Studien undersökte lärarstudenters uppfattning om en kommuns arbetsgivarattraktivitet. Studien syftade till att undersöka sambandet mellan Kommunens arbetsgivarattraktivitet och lärarstudenters kännedom om Kommunen och huruvida kännedomen var värdeladdad, samt att undersöka skillnader mellan en Ideal arbetsgivares attraktivitet och Kommunens arbetsgivarattraktivitet. Studien genomfördes med en enkätundersökning som distribuerades till lärarstudenter. För att undersöka sambandet mellan kännedom samt dess värdeladdning och Kommunens arbetsgivarattraktivitet användes Familiarity Scale och för att undersöka skillnader mellan en Ideal arbetsgivares attraktivitet och Kommunens arbetsgivarattraktivitet användes Employer Attractiveness Scale (EmpAt) bestående av fem dimensioner (Social, Utveckling, Intresse, Tillämpning, Ekonomi). Det första huvudresultatet visade signifikanta samband mellan Kommunens uppfattade arbetsgivarattraktivitet och kännedomsvariablerna, där den värdeladdade kännedomen hade starkast samband med Kommunens arbetsgivarattraktivitet. Det andra huvudresultatet visade signifikanta skillnader mellan en Ideal arbetsgivares attraktivitet och Kommunens arbetsgivarattraktivitet i samtliga dimensioner i EmpAt. / The study examined teachers' perceptions of a municipality's employer attractiveness. The study aimed to investigate the relationship between the Municipality's employer attractiveness and teacher students' knowledge of the Municipality and whether the knowledge was value- charged, and also to examine differences between an Ideal employer attractiveness and the Municipality’s employer attractiveness. The study was conducted with a survey that was distributed to teacher students. To investigate the relationship between knowledge and its value charge and the Municipality's employer attractiveness, the Familiarity Scale was used and to investigate differences between an Ideal employer attractiveness and the Municipality’s employer attractiveness, Employer Attractiveness Scale (EmpAt) consisting of five dimensions (Social, Development, Interest, Application, Economy) was used. The first main result showed significant relationships between the Municipality's perceived attractiveness and the knowledge variables, where the value-charged knowledge had the strongest correlation with the Municipality's attractiveness. The other main result showed significant differences between Ideal employer attractiveness and the Municipality’s employer attractiveness in all dimensions of EmpAt.

>Magister Scientiae - MSc / Over the past 5 years, South Africa has been experiencing a severe drought. This has caused industrial and agricultural processes, to compete for a limited supply of water. Since the economy relies mostly on agricultural activities, water consumption by industrial processes is taking its toll. One of these processes is the introduction of wet flue gas desulphurization (FGD) treatment at Eskom coal fired power stations. This dissertation explores the possibility of using membrane technology as a means of water recovery after the coal combustion flue gas has been treated with wet FGD. A lab-scale permeance testing system was specially built and modified to have complete thermal control of the environment inside the system. The permeance testing system produced a gas, similar to that of a wet FGD treated flue gas, which was then tested. A tubular lab-scale membrane module was designed and produced for the permeance testing system. The permeance figures of both Nitrogen gas and water vapour were determined for the membrane used in module production. These figures coincided with figures provided by the supplier, which warranted successful permeance testing. After success of the lab-scale testing, the data was used to design and develop a pilot-scale membrane module. This module was designed to meet pre-determined requirements as set forth by the project team. Producing lab-scale membrane modules helped identify and address possible problems in pilot-scale module design. This lead to the successful design and construction of a pilot-scale membrane module that could be used to recover the water that is needed to run the wet FGD process.

The purpose of the present study is to compare the 1959 revision of the Columbia Mental Maturity Scale (CMMS) with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) for use as a psychometric instrument for determining the mental ability of mentally retarded male children.

<div>With countless problems facing the world, there is an indispensable need for individuals who are able to persist and succeed in generating virtuous actions to meet unsettling eventualities. There have even been successful attempts to deploy specific wisdom-based curricula and then measure the results. Since the possibility for developing wisdom in the classroom exists, teachers’ perceptions of wisdom and the implicit beliefs that influence their ability to cultivate wisdom in their classroom become important to understand. </div><div>The purpose of this study was to develop and validate the Perception of Wisdom Exploratory Rating (POWER) Scale based on the Polyhedron Model of Wisdom (PMW). According to PMW, components that characterize wisdom are knowledge; reflectivity and self-regulation; moral maturity; openness and tolerance; sound judgment; creativity; and dynamic balance and synthesis. A total number of 585 responses from in-service and preservice teachers with no missing data was collected. Inservice and preservice samples were randomly split into two halves for Exploratory Factor Analysis (n = 290) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (n = 295). In the EFA, the items fit a seven-factor structure, producing the following subscales: knowledge management; self-regulation; altruism and moral maturity; openness; tolerance; sound judgment and decision making; creative thinking. CFA was performed to test the construct validity of the scale. The model did produce a good fit to the data (χ2/df= 1.67, CFI= .92, TLI= .91, RMSEA= .049, and SRMR= .06). With continued testing and revisions, this instrument could be useful for cross-cultural comparison of perceptions of wisdom and identification of barriers to promoting wisdom instruction. It also could be used to identify and compare, across different populations, educators’ perceptions of wisdom and measuring perceptional changes due to designed interventions.</div><div><br></div>

<p>Since teachers’ referrals involve evaluation of students through sustained observation, comprehensive features of giftedness can be identified. In 2007, a project called Having Opportunities Promotes Excellence (HOPE) was launched at Purdue University with funds from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation (Gentry et al., 2015). This 3-year project aimed to help identify giftedness among low-income and ethnically diverse students and serve these students in advanced programs. To do so, the project team created the <i>HOPE Scale</i> (Gentry et al., 2015), an instrument used by teachers to assess the academic and socioemotional characteristics of gifted students. Previous results from Project HOPE served as the foundation for the current studies. This dissertation is comprised of three related research papers investigating the <i>HOPE Scale</i> as an equitable measure for identifying underrepresented students for the gifted services. Following are the purpose and research questions for each of these related studies.</p><p></p><h3><a></a><a>Study 1: Validity Evidence for the <i>HOPE Scale</i> to Identify Gifted Students from Low-Income and Multicultural Families in Korea</a> </h3><div><a></a></div><p></p><h3><a></a><a>Study 2: Exploring Individual and Classroom Characteristics on Students’ Outcome Scores from the <i>HOPE</i> Teacher Rating Scale</a></h3><div><a></a><h3><a></a><a></a><a>Study 3: The Relationship between Students’ Academic Achievement and the <i>HOPE</i> Teacher-rating Scale: Exploration to Equitably Identify Underrepresented Gifted Students</a></h3><br></div>

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Background: There is a high incidence of moderate to severe postoperative pain in patients undergoing neurosurgery. Post-craniotomy headache (PCH) remains undertreated due to the cautious use of opioids in this surgical population. Various alternative analgesics such as acetaminophen and scalp blocks are widely utilized for the treatment of PCH, but this is often inadequate. Although a multimodal approach to the management of PCH may be effective in improved pain relief, only a limited number of randomized controlled trials have explored this. Aim: This study aims to investigate whether or not a multimodal analgesic regime, consisting of gabapentinoids and non-steroidal inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) provides superior pain relief in patients undergoing elective craniotomy compared to the standard of care analgesia utilized at a local South African hospital. Methods: Twenty-seven patients, 18 years or older, scheduled for elective craniotomy for the management of their epilepsy were recruited into this clinical trial. Enrolled participants were randomized into one of two groups. The experimental group received oral 150mg pregabalin one hour before surgery, IV 40mg parecoxib at surgical closure, and oral 150mg pregabalin two hours after surgery. The control group received a matching placebo at these respective time points. Postoperatively, all patients received standard of care analgesia consisting of 24 hours IV paracetamol and additional analgesia as required (prn). Pain assessments using the numerical rating scale (NRS) and visual analogue scale (VAS) were performed at 1 hour, 8 hours, 24 hours, 48 hours and 72 hours postoperatively. Additional analgesia consumption, postoperative nausea and vomiting, as well as the incidence of any adverse events were captured. Results: Patients who received placebo showed an average trend of higher mean NRS pain scores compared to patients receiving pregabalin and parecoxib, although there was no significant difference (p = 0.218) in the maximum mean NRS pain scores between the experimental and control groups. However, patients who received pregabalin and parecoxib consumed significantly less dihydrocodeine than those who received placebo (p = 0.029). No significant differences were identified in use of other additional opioids and non-opioid analgesia during the first 24 postoperative hours. Conclusion: There is insufficient evidence to confirm that the perioperative use of pregabalin and parecoxib reduces PCH in patients undergoing elective craniotomy. The study medication did, however, result in a significant reduction in the use of postoperative dihydrocodeine, although it was also associated with higher rates of reported blurred vision and dizziness.

Attorneys are at an increased risk of negative psychological and physical effects due to stressors in their careers. The purpose of this study was to identify if sex crime attorneys and homicide attorneys identify with significant psychological changes throughout their careers. The framework for this study was theoretical in nature and utilized the social cognitive processing theory. This quantitative study (N = 28) included the use of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire, and the Multi-Dimensional Emotional Empathy Scale. A minimal significance was found correlating a decrease in aggression to years of experience as an attorney. There was no significance between alcohol intake, emotional empathy, and years of experience as an attorney. An insufficient number of participants may have affected any potential correlations. A correlation between career stressors and negative effects on a personal or professional degree would be cause for implementing techniques to improve professional and personal morale, limit life stressors, and improve overall health. Providing assistance to those who are at risk of negative behaviors due to their career would prevent future immediate and long-term treatments, increasing their quality of life.

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