are bound to reflect not only gender-related characteristics of today's societies but also the set of cultural values and ideals that differ across countries.
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Pepper, Stephen L. "The Lawyer's Amoral Ethical Role: A Defense, A Problem, and Some Possibilities." American Bar Foundation Research Journal 11, no. 4 (1986): 613–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-4469.1986.tb00258.x.
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This essay presents a moral justification for the current generally accepted amoral ethical role of the lawyer. The justification is premised primarily upon the values of individual autonomy, equality, and diversity. Based upon these values, the author argues that the amoral role is the correct moral stance for the lawyer as a professional, is a “good” role. The essay then responds to two of the most frequent criticisms of that moral stance: the first based upon economic inequality and the fact that lawyers'services must be purchased; the second based upon the absence of the “adversary system” context for most lawyer work. The author then elaborates a serious problem created by the conjunction of the amoral role and the dominant legal philosophy of American lawyers, “legal realism.” If the limit on a lawyer's conduct under the traditional amoral role is the law, then the realist emphasis on the indeterminacy and manipulability of “law” leave the lawyer in a difficult moral position. Finally, a series of possibilities are presented to deal with this problem, the most promising of which is the “moral dialogue” between lawyer and client as an adjunct to the amoral role.
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Hachey, Raymonde, Geneviève Boyer, and Céline Mercier. "Perceived and Valued Roles of Adults with Severe Mental Health Problems." Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy 68, no. 2 (April 2001): 112–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/000841740106800207.
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The purpose of this article is to convey the findings of two studies related to the perception of past, present and future roles, the value attributed to these roles as well as the role patterns. Both studies were conducted with adults who have schizophrenia and are involved in a rehabilitation or work program. Data were collected from two sources: 1) secondary analysis of a study related to the methodology for validating the French translation (Hachey, Jumoorty, & Mercier, 1995) of the “Role Checklist”, (Barris, Oakley, & Kielhofner, 1988) and 2) a research project on the perception of roles and quality of life. Results showed that the dominant roles assumed by participants regardless of time were family member, friend, home maintainer and hobbyist. The most valued roles were those of friend, worker, and family member. The discussion will address the questions asked and elucidate the role patterns. The conclusion underlines the importance, for occupational therapists and health professionals, of including roles in the daily lives of their clients, taking into consideration the ones they value most highly.
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Caricati, Luca. "The Relationship between Social Dominance Orientation and Gender: The Mediating Role of Social Values." Sex Roles 57, no. 3-4 (May 23, 2007): 159–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11199-007-9231-3.
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