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Influence of Attitudes on the Autonomy of English as a Foreign Language Teachers

Education Sciences
In applied linguistics, teacher professional development and teacher autonomy have long been hot research topics. However, little attention has been paid to the issue of what attitudes teachers hold toward their professional development.
Lina Qian, Xuewu Qin, Ziyu Wei, Haiquan Huang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Farmers' Participation in Messenger‐Based Social Groups And Its Effects on Performance in Irrigated Areas of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov, Abdusame Tadjiev, Nodir Djanibekov, Ajit Govind, Akmal Akramkhanov   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multiple arenas and professional identity : locating and defining the professionalism and accountabilities of the teacher educators in Lesotho

, 2008
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 273-288).Challenged by the granting of institutional autonomy to his institution - the Lesotho National Teachers Training College (now Lesotho College of Education) - the author explores the ...
Oliphant, John Naazi
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Too Complex to Choose? The Role of Heuristics in Shaping Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Income Stabilization Tool in Italy

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT European agriculture is increasingly exposed to economic instability driven by extreme weather events, market volatility, and geopolitical tensions. To manage these growing risks, farmers are encouraged to adopt innovative risk management strategies such as the Income Stabilization Tool (IST), which offers protection against severe income ...
Alice Stiletto, Ruggiero Rippo, Samuele Trestini, Elisa Giampietri, Roberta Raffaelli, Simone Cerroni   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Blockchain‐Based Smart Contracts in US Specialty Crop Marketing: Grower Preferences and Adoption Potential

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using survey and discrete choice experiment data, we examined US specialty crop growers' preferences for marketing contract attributes in the context of emerging blockchain‐based technologies and expanding traceability initiatives. Results show that farmers preferred traditional written contracts but might be willing to accept digital ...
Elizabeth Canales, Alba J. Collart, Matthew G. Interis, Esther Mmenaa Agyemang‐Duah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Registered nurses’ perceptions and experiences of autonomy: a descriptive phenomenological study

BMC Nursing, 2019
Background Professional autonomy is a key concept in understanding nurses’ roles in delivering patient care. Recent research exploring the role of autonomy in the nursing work environment indicated that English and American nurses had differing ...
Titilayo Olufunke Oshodi, Benjamin Bruneau, Rachel Crockett, Francia Kinchington, Shoba Nayar, Elizabeth West   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Automation of Surgical Workflow Recognition: Unveiling the Surgical Instrument Kinematics that Underly Robot‐Assisted Prostatectomy Procedures

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
Automated procedural analysis is recognized as one of the major game changers for robotic surgery. Meaning digital analysis needs to replace the manual assessments that set todays standard. Mechanical robotic‐instrument tracking enables the derivation of quantitative kinematic metrics that support behavior‐based workflow segmentation into distinct ...
Kateryna Pirkovets, Matthias N. van Oosterom, Vera A. Ottens, Henk G. van der Poel, Fijs W. B. van Leeuwen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Practice teaching: professional identity and role recognition

, 2013
Practice teachers have a significant role in leading education in clinical practice and in the preparation, assessment and ‘signing off’ of post-registration specialist practice students at the end of their programme.
Adams, Karen
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Deep Learning‐Assisted Design of Mechanical Metamaterials

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
This review examines the role of data‐driven deep learning methodologies in advancing mechanical metamaterial design, focusing on the specific methodologies, applications, challenges, and outlooks of this field. Mechanical metamaterials (MMs), characterized by their extraordinary mechanical behaviors derived from architected microstructures, have ...
Zisheng Zong, Pu Wen, Zhiping Chai, Dunxuan Wu, Han Ding, Zhigang Wu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Large Language Model in Materials Science: Roles, Challenges, and Strategic Outlook

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
Large language models (LLMs) are reshaping materials science. Acting as Oracle, Surrogate, Quant, and Arbiter, they now extract knowledge, predict properties, gauge risk, and steer decisions within a traceable loop. Overcoming data heterogeneity, hallucinations, and poor interpretability demands domain‐adapted models, cross‐modal data standards, and ...
Jinglan Zhang, Xinyi Chen, Xu Ye, Yulin Yang, Bin Ai   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source