Regulation Scale Research Articles

Physics and the choice of regulators in functional renormalisation group flows

The Renormalisation Group is a versatile tool for the study of many systems where scale-dependent behaviour is important. Its functional formulation can be cast into the form of an exact flow equation for the scale-dependent effective action in the presence of an infrared regularisation. The functional RG flow for the scale-dependent effective action depends explicitly on the choice of regulator, while the physics does not. In this work, we systematically investigate three key aspects of how the regulator choice affects RG flows: (i) We study flow trajectories along closed loops in the space of action functionals varying both, the regulator scale and shape function. Such a flow does not vanish in the presence of truncations. Based on a definition of the length of an RG trajectory, we suggest a constructive procedure for devising optimised regularisation schemes within a truncation. (ii) In systems with various field variables, a choice of relative cutoff scales is required. At the example of relativistic bosonic two-field models, we study the impact of this choice as well as its truncation dependence. We show that a crossover between different universality classes can be induced and conclude that the relative cutoff scale has to be chosen carefully for a reliable description of a physical system. (iii) Non-relativistic continuum models of coupled fermionic and bosonic fields exhibit also dependencies on relative cutoff scales and regulator shapes. At the example of the Fermi polaron problem in three spatial dimensions, we illustrate such dependencies and show how they can be interpreted in physical terms.

Perbedaan Regulasi Emosi dan Jenis Kelamin pada Mahasiswa yang Bersuku Batak dan Jawa

This study aims to determine differences of emotion regulation and sex in the Batak ethnic students and Javanese ethnic students. Sampling was conducted using accidental quota sampling. Total subjects in this study were 120 people comprising 60 Batak ethnic students and 60 Javanese ethnic students. Data collection is done by using the scale of emotional regulation in validity test and valid. Data were analyzed using Independent Sample Test. The results show that the difference between the emotion regulation and the Batak ethnic student of Javanese ethnic is significant with results to = -2.355 and p

REGULASI EMOSI DAN KEMAMPUAN MEMECAHKAN MASALAH PADA IBU BEKERJA

ABSTRACTThe objective of this research is to identify the relationship between emotion regulation and problem-solving ability of working mother. The subject of the research is mothers working at UD Glouve Mandiri. The method of research employed is persons product-moment correlation method with purposive sampling technique.The data are collected using the scale of Anderson's Problem-Solving Ability and Emotion Regulation (Suharnan, 2005). Scale of Problem-Solving Ability consists of 31 items, whereas the scale ofEmotion Regulation consists of 42 items.The result of the research shows 0,437 correlation coefficient and 0,000 (p, < 0,05) significance level. This means that the hypothesis stating that there is a positive relationship between Problem-Solving Ability and Emotion Regulation is acceptable. The effectiveness of regression is 19,1%, which means that 19,1% of the Emotion Regulation is determined by Problem-Solving Ability and 80,9% is influenced by other factors.Key words: Emotion Regulation, Problem-Solving Ability

The Relationship between Learning Modalities and Perceived Self-regulation Levels

Abstract Recent English Language teacher education programmes place a great responsibility on learners to self-regulate their learning. Therefore, it is quite important to know pre-service English teachers⿿ learning modalities and perceived self-regulation preferences. This paper investigates the self-regulation strategies and learning modalities of English Language Teaching (ELT) students of a state university and aims at exploring whether there is any statistically significant relationship between learning modalities and self regulation levels of these students. In the scope of this study, ⿿Perceived Self Regulation Scale⿿ ( Arslan & Geliſli, 2015 ) and ⿿Learning Modality Inventory⿿ ( ſimſek, 2002 ) were administered to 121 pre-service English Language teachers at university during the fall term of 2015-2016 academic year. The findings indicated that there is a positively significant relationship between self-regulation means and aural learning means. What is more, most of the ELT students in the sample group were found to be visual.

Development of a metaconceptual awareness and regulation scale

ABSTRACTThis study aimed to develop the Metaconceptual Awareness and Regulation Scale (MARS) – a self-report instrument for measuring the extent to which students realise, monitor, and evaluate their ideas. MARS consists of 10 items scored on a six-point Likert scale for two factors: metaconceptual awareness and metaconceptual regulation. A pilot study was conducted with 349 10th grade students while 338 11th grade students participated in the validation study. In order to test the two-factor structure of MARS, confirmatory factor analysis was employed with data from the validation study. Findings supported the two-factor structure of the MARS instrument. For further validity evidence, the relationship between students’ metaconceptual awareness and regulation and their use of learning strategies were examined using canonical correlation analysis. A significant correlation was found between the factors of MARS and learning strategies. Research and practical applications of MARS by science education researchers and teachers are discussed.

Sozial-räumliche Dynamiken der Agrartreibstoffe.

This article explores the spatial dynamics of agrofuels. Building on categories from the field of critical spatial theory, it shows how these categories enable a comprehensive analysis of the spatial dynamics of agrofuels that links the macro-structures of the global political economy to concrete, place-based struggles. Four core socio-spatial dynamics of agrofuel politics are highlighted and applied to empirical findings: territorialization, the financial sector as a new scale of regulation, place-based struggles and transnational spaces of resources and capital flows.

The problem field of design in urban renewal plans

The chosen planning approaches, the regulatory elements and building rules applied on individual plots have a considerable impact on the character and development of urban space. Regulation plan has been the main planning instrument in Serbia for more than twenty years but, even though many plans have been adopted and many planned interventions realised, there has been no systematic evaluation of the effects of its implementation. The paper is based on the premise that the first job of planning is the shaping of the city, i.e. the creation and preservation of place, and the main reason for choosing this particular topic is the lack of thus created values and a generally negative relationship of new construction to the inherited values in downtown Belgrade. Its objective is to point to the need for establishing protocols for the regular evaluation of planning practices in order to ensure their continual improvement. It advocates the view that the analysis of the effects of regulation on the results produced in practice may be a tool for redefining the scale and form of regulation. Its other objective is to point to the fact that some regulatory elements are insensitive to the features of the central zone of Belgrade and to identify the negative effects of their application. An overview of foreign practices is offered in corroboration of the expressed view and as a guideline for the improvement of practice.

Rescaling of Access and Property Relations in a Frontier Landscape: Insights from Jambi, Indonesia

The recent expansion of protected areas and oil palm plantations in Jambi (Sumatra), Indonesia, has been notably disruptive. This article investigates the scalar dimensions of land conflicts within a privately managed conservation area. We built on qualitative research focusing on struggles related to the formation of two informal settlements within the conservation area. Results indicate that, especially in the context of rapid rescaling (e.g., decentralization), new power constellations emerge, thereby altering preexisting property relations. We argue that competing scales of meaning and regulation are structuring the ability of actors to access land and, consequently, reflect tensions between structure and agency.

Efficacy of Acceptance and Mindful Based Relapse Prevention Program on Emotion Regulation Difficulty among Alcoholics in Kerala India

Alcoholism is the devastating deadly disease destructively affects the individual, family and society. It is progressive and damaging that controls thinking and emotions of the alcoholic and produces severe consequences on physical and psychological well-being. Dysregulation of emotions is the important causal factor of alcohol dependence and relapse vulnerability. Growing evidence suggests that emotion regulation underlie clinically significant behaviors and psychological difficulties among the alcoholics. In response to these problems researcher integrates a focuses on difficulties in emotion regulation developed an intervention program based on acceptance and commitment strategy along with mindfulness and behavior change process. The study has two phases; Program development and assessment of the efficacy of the program in reducing emotion regulation difficulty thereby total abstinence and replacement of addictive pattern of behavior through experimental methods. Total 32 alcohol dependence randomly assigned to control (N=16) and experimental (N=16) situation. The difficulties in emotion regulation (DERS) scale was administered. The mean, paired sample t-test, independent sample t-test, and Cohen’s d were utilized for data analysis. The null hypothesis tested at 0.05 level of significant. Pre-test and post-test scores of the experimental group showed significant difference (P=0.00) that revealed the effectiveness of the intervention program.

Contentious Politics of Scale: The Global Food Price Crisis and Local Protest in Burkina Faso

Global crises such as the financial crisis, the energy crisis and the food crisis have, without doubt, social, political and ecological repercussions on the local scale. This article explores the mechanisms that mediate global crises into local conflicts. Based on empirical insights, it aims to contribute to the study of how global structures and processes relate to local conflicts and protest. The study analyses conflicts over the high cost of living in Burkina Faso, where intense protests related to the global food crises have occurred. Scale and framing are used as the central analytical concepts. The location of a problem (such as high consumer food prices) on a particular scale (local, national or global) is a politically contested issue. Referring to the conceptual differentiation between ‘scales of regulation’ and ‘scales of meaning’, the article argues that scalar ascriptions and discourses as such are already integral parts of political conflicts and protest.

Mood, Mood Regulation, and Frontal Systems Functioning in Current Smokers, Long-Term Abstinent Ex-Smokers, and Never-Smokers

Indices of mood, mood regulation, and executive functioning were examined in 61 current smokers who have smoked daily for at least one year, 36 ex-smokers who had not smoked a cigarette for at least one year, and 86 never-smokers. All participants completed the following measures online: Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21), the Negative Mood Regulation (NMR) scale, the Frontal Systems Behavior Scale (FrSBe), the Fagerström Test for Cigarette Dependence (FTCD), and the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) followed by Tukey post-hoc tests revealed significant differences (p < .01) such that current smokers indicated worse functioning than both ex-smokers and never-smokers on DASS, NMR, and FrSBe, as well as heavier drinking as measured by AUDIT. These differences remained significant even after controlling for AUDIT scores. Results most plausibly reflect a return to pre-smoking baseline brain function in long-term abstinent ex-smokers.

A Novel Controlling Pulses Distribution Algorithm for PDM Inverter

On account of the features of Pulse Density Modulation (PDM) strategy for the inverter, a novel controlling pulses distribution algorithm is proposed. Using this algorithm, the controlling pulses are distributed more evenly, and the controlling pulse waves are tidiness and no burrs, which avoid the incorrect trigger. In addition, the competitive risk problem, which often occurs in digital circuit, was solved by using Finite State Machine (FSM) theory to generate the controlling pulses. The stateflow circuit model of improved PDM controlled inverter was built and its feasibility was verified by the Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) hardware circuit. The prototype, using FPGA of EP2C5T144C8N as the main chip, has been designed, fabricated and validated. The experimental results certify that the presented approach can enhance the continuity of the output current, decrease the current fluctuation, and widen the scale of power regulation.

The shifting territorialities of the Rhone River’s transboundary governance: a historical analysis of the evolution of the functions, uses and spatiality of river basin governance

For the past decade, water policies have been strongly influenced by the concept of integrated water resource management (IWRM), and the river basin has been regarded as the most relevant scale for water governance. This article is based on the case of the Rhone River. Through historical analysis (from 1870 to the present), we study how the river’s functions evolve, how water users compete to secure their needs, and the effects on the governance structure and on its spatiality. While this governance structure has remained stable for decades, we show how the evolution of water policies (and the emergence of IWRM) and of environmental concerns strongly modified the strategies of actors. We also demonstrate how the governance structure as well as its space and scale of regulation tends to change with the attempt of central States to get back to the centre of the configuration of actors.

The Study on the Impact of Environmental Regulation on the Performance of High-Tech Industry

In the era of knowledge and low-carbon economy, how environmental regulation can affect the performance of high-tech industry has become a hot topic in many academic studies. Basing on the study sample of the high-tech industry, this paper develops the scales of environmental regulation and the performance of high-tech industry, and then tests the impact of environmental regulation on the performance of high-tech industry through SEM. The results show that command-control environmental regulation has insignificant affect on high-tech industry economic performance, ecological performance and technological performance, but incentive environmental regulation and voluntary environmental regulation have significant positive effect on high-tech industry economic performance, ecological performance and technological performance.

중학생의 창의적 사고능력과 자기 효능감, 자기 결정성 동기 간의 관계

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship among self-efficacy, self-determinative motivation and creative thinking ability. And to confirm the relative predictive power of motivation variables in predicting middle school students' creative thinking ability. The instruments used in this study were 'TTCT', 'Self-efficacy' and 'Self - Regulation Scale '. Self-reported response data on these instruments from 212 middle school students in Seoul were analyzed. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, Pearson correlations, multiple stepwise regression analysis by using SPSS 18.0. The major results of this study were as follows; First, the correlations among self-efficacy, self-determinative motivation and creative thinking ability were significant. Second, Task difficulty preferred, self-control efficacy and internal motivation were the best predictor of creative thinking ability in middle school students. This study suggested that Task difficulty preferred, self-control efficacy and internal motivation is essential to improve creative thinking ability in middle school

Mastering scales of environmental regulation

Mastering scales of environmental regulation

Fostering Pre-service Teachers’ Self-Determined Environmental Motivation Through Green Chemistry Experiments

The global environmental crisis intensifies particularly in developing nations. Environmental educators have begun to understand that changing the environmental impact requires not only changes in pro-environmental knowledge and attitudes but also in associated, self-determined motivation. This study was designed to test the hypothesis that a green chemistry curriculum changes Malaysian pre-service teachers’ environmental motivation. Two comparable groups of pre-service teachers participated in this study. The students in the experimental group (N = 140) did green chemistry experiments whereas the control group (N = 123) did equivalent experiments in a traditional manner. Posttest results indicate that there is significant difference between both the groups for intrinsic motivation, integration, identification, and introjections scales and no differences for external regulation and amotivation scales. The qualitative analysis of interview data suggests that the changes are predominantly due to the personal satisfaction that participants derived from engaging in pro-environmental behavior.

The Individual Regulation Component of Group Emotional Intelligence: Measure Development and Validation

Counseling work is increasingly conducted in team format. The methods counseling teams use to manage the emotional component of their group life, or their group emotional intelligence, have been proposed as significantly contributing to group member trust, cooperation, and ultimate performance. Item development, exploratory factor analysis, and evidence of validity for the Group Emotional Intelligence Individual Regulation (GEIQ–IR) scale are described. Exploratory factor analysis yielded three factors to describe group emotional regulation of its members: Caring Orientation, Confronting Members, and Ground Rules. Reliability and evidence of validity were strong.

Test Review: Anger Regulation and Expression Scale

Test Review: Anger Regulation and Expression Scale

Government misjudged scale of health regulation

Government misjudged scale of health regulation