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Modelling the Incremental Value of Personality Facets: The Domains‐Incremental Facets‐Acquiescence Bifactor Model

European Journal of Personality, EarlyView., 2020
Abstract Personality can be described at different levels of abstraction. Whereas the Big Five domains are the dominant level of analysis, several researchers have called for more fine‐grained approaches, such as facet‐level analysis. Personality facets allow more comprehensive descriptions, more accurate predictions of outcomes, and a better ...
Daniel Danner, Clemens M. Lechner, Christopher J. Soto, Oliver P. John, René Mõttus   +4 more
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Trends in confidence in public institutions: A comparative analysis of the Baltic countries

Politics in Central Europe, 2017
The paper focuses on the variation of institutional confidence in the Baltic countries. Within of framework of qualitative comparative framework, it employs a historical approach to detect causes of divergence of trust in rule of law institutions between
Gudžinskas Liutauras
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25 Years of the Baltic States Independence: from the Soviet to the European Union

Контуры глобальных трансформаций: политика, экономика, право, 2018
As soon as the Baltic states gained independence in 1991, they targeted, in terms of domestic and foreign relations’ development, reorientation to the West and integration into Euro-Atlantic structures. Whereas NATO (under leadership of the United States)
V. V. Vorotnikov
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How can welfare regime and production regime theories explain differences in schools’ ability grouping policies? A comparative study using the PISA school survey

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research evidence is mixed on the consequences of ability grouping policies, but most research has found an overrepresentation of disadvantaged social demographics in low‐ability groups. However, researchers have neglected to explain why ability grouping policies vary between countries.
Monica Reichenberg, Girma Berhanu, Lena Fridlund   +2 more
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Formation of the Management Information System in the Education Sector and the Development of the Education System of the Republic of Belarus Based on the Experience of Estonia

Цифровая трансформация, 2019
The article considers the issues of formation and maintenance of an integrated information management system in the education sector, as well as the development of e-education on the example of the Republic of Estonia — a regional and one of the world ...
P. A. Lis, D. A. Kachan, V. I. Slizh, A. B. Belsky   +3 more
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Contextual and Individual-Personal Predictors of Russians’ Adaptation in Estonia and Kyrgyzstan

Национальный психологический журнал
Background. Acculturation strategy choice and success of adaptation to new cultural environment depend both on individual characteristics of participants of intercultural interaction and on characteristics of the context.
Anastasia V. Trifonova , Nadezhda M. Lebedeva   +1 more
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Re‐thinking teachers' professional development: An analysis of National Professional Qualifications for school leaders in England

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This article considers how teachers' professional development could be redeveloped to help address the current crisis in teacher recruitment and retention by offering greater intellectual rigour and more opportunities for intellectual growth. Our analysis is focused on the UK government's current policy for leadership development in schools in
Mark Innes, Elizabeth Gregory, Louisa Dawes   +2 more
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Engineered Bacterial Ligand From Streptococcus pneumoniae on Macroporous Resins for Selective Affinity Capture of Secretory IgA

Biotechnology and Bioengineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA) is a promising emerging biopharmaceutical candidate, but it currently lacks a standardized platform for purification. To address this, a novel affinity chromatography resin was developed by immobilizing protein variants of the Streptococcus pneumoniae surface protein, SpsA, as an affinity ligand.
David Scheich, Andres Männik, Oliver Meikar, Joan Teyra, Laura Kibena, Sebastiaan Eeltink, Rainer Hahn, Alois Jungbauer, Nico Lingg   +8 more
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Shaping research in marine functional connectivity for integrated and effective marine science and management

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Effective knowledge of ecological connectivity at sea and at the land–sea interface is key to supporting global policy goals to conserve and restore ocean biodiversity and function. However, a persistent lack of commonality in terminology and understanding around the concept of connectivity in marine ecological studies hampers its integration ...
Audrey M. Darnaude, Susanne E. Tanner, Andreu Blanco, Anna M. Sturrock, Yael Teff Seker, Angel Pérez‐Ruzafa, Jonne Kotta, Tamar Guy‐Haim, Francisco R. Barboza, Manuel Hidalgo, Katell Guizien, Jerneja Penca, Lucía López‐López, Maria Beger, Federica Costantini, Sophie Arnaud‐Haond, Cynthia Riginos, Kris Hostens, Gil Rilov, Stelios Katsanevakis, Ewan Hunter   +20 more
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Contextualising regional policy for territorial cohesion in Central and Eastern Europe

Hungarian Geographical Bulletin, 2015
This conceptual paper discusses key instruments for territorial cohesion in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) from a comparative historical analytical perspective amidst the neoliberalisation of EU Regional Policy, which has implications for the ...
Bradley Loewen
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