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How Learners’ Heterogeneity in Proficiency May Disrupt Their Positive Emotions and Progress in Three Levels of English Foreign Language Classes

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This cross‐sectional quantitative study focuses on the effect of practices in the educational context such as streaming on the relationships between foreign language learner emotions and proficiency. Participants were 413 Mexican English Foreign Language learners in a higher education institution in Mexico.
Jean‐Marc Dewaele, Kazuya Saito‐van Poeteren, Juan Olmeda González   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Análisis estadístico de la realidad socioeconómica en Andalucía. Una aproximación a escala municipal [PDF]

Investigaciones Regionales - Journal of Regional Research, 2010
En este trabajo aplicamos las técnicas multivariantes de Análisis Factorial y Análisis Cluster a un amplio espectro de indicadores relativos a los entornos físico, demográfico, económico y social a nivel municipal, con la finalidad de extraer un número ...
Eugenia M.ª Cruces Pastor, M.ª Dolores Sarrión Gavilán, Julia de Haro García   +2 more
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Psychometric Properties of the Brazilian 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey Version 2 (SF-12v2)

Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto), 2015
The 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey, in its initial (SF-12) and revised form (SF-12v2) is a widely used measure to evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The present study evaluates the factor structure and reliability of the Brazilian version
Bruno Figueiredo Damásio, Thiago Francisco Andrade, Sílvia Helena Koller   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Psychometric framework for coexistence with large carnivores

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 5, October 2026.
Abstract Human–carnivore coexistence is essential for biodiversity conservation, yet measuring the attitudes and behaviors that support it remains methodologically challenging. We developed psychometric scales to assess willingness to coexist with carnivores and the underlying beliefs of this coexistence through an iterative expert elicitation process ...
Benjamin Ghasemi, Gerard Kyle, Tara Teel, Rebeca Niemiec, Kevin Crooks, Jenny Anne Glikman, Neil H. Carter, John A. Vucetich, Michelle L. Lute, Stewart Breck, Beatrice Frank, Dana Hoag, Jonathan Salerno, Lily M. van Eeden, Jeremy T. Bruskotter   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring Governance or Wealth? Construct Validation of AI Readiness Indices

Policy &Internet, Volume 18, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Many are the promises of artificial intelligence and the indices claiming to measure government readiness for it. This study provides the first construct validity investigation of the Oxford Insights Government AI Readiness Index, the Tortoise Global AI Index, and the IMF AI Preparedness Index, using a nine‐test battery and drawing on ...
Anis Ben Brik
wiley   +1 more source

Cálculo de un indicador de calidad de vida básico para Bogotá por secciones censales mediante análisis factorial

Perspectiva Geográfica, 2019
El artículo tiene como objetivo calcular y espacializar un indicador de calidad de vida básico por secciones censales para Bogotá, según la información disponible del censo del año 2005.
Diva Marcela Garcia Garcia, José Mario Mayorga Henao, Rafael Andrés Barrera Gutiérrez   +2 more
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Climatic niche position predicts population dynamics in Mediterranean shrubs after drought

Journal of Ecology, Volume 114, Issue 8, August 2026.
Climatic conditions closer to the species' climatic niche centroid generally resulted in higher population growth in two Mediterranean shrubs, but demographic responses differed between species and were further influenced by drought‐induced vegetation die‐off.
Teresa Sánchez‐Mejía, Maria Paniw, Francisco Lloret   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Fear of Domination Affects Public Support for International Organizations: A Conjoint Experiment Approach

Politics &Policy, Volume 54, Issue 4, August 2026.
ABSTRACT We theorize the notion of “fear of domination” and argue that people rely on a series of realist heuristics to gauge their support for an IO. Based on realist thinking, we hypothesize that individuals are less likely to support IOs that are subject to domination or manipulation.
Shih‐chan Dai, Navida Chun‐han Wang, Yao‐Yuan Yeh   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

El afecto y sus dimensiones: Modelos contrastados mediante análisis factorial confirmatorio de la Escala PANAS

Liberabit, 2016
Dentro de las mediciones mediante autorreporte, una de las escalas más mencionadas en la literatura científica sobre las emociones es la Escala de Afecto Positivo y Negativo (PANAS). Teniendo en cuenta las investigaciones precedentes, el presente trabajo tiene un objetivo principal, el de replicar en una muestra de estudiantes universitarios argentinos
Flores Kanter, Pablo Ezequiel, Medrano, Leonardo Adrián   +1 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Evolution of research on global amphibian declines

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 1, February 2026.
Abstract In the late 1980s, the scientific community became aware of severe, enigmatic amphibian population declines. These declines triggered a wave of research focused on quantifying their extent and identifying key drivers. We used text‐analysis techniques, including topic modeling and geoparsing, to examine the evolution of research focused on ...
Jordann Crawford‐Ash, Maldwyn John Evans, Tamilie Carvalho, Jodi J. L. Rowley, Trenton W. J. Garner, Erin Muths, Ben C. Scheele   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source