scholarly journals Young People’s Response to The Response: The Impact of Political Diversity and Media Framing on Discussions of Combatant Tribunals

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Stoddard ◽  
Jason Chen
Keyword(s):  
Media Framing ◽  
Political Polarization ◽  
Short Film ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Conservative Group ◽  
Guantanamo Bay ◽  
Political Views ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Mixed Groups ◽  
The Impact

This article presents results of a study of the impact of political dynamics on group deliberations of issues presented in the short film The Response. We selected four groups of 18-22 year-old participants based on political views, engagement, and efficacy (liberal, conservative, and two mixed groups), and asked them to view and discuss issues presented in The Response related to the combatant status review tribunals held at Guantanamo Bay. We found the groups with mixed political views had higher quality discussions of the issues and a better understanding of the issues post-discussion – in particular the tension between national security versus individual rights and of the nature of the tribunals. We also found a significant number of conservative group members became more conservative in their views as a result of their discussion. We discuss implications for secondary and post-secondary education as well as for political polarization overall in society.

Developing Pre-Service Teachers’ Skills in Post-Secondary Transition Through Applied Practice

2021 ◽  
pp. 875687052098230
Author(s):  
Kelly Ann Swindlehurst ◽  
Ann Bassett Berry
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Transition To Adulthood ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Program Improvement ◽  
Teacher Preparation Program ◽  
Secondary Transition ◽  
Preparation Program ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
The Impact

The need for special educators who can support students with disabilities in the transition to adulthood is well documented in the literature. In this article, we will report on the program improvement efforts by one university to embed more evidence-based transition practices into their pre-service teacher preparation program with the support of a state personnel development grant. Key aspects of the program revision will be outlined and accompanied by online resources for faculty to utilize when seeking to improve their special education preparation program in the area of post-secondary transition. The pre-service teachers’ perceptions of the impact of the revision are included in the discussion; along with suggestions for future directions, research, and work in rural areas.

Health, happiness and your future: using a “men’s group” format to work with homeless men in London

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 403-418
Author(s):  
Kate Thompson ◽  
Pippa Brown ◽  
Stephanie Vieira
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychosocial Issues ◽  
Horn Of Africa ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Homeless Men ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Future Work ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe an intervention with a group of homeless men from the Horn of Africa, service users of the Horn of Africa Health and Wellbeing Project in London. The group was conceived by the second author who noted the presence of significant psychosocial issues for her clients, but equally their reluctance to access mainstream mental health or social care services. Design/methodology/approach Designing the group and introducing it to the men involved threw up some challenges which are explored, and the impact of the group on participants is evaluated. Findings Overall both the participants and the facilitators evaluated the group positively and it appeared to have led to lasting change for some of the group members, and this is described. The authors argue that this sort of group may be a more acceptable way to work on psychosocial issues than something more directly focused on mental health intervention. The group protocol is outlined along with suggestions for future work in this area. Originality/value This intervention represents a creative alternative to more mainstream psychological interventions for homeless or exiled men.

Measuring the Impact of Post-Secondary Education in Prison

1998 ◽  
Vol 27 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 87-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Duguid ◽  
Colleen Hawkey ◽  
Wayne Knights
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Post Secondary Education ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals The Long-Term and Geographically Constrained Effects of Campaign Advertising on Political Polarization and Sorting

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Travis N. Ridout ◽  
Erika Franklin Fowler ◽  
Michael M. Franz ◽  
Kenneth Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Political Advertising ◽  
Political Polarization ◽  
Political Elites ◽  
The Past ◽  
Mass Public ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Media Markets ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Campaign Advertising

Scholars agree that there has been an increase in polarization among political elites, though there continues to be debate on the extent to which polarization exists among the mass public. Still, there is general agreement that the American public has become more sorted over the past two decades, a time during which political ad volumes have increased and ads have become more negative. In this research, we explore whether there is a link between the two. We take advantage of variation in the volume and tone of political advertising across media markets to examine the link between advertising and three dependent variables: issue polarization, affective polarization, and sorting. We focus on the impact of both recent ad exposure and cumulative ad exposure across several election cycles. Ultimately, we find little impact of advertising on polarization or sorting, both overall and among subgroups of the population.

scholarly journals Political Polarization and Movie Ratings: Web Scraping The Brazilian Contemporary Scenario

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno De Oliveira Chagas ◽  
Ana Paula Moritz
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Political Polarization ◽  
Web Scraping ◽  
Movie Ratings ◽  
The Impact

Our work aims to analyze the impact of political polarization on movieratings at the IMDB platform. For that we explore the concepts of Word ofMouth and Buzz marking the important role they play on polarized opinionsin movie ratings.We develop a code on python to perform web-scrapping onthe sample scope of Brazilian movies and interpret the data collected using acontroversiality index based on standard deviation. The outcome sheds somelight into the relation between Buzz and Controversiality within theframework of Brazil’s current political scenario.

scholarly journals Resuming In-Person Classes under COVID-19: Evaluating Assigned Seating Protocols in Limiting Contacts at Postsecondary Institutions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Daly-Grafstein ◽  
Patricia Daly ◽  
Reka Gustafson
Keyword(s):  
Returning Students ◽  
Postsecondary Institutions ◽  
Contact Tracing ◽  
Severe Illness ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Pandemic Response ◽  
Enrollment Data ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Reducing Potential

In order to limit the spread of COVID-19, Canadian postsecondary institutions are offering the majority of classes online for the 2020-21 academic year. The goal of Canada's public health pandemic response is to reduce severe illness and mortality from COVID-19 while minimizing social disruption. To achieve this goal, post secondary institutions need practical tools to limit COVID-19 spread and facilitate contact tracing while returning students to in-person instruction. In this paper, we explore the impact of assigned seating for students attending in-person classes in reducing potential contacts. We conduct a variety of seating simulations using student enrollment data and measure the number of potential contacts under each scenario. We find that assigning seats to students significantly reduces the expected number of contacts relative to random seating, making the return to in-person classes more feasible under these scenarios.

scholarly journals MODULATORY ANTI- DIARRHEAL EFFECTS OF ASCORBIC ACID IN SWISS ALBINO MICE

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-17
Keyword(s):  
Ascorbic Acid ◽  
Adrenergic Receptor ◽  
Castor Oil ◽  
Docking Study ◽  
Binding Affinities ◽  
Molecular Docking Study ◽  
Receptor Blocking ◽  
Swiss Mice ◽  
Mixed Groups ◽  
The Impact

Ascorbic acid (AA) has been reported for the management of diarrhea. The anti-diarrheal potential and modulatory activities of AA on some commonly used anti-diarrheal drugs were investigated. For this purpose, the activities of AA on castor oil-induced diarrhea in Swiss mice were examined. As standard anti-diarrheal agents, we used prazosin, propranolol, loperamide, and nifedipine with or without AA. The results revealed that AA at 25 mg/kg (i.p.) and all other standard drugs exhibited significant (p < 0.05) diarrheal attenuating activities in mice. However, the impact was more pronounced in the loperamide and propranolol groups. AA administrated with prazosin and propranolol had a higher rate of latent periods and a lower rate of diarrheic secretion during the study period (4 h) than that of the other single or mixed groups. Furthermore, a molecular docking study illustrated that AA displayed good binding affinities with (α1) (–5.2 Kcal/mol), α2b (–5.4 Kcal/mol), α2c (-5.6 Kcal/mol), β1(–5.3 Kcal/mol) and β2(–6.4 Kcal/mol) adrenoceptors. Of note, AA exerted a significant anti-diarrheal effect and it was seen to modulate the anti-diarrheal effects of α- and β-adrenergic receptor blocking agents in Swiss mice.

scholarly journals Large pension funds and the corporate governance practices of Brazilian companies

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Miguel de Oliveira ◽  
Ricardo Pereira Câmara Leal ◽  
Vinicio de Souza Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Institutional Investors ◽  
Pension Funds ◽  
Brazilian Government ◽  
Good Corporate Governance ◽  
Political Views ◽  
Governance Practices ◽  
Corporate Governance Quality ◽  
The Impact

We do not find any consistent evidence that the presence of the largest Brazilian pension funds as relevant shareholders is associated to higher corporate governance scores by public Brazilian companies. Even though companies with institutional investors as relevant shareholders presented a higher average corporate governance score than other companies, they were also larger and had greater past profitability than other companies, which are common attributes of firms with better corporate governance according to the literature. The impact of Brazilian institutional investors on the corporate governance quality of their investees is either negligible or cannot be captured by the proxies we employed. Finally, we note that these two pension funds may represent the policy and political views of the incumbent Brazilian government and that the actions of their board appointees may or not reflect what is understood as good corporate governance practices.

scholarly journals Teknologi pengolahan hasil perikanan untuk meningkatkan perekonomian petani ikan di Desa Sungai Geringging, Kecamatan Kampar Kiri, Kabupaten Kampar, Riau

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 498-505
Author(s):  
Sukendi Sukendi ◽  
Dewita Dewita ◽  
Thamrin Thamrin ◽  
Ridwan Manda Putra ◽  
Windarti Windarti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fish Farming ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Business Group ◽  
B Value ◽  
Snack Food ◽  
Service Activity ◽  
Group Members ◽  
C Value ◽  
Fishery Products ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this community service activity is to provide knowledge and technology to the community from the Sinar Mentari Business Group, Sungai Geringging Village, Kampar Kiri District, Kampar Regency, in terms of processing fishery products into snack food products in the form of fish brains, fish dragon feet, and processing methods. packing and the process of presenting the resulting product better. The method used is the method of lectures, discussions, and direct practice on how to process fishery products. The results of this evaluation found that there had been a change in knowledge of 6 members of the Sinar Mentari Business Group, which showed that 5 people (83.33%) had been able to absorb the material given with a very good predicate (grade A), 1 person (16.67 %) can absorb the material given with a good predicate (B value), while those who get a sufficient predicate (C value) and poor predicate (D value) are not found. Based on the results of this evaluation, it is known that the skill level of the members of the Sinar Mentari Business group, it turns out that they have been able to process fishery products into snack food products in the form of fish brains, fish dragon legs and the process of packing as well as the process of presenting products independently and better. Meanwhile, the impact of this activity is that the housewives of Karya Mandiri Cultivator Group members have succeeded in having side activities to help their family's economy in the form of processing fish farming products.

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