Point Of View Research Articles

Telemedicine maintains good glucose control in children with type 1 diabetes but is not time saving for healthcare professionals: KITES randomized study

Telemedicine maintains good glucose control in children with type 1 diabetes but is not time saving for healthcare professionals: KITES randomized study

The level of practicing leadership by exception among school principals in Jordan: the mediating role of organizational effectiveness from the teachers’ perspective

Introduction. When school principals practice leadership by exception, they focus on addressing outliers rather than systemic issues and step in only when performance falls short of expectations. Leadership in this style can have a positive or negative effect on the school climate and student achievement, depending on the strength of the school's organizational structure. The ability of the school to efficiently achieve its aims and objectives is what we mean when we talk about organizational effectiveness in this context. This is often influenced by the principal's leadership style. This study sought to identify the level of practicing Leadership by exception among school principals in Jordan: the mediating role of organizational effectiveness from the teachers' point of view. The study participants and method. The researcher used the descriptive-analytical approach. The study population consisted of all school teachers in the Wadi Al-Seer district in the capital, Amman, and their number was (1769); a sample of (288) male and female teachers was selected using the simple random sampling method. Results. Results showed that Jordanian school principals exhibited strong abilities in time management (mean 3.69, STD 0.94), defining responsibility and authority (mean 3.84, STD 0.73), and delegating power (mean 3.81, STD 0.68). Average performance review score was 3.20 with a standard deviation of 0.82. Mean 3.63, standard deviation 0.64) was a high overall average. Time management was the only area where the study discovered a gender gap, with women faring better than men. No other aspects or overall scores varied significantly by gender or level of education. With an explanation for 35.2% of the variance, the performance evaluation dimension was a significant predictor of organizational success. Practical significance. Leadership by exception and its effects on organizational effectiveness as seen through the eyes of Jordanian school administrators and their teachers is the focus of this study, which has important practical implications. The study demonstrates the impact of this leadership style on school functioning by investigating aspects such as responsibility, authority, time management, and performance evaluation. These results have important policy and practical implications for school administration because they show that leadership by exception is prevalent, especially in the area of time management. Improving organizational effectiveness, school climate, and student outcomes may be possible by gaining a better understanding of the function of this leadership style in school dynamics.

The level of applying evidence-based strategies in teaching students with learning disabilities and its relationship to their professional competence from their teachers’ point of view

Introduction. Educators face particular obstacles when working with pupils who have learning impairments (LDs), as they must gain a thorough grasp of the unique requirements of their students and employ individualized methods of instruction. Improved learning experiences and outcomes for students with LDs have been shown to be possible through the use of evidence-based interventions. These methods have been shown to be effective in scientific studies, and they can have a major impact on a student's grades. There may be a correlation between teachers' level of professional competence and the extent to which they incorporate these tactics into their classroom practices. Aim. The current study aimed to determine the level of evidence-based strategy application by teachers of students with learning disabilities and its relationship to their professional competence. Methodology. The study sample consisted of 48 male and female teachers of students with learning difficulties, working in the resource rooms and affiliated with the Directorate of Education in the city of Mafraq/Jordan, a scale of evidence-based strategies and a scale of professional competence was developed. Methods of descriptive statistics: arithmetic mean (M), standard deviation (SD) Results. Results showed that educators working with students who have learning difficulties make extensive use of practices supported by research (M = 2.37; SD = 0.25). Furthermore, the employment of a multisensory approach demonstrated considerable efficacy (M = 2.69, SD = 0.28). While instructors demonstrated a high degree of competence in terms of professional competencies (M = 4.23, SD = 0.29), there were discernible variations in the implementation of strategies based on educational experience, particularly among educators with over a decade of experience. The use of evidence-based procedures was also positively correlated with teachers' overall professional skills, indicating that higher levels of competence are linked to more successful implementation of strategies. Practical significance. Teachers' professional competence in instructing kids with learning difficulties is seen to increase when they use tactics supported by research. Improving learning outcomes for kids with LDs requires prioritising professional development and training opportunities and increasing educators' proficiency with these tactics. The findings have important implications for schools, policymakers, and educator preparation programmes.

Evidence from Albania: local government, public goods, and the free-rider problem

Public goods and their benefits are necessarily related to their nature. From an economic point of view, citizens are always looking for more and more public goods, judging that they should always finance them even less. Especially in a democracy, it is sufficient to remember that people who don't vote still benefit from the government's agenda. Mainly in developing countries and especially in ex-communist ones, the public does not have enough literacy and interest to understand the issues of public finance, political economy, the fiscal system, legal and political systems, social paradigms, and economics. So, it generally attributes the provision of public goods necessarily to the central and local governments without understanding or knowing any of the elements of the public goods ecosystem. So it seems that everything that the local government provides must be of high quality and be free, which proves evidence and traces of one of the main problems of public goods, which is the free-rider problem. From the research point of view, regardless of the moderation made by the civil society for the awareness of the social contract as well as the transparency of the economic activity of the municipalities, the citizens' awareness about the nature and problems of the provision of public goods still remains a concern. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to address the free-rider problem as an issue that must be recognized and considered so that optimal local legal regulations can be formulated, especially in small communities like Vlora municipality, where the free-rider problem is on a smaller scale compared to larger municipalities in the world.

Towards Quality Assurance in MOOCs: A Comprehensive Review and Micro-Level Framework

MOOCs (massive open online courses), because of their scale and accessibility, have become a major area of interest in contemporary education. However, despite their growing popularity, the question of their quality remains a central concern, partly due to the lack of consensus on the criteria establishing such quality. This study set out to fill this gap by carrying out a systematic review of the existing literature on MOOC quality and proposing a specific quality assurance framework at a micro level. The methodology employed in this research consisted of a careful analysis of MOOC success factor’s using Biggs’ classification scheme, conducted over a four-year period from 2018 to 2022. The results highlighted the compelling need to consider various indicators across presage, process, and product variables when designing and evaluating MOOCs. This implied paying particular attention to pedagogical quality, both from the learner’s and the teacher’s point of view. The quality framework thus developed is of significant importance. It offers valuable guidance to MOOC designers, learners, and researchers, providing them with an in-depth understanding of the key elements contributing to MOOC quality and facilitating their continuous improvement. In addition, this study highlighted the need to address aspects for future research, including large-scale automated evaluation of MOOCs. By focusing on pedagogical quality, MOOCs can play a vital role in providing meaningful learning experiences, maximizing learner satisfaction, and ensuring their success as innovative educational systems adapted to the changing needs of contemporary education.

Providence and Science in a World of Contingency: Thomas Aquinas’ Metaphysics of Divine Action

Providence and Science in a World of Contingency: Thomas Aquinas’ Metaphysics of Divine Action

The Translation of (Jadal)Argumentation (Dialectic) Discourse in the Holy Qur’an into English: An Investigation of the Logical Construction of Dialectic in the Source Text

The present research seeks to investigate the equivalence of translating argumentative topics, which include the dialectic (controversial) style in the Holy Qur’an. It designs to know how the discourse of the Qur’anic controversy is manifested, based on a set of logical arguments and points of view. The research also aims to find out the extent to which the English translations succeeded in conveying the same dialectical logical structure connotation, taking into account the challenges faced by the translators: Hilali, Khan, and Abdel Haleem in translating the meanings of the Holy Qur’an, especially the dialectic style. Therefore, the translator must strive to convey the dialectical discourse with its stylistic features in terms of clarity, accuracy, and objectivity. The study adopts an eclectic method. It is a combination of a semantic approach, text discussion, analysis, and extracting a suggested translation, with applying the back-translation technique. All of this is in light of an applied approach to examples of the Holy Ayat (verses) for the controversial style. The study concluded that translating of the dialectical style and its links represent a real challenge for translators. So, they must resort to consult exegesis (tafsir), rhetoric books and other Arabic sources, in addition to the translation theories to overcome these challenges. The study recommends that the translator of the meanings of the Holy Qur’an must be familiar with the sciences of the Holy Qur’an and the Arabic language, such as interpretation, rhetoric, etc. The translator also need to seek help from language dictionaries to choose the specific meaning of the dialectical style. Moreover, the translator, before embarking on the translation, must consult scholars and experts when submitting a suggested translation. This suggested translation must be emanating from authentic Islamic visions. This due to verify the intended Qur’anic meaning for argumentative (Al-Hajjaj) dialectical and others rhetorical styles.

The Challenges Facing Mathematics Teachers Pre-Service in the Abstract Algebra Course from their Point of View

تهدف هذه الدراسة إلى معرفة التحديات التي تواجه معلمي الرياضيات قبل الخدمة في مقرر الجبر المجرد من وجهة نظرهم، حيث اعتمدت الدراسة على المنهج الوصفي التحليلي، وقد أعدت الباحثة الاستبانة كأداة لتحقيق هدف الدراسة، واقتصرت عينة الدراسة على (31) طالبًا وطالبةً من طلبة المستوى الرابع، وتوصلت الدراسة إلى وجود عدد من التحديات تم تصنيفها في ثلاثة محاور، أهمها الفهم السطحي لمفردات الجبر المجرد، حيث يلجأ الطلبة إلى حفظ المعلومات لتحقيق النجاح فقط، وفي ضوء نتائج الدراسة أوصت الباحثة بالتركيز على الفهم المفاهيمي والإجرائي للطلبة عند تدريس المقرر، لأن المقرر يتطلب مستوى أعمق من البصيرة والتطور.

Study of Plasma Heating Processes in a Coronal Mass Ejection–driven Shock Sheath Region Observed with the Metis Coronagraph

On 2021 September 28, a C1.6 class flare occurred in active region NOAA 12871, located approximately at 27°S and 51°W on the solar disk with respect to Earth’s point of view. This event was followed by a partial halo coronal mass ejection (CME) that caused the deflection of preexisting coronal streamer structures, as observed in visible-light coronagraphic images. An associated type II radio burst was also detected by both space- and ground-based instruments, indicating the presence of a coronal shock propagating into interplanetary space. By using H i Lyα (121.6 nm) observations from the Metis coronagraph on board the Solar Orbiter mission, we demonstrate for the first time the capability of UV imaging to provide, via a Doppler dimming technique, an upper limit estimate of the evolution of the 2D proton kinetic temperature in the CME-driven shock sheath as it passes through the field of view of the instrument. Our results suggest that over the 22 minutes of observations, the shock propagated with a speed decreasing from about 740 ± 110 km s−1 to 400 ± 60 km s−1. At the same time, the postshock proton temperatures peaked at latitudes around the shock nose and decreased with time from about 6.8 ± 1.01 MK to 3.1 ± 0.47 MK. The application of the Rankine–Hugoniot jump conditions demonstrates that these temperatures are higher by a factor of about 2–5 than those expected from simple adiabatic compression, implying that significant shock heating is still going on at these distances.

Blockchain Technology: A Framework for Endless Applications

Over the last decade, Blockchain Technology has evolved from being a peer-to-peer implementation of digital currency into a framework for numerous applications. That is, blockchain is widely recognized as the technology behind cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, but recent research indicates that it can be exploited way more than that. Among the most notable characteristics of the Blockchain Technology are system decentralization, data immutability, transaction transparency, and user privacy. Thus, it becomes apparent that it can significantly benefit many consumer applications, where trust and security are crucial aspects of the implementation. In this paper, we review and present, in a tutorial manner, blockchain's fundamental postulates and characteristics, and we introduce a novel point of view, where we visualize a layered representation of the blockchain infrastructure, so as to analyze it as a framework. Thinking of Blockchain Technology as a framework may assist consumers to better understand its capabilities and limitations. Additionally, we review emerging blockchain-based applications that span across many different scientific fields. We also discuss the relative merits and restrictions. Namely, we have identified applications in finance, smart contracts, internet of things, e-voting systems, storage and data protection, reputation systems, healthcare, and transportation, indicating that the Blockchain Technology is becoming a framework for endless applications.

IDENTIFICATION OF THE LEVEL OF UPBRINGING BY APPLYING THE DIAGNOSTIC METHODOLOGY OF N. P. KAPUSTIN

In Armenian society, the socioeconomic and political developments result in an active reformation of all facets of daily life. The contemporary school is in modernization process. Any competitive educational institution needs ongoing organizational modifications to be competitive and flexible in the face of changing circumstances. There is a conflict between ideas, moral principles, stances, and points of view when society is updated and reformatted. In this respect, among the methodological and theoretical issues with education, in particular, the issues with personality development, upbringing, and preparation to live in the changing circumstances of a worldwide society, as well as the need to express one's uniqueness, are prioritized. In the schools, a variety of pedagogical processes are continually used. Knowledge acquiring, the development of skills and aptitudes, the formation of a scientific worldview, ideological-political and moral-labor education, the process of students' aesthetic and physical development, and other elements of the entire educational process are all geared toward the formation of a harmonious, fully developed personality. Education as a deliberate process for personality development will involve the growth of a knowledgeable personality, life and active pursuits, and readiness for the standards recognized in society. A welleducated person's requests, substance, and tactics differ depending on the social circumstances. What should a modern individual be like to satisfy the demands of a changing society? This is one of the most crucial concerns in the educational process. How can this be achieved in the school environment during the educational process? Today, more than ever before, it is essential to develop a certain set of skills and expertise in a person as well as work toward making this process the major internal need of a person as well as the objective of society and the state. This can be accomplished through forming new worldviews, idealistic and value systems, safe social norms, and cultural traditions through education. 40 Betty Kilerjian The approach of resolving this issue involves pedagogical diagnostics. This is a collection of measurable diagnostic instruments. methods, exams, and questionnaires developed by the author, whose usage will make it evident how well education and personality development have gone, and which will serve as the foundation for future educational work planning.

Factors Related to Nurses Caring Behavior in Inpatient Unit

Caring is the essence of nursing practice. Caring is also an approach to increase a sense of caring for patients. This attitude can help patients achieve improved quality of recovery and health. Caring from the patient's point of view is a humane attitude expected by the patient. Caring is basically a nurse's behavior, so that caring basically depends on the characteristics and motivation of an individual nurse. This study aims to identify the factors that most influence the caring behavior of nurses in the inpatient room. Research methodology: This research is an analytic observational study with a Cross-sectional approach. The samples technique was total population of nurses that is 137 nurses. Three instrument used in this study : characteristic respondent, work motivation, Caring Nurse-Patient Interaction Scale (CNPI-23). Data analysis using Chi Square test, Kendall's Tau-b and Logistic Regression. The results of this study found that nurses' work motivation was the most influencing factor for nurses' caring behavior (p value 0.022). Nurses with high work motivation voluntarily perform their best efforts and skills when working and do not feel physical or mental pressure. As a result, they can show a sense of caring, empathy, and sensitivity to patients during nursing care. Further recommendation that can be given to hospital management are to pay attention to the creation of a motivational work climate, so that workers have high work motivation at work.

Is the Local Energy Conservation Law Valid inside the Electronic Device of Charged Capacitors?

The energy conservation is one of the most fundamental and well established principles in physics. Emmy Noether extended the energy conservation principle to the quantum field theoretical domain in empty space by relating the time translation invariance of the universe with energy conservation. While this is the case in open empty space, it seems that the local space enclosed by conducting metallic plates has unexpected property suggesting that the energy conservation principle does not necessarily apply to localized bound system of capacitors in electrodynamics. This point of view was raised by noticing the fact that the spherical capacitor has calculable electrostatic self-potential energy in both the inner and outer shells respectively which was not taken into account in the conventional consideration of the total energy stored in the capacitors. It seems like the concept of moving charges one by one into the capacitor plates has blindsided the investigators to bypass the necessary steps to account for the additional repulsive self-potential energy that accumulates simultaneously in both of the capacitor plates in the process of charging the capacitor. The investigation shows that the repulsive self-potential energies from both of the capacitor plates have indeed been omitted in the conventional calculation of the stored energy in the capacitors. We present the dynamics of the stored potential energy in capacitors and discuss its physical consequences in relation to the anomalous energy devices reported in the past.

Unraveling Value Co-destruction in Tourism: A Deep Dive into the Portuguese Hotel Industry

The state of the art presented here aims to bring theoretical contemplations about the co-destruction of value. The term “co-destruction” is now used in the hospitality service environment to describe the phenomenon in which multiple actors interact and integrate their resources to realize valuable benefits, yet their collaborations result in a decline of the well being of at least one of the participating actors. In the recent past, scholars have begun to dedicate their attention towards destructive relationships as a critical component of organizational life, facing it from various points of view, such as trust and partnering, project management, and relational coordination. The investigation was quantitative and adopted the survey method. To measure the proposed hypotheses, a unique conceptual model was developed with leadership support, supportive organizational climate, value co-destruction, and commitment to value co-creation as constructs. Data was collected from the hospitality Continental Portugal and islands, where 1,200 responses were obtained for analysis. The respondents were all hospitality employees. Key findings revealed that leadership support was commanding in comparison to the other constructs based on how high it loaded as a factor. In addition, a high perception of a supportive organizational climate among service employees will result in a low occurrence of value co-destruction in their organization. Further research direction on the subject is suggested. Keywords: co-destruction, co-creation, hospitality sector, employees

An AHP parsimonious based approach to handle manufacturing errors in production processes

This paper introduces a new hybrid tool to classify manufacturing errors in production processes. Our tool is a hybrid procedure based on the combination of the parsimonious AHP method with a clustering method. Parsimonious AHP permits to use a much smaller number of pairwise comparisons with respect to classical-AHP. At the same time, the use of a clustering method, allows for the assignment of the alternatives on the basis of their closeness to each other and not on the basis of some reference profiles as happens in several other methods. Furthermore, some veto systems help the decision maker to better define how the errors belong to different classes in a participative way. The approach has been tested in a largest automotive plants in Italy. This approach has provided the company with a participative and robust theoretically funded tool that supports the understanding of the seriousness of the manufacturing errors. From a methodological point of view, the hybrid tools, for the first time, combine the newly developed parsimonious AHP with a clustering method. From a practical point of view, this paper has introduced a new tool to classify and improve the production quality of the processes to an extremely competitive sector.

Main factors influencing the digital transparency in higher education institutions

This paper aims to analyze the online transparency of Spanish higher education institutions and examine the factors that explain the degree of online transparency achieved by these institutions. To this end, this paper analyses the institutional websites of all Spanish universities and develops a global transparency index comprising of four dimensions (“E-information”, “E-Services”, “E-Participation” and “Navigability, Design and Accessibility”). This paper evidences that Spanish universities are aware of the importance of having a web page with adequate navigability, design and accessibility. In contrast, the “E-information” is the least valued dimension, particularly concerning the disclosure about Community services and Outcomes of teaching services. Moreover, the results show that internationality, leverage and size positively affect the online transparency in Spanish universities. From a practical point of view, our findings could be used by university’ managers, regulators and standard-setting bodies to improve the online transparency in universities.

Identifying Common Ground between US and International Scholars of Theatre and Performance: Some Thoughts from the Point of View of a Peruvian Artist-Scholar

Abstract: As an artist-scholar based in Perú, I reflect on the challenges and rewards of engaging in scholarly conferences in the Global North and offer thoughts on how academic spaces can be more inclusive and mutually enriching.

Feasibility of quality indicators on prehospital advanced airway management in a physician-staffed emergency medical service: survey-based assessment of the provider point of view

ObjectiveWe aimed to determine the feasibility of quality indicators (QIs) for prehospital advanced airway management (PAAM) from a provider point of view.DesignThe study is a survey based feasibility assessment following...

Adaptive Switching Control of Active Suspension Systems: A Switched System Point of View

Adaptive Switching Control of Active Suspension Systems: A Switched System Point of View

Exploring the crystal and molecular structures of methenolone and drostanolone enanthate

Abstract Methenolone and drostanolone are two popular synthetic anabolic-androgenic agents and dihydrotestosterone derivatives which belong to the steroid family. Two esterified prodrugs of methenolone and drostanolone, in the form of methenolone and drostanolone enanthate, have been described from a structural point of view. The crystal structure of drostanolone enanthate was determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction, while the crystal structure of methenolone enanthate was solved by the powder X-ray diffraction technique. The nature and magnitudes of intermolecular interactions were analysed quantitatively by means of crystal lattice energies and Hirshfeld surfaces.