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Journal articles on the topic "Highest goal"
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Pulatova, Nodirakhon. "Providing human rights in society's development - our highest goal." Общество и инновации 1, no. 2 (2020): 64–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.47689/2181-1415-vol1-iss2-pp64-72.
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The article analyzes the essence of human rights and freedoms. Relations between people are regulated by social norms of conduct. In the system of social relations, norms of morality and law are considered the basic norms of regulation. Human rights exist in both moral and legal norms. The author of the article believes that human rights and freedom are a system of philosophical concept of the worldvision of a man's essence. At the same time it is possible to recognize that human rights is the system consisting of principles of politeness and morality and norms of law, socially regulating relations between people.
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Crone, Travis S., and Denise R. Beike. "Priming the nonconscious goal to self-actualize: Can even the highest order goals be primed nonconsciously?" Humanistic Psychologist 40, no. 3 (2012): 274–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08873267.2012.656781.
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Kocherov, Sergey. "Aristotle on happiness as the highest goal of the state." ΣΧΟΛΗ. Ancient Philosophy and the Classical Tradition 14, no. 2 (2020): 470–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.25205/1995-4328-2020-14-2-470-482.
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The paper explores the key assertion of Aristotelian “Politics” that a state is formed primarily for the good life. Aristotle’s views on the essence, purpose and the best constitution of a state are analyzed in comparison with Socrates’ and Plato’s doctrine of an ideal state. The author investigates an Aristotelian interrelation between people’s understandings of happiness and their choice of a form of government and approval of a state policy. It is demonstrated that the Aristotelian idea of a state designed for the good life entered the Western political philosophy paradigm and has exerted a determining influence on the formation of a common good notion and the concept of a welfare state. The paper concludes that the choice between “the Aristotelian state” and “the Platonic state” is not only stipulated by historical and cultural reasons, but is at the same time existential for each nation.
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Macato, Dannilyn. "CAS stakeholders’ awareness and acceptability on the university philosophy, vision, mission, goal, college goal and program objectives." DMMMSU Research and Extension Journal 5 (December 1, 2021): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.62960/dmmmsu.v5i.3.
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This descriptive study determined the awareness and acceptability of the various stakeholders of the College of Arts and Sciences on the University’s PVMG, college goal and the objectives of the four programs it offered. Survey questionnaires were administered to a total of 615 respondents including faculty member, students, parents, cooperating agencies, and service barangays. Results of the study revealed that stakeholders generally had high awareness of the DMMMSU Philosophy, Vision, Mission, and Goal, as well as the college goal and program objectives. CAS faculty members had the highest awareness while the service barangay had a relatively lower awareness, among the other stakeholder groups. Moreover, the CAS faculty members and students, as internal stakeholders, gave the highest acceptance of the DMMMSU Philosophy, Vision, Mission, and Goal, as well as the college goal and program objectives which signified that they fully understood and accepted the PVMGO statements.
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Rustam Mohd Rameli, Mohd, Azlina Mohd Kosnin, Yeo Kee Jiar, and Zakiah Mohamad Ashari. "Cluster analysis on Malaysian student’s achievement goals orientation in mathematics from multiple goal perspective." International Journal of Engineering & Technology 7, no. 2.10 (2018): 113. http://dx.doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i2.10.10967.
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This study examined students’ achievement goal orientation by applying multiple goals perspective in learning Mathematics. This person-centered approach study involved 969 Malaysian upper secondary school students from 20 selected schools. Results of correlational analysis showed that all the four goal orientations (mastery-approach, mastery-avoidance, performance-approach, and performance-avoidance) correlated moderately (r=.151-.475) to each other. This suggests that students could adopt more than one goal orientation simultaneously. By means of cluster analysis, the notion of simultaneous adoption of goal orientations is supported from which five distinct clusters were extracted, namely mastery-oriented (mean value is higher for the mastery-approach and mastery-avoidance goal), approach-oriented (mean value is higher for mastery and performance-avoidance goal), avoidance-oriented (mean value is higher for mastery and performance-approach goal), demotivated (low mean value for all types of goals) and success-oriented (high mean value for all types of goals). Success-oriented cluster had the highest frequency of students (f=271, 28.0%) while only 3.6% (f=35) of the students were in the demotivated cluster. This study extends the knowledge of how students adopt multiple goals in Mathematics learning. The results have significant impact on mathematics education context of Malaysia.
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Mesquita, Pedro, Bruno Silva, Mauro Rodrigues, et al. "Analysis of goal-scoring in an elite European women’s football teams." Sustainability and Sports Science Journal 1, no. 1 (2023): 16–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.61486/uuga2681.
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Football is one of the sports with more audience and women’s football has undergone a notable evolution at all levels. Scoring goals is the most relevant indicator of success in football. The aims of this study were to analyse, looking for patterns and/or differences in how gools are obtained through European elite women's teams. The goals were analysed through: way of obtaining the goal, type of finishing, type of assistance, time interval in which the goal was scored, assistance zone and finishing zone. A frequency analyses was performed through total number of actions of 174 goals from French and English teams in the respective national championships. The highest percentage of goals was obtained through offensive organization, also giving importance to the number of goals through tactical schemes (set balls). The zone where most goal submissions occur was in the penalty area, and the time interval of the games where the most goals were scored was defined between the 31 and 61 minutes. Differently from men’s, elite women’s football teams obtain the highest percentage of goals through the offensive organization, with a substantial number of goals also being scored through tactical schemes.
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Hyvönen, Katriina, Johanna Rantanen, Mari Huhtala, Bettina S. Wiese, Asko Tolvanen, and Taru Feldt. "Conflicting personal goals: a risk to occupational well-being?" Journal of Managerial Psychology 30, no. 8 (2015): 1034–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jmp-04-2013-0105.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the moderating role of goal conflict in the relationship between the contents of managers’ personal work goals and occupational well-being (burnout and work engagement). Eight goal categories (organization, competence, well-being, career-ending, progression, prestige, job change, and employment contract) described the contents of goals. Goal conflict reflected the degree to which a personal work goal was perceived to interfere with other life domains. Design/methodology/approach – The data were drawn from a study directed to Finnish managers in 2009 (n=806). General linear models were conducted to investigate the associations between goal content categories and occupational well-being and to test whether goal conflict moderates the relationship between goal content categories and occupational well-being. Findings – Career-ending goals related to significantly higher burnout than progression goals. Participants with organization, competence, or progression goals reported the highest goal conflict, whereas participants with well-being, career-ending, or job change goals reported lower goal conflict. Goal conflict was found to have a moderating role: in a high-goal conflict situation, participants with organizational, competence, and progression goals reported lower occupational well-being, whereas participants with job change goals reported higher occupational well-being. Originality/value – The research highlights that both the contents and appraisals (e.g. goal conflict) of personal work goals should be taken into account when investigating the relationship between personal goals and well-being at work.
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Ralston, David J. "The RAMP System: A Template for the Progression of Athletic-Injury Rehabilitation." Journal of Sport Rehabilitation 12, no. 3 (2003): 280–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jsr.12.3.280.
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The RAMP system of athletic-injury rehabilitation, its name an acronym representing its component phases, has its foundation in the frequentreassessment of the injury condition. The patient is progressed systematically through a sequence of rehabilitation goals: management of theacute responses to injury, restoration ofmobility, and successful completion ofperformance goals. The RAMP system designates the current highest-priority rehabilitation goal as the primary objective and any other goals as secondary. This ensures that the pursuit of 1 rehabilitation goal is not at the expense of another, more currently relevant goal. The RAMP system provides a systematic format to help less-experienced clinicians progress injured athletes through the phases of recovery from injury. Daily reassessment of an injury allows the rehabilitation plan to be current and appropriate. The goal-based progression of the system ensures maximum resolution of each rehabilitation objective, contributing to athletes’ optimal return to sport or activity
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Wang, Chee Keng John, Leonard Tan, and Eugene I. Dairianathan. "Achievement Goals, Implicit Theories, and Intrinsic Motivation: A Test of Domain Specificity Across Music, Visual Art, and Sports." Journal of Research in Music Education 66, no. 3 (2018): 320–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022429418784563.
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The purpose of this study was to test the domain specificity of achievement goals across music, visual art, and sports specializations, as measured by Elliot’s 2 × 2 achievement goal framework. Participants in the study were 103 volunteer student teachers from a teacher training institute in Singapore specializing in music, visual art, and physical education. Data were collected via self-report questionnaires that included measures of (a) the 2 × 2 achievement goal orientation constructs; (b) incremental and entity beliefs among the participants in music, visual art, and sports; and (c) participants’ enjoyment, perceived competence, effort, and tension while being engaged in music, visual art, and sports. MANOVA analyses indicated that (a) achievement goals are domain-specific and are highest in participants’ area of specialization; (b) implicit theories can be generalized across the three specializations, with higher incremental beliefs than entity beliefs reported across all specializations; and (c) enjoyment was highest for those who specialized in that particular area. Finally, mastery-approach goals positively predicted enjoyment in each specialization.
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Wohlschläger, Andreas, Merideth Gattis, and Harold Bekkering. "Action generation and action perception in imitation: an instance of the ideomotor principle." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences 358, no. 1431 (2003): 501–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2002.1257.
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We review a series of behavioural experiments on imitation in children and adults that test the predictions of a new theory of imitation. Most of the recent theories of imitation assume a direct visual–to–motor mapping between perceived and imitated movements. Based on our findings of systematic errors in imitation, the new theory of goal–directed imitation (GOADI) instead assumes that imitation is guided by cognitively specified goals. According to GOADI, the imitator does not imitate the observed movement as a whole, but rather decomposes it into its separate aspects. These aspects are hierarchically ordered, and the highest aspect becomes the imitator's main goal. Other aspects become sub–goals. In accordance with the ideomotor principle, the main goal activates the motor programme that is most strongly associated with the achievement of that goal. When executed, this motor programme sometimes matches, and sometimes does not, the model's movement. However, the main goal extracted from the model movement is almost always imitated correctly.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Highest goal"
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Draper, Jason A. "Motivated Knowing in Higher Education| Epistemic Fluency and Goal Pursuit." Thesis, Frostburg State University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10930138.
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<p> This exploratory study was designed to establish a foundation for understanding the relationship between college students’ epistemic fluency, the need (self-concordance); want (self-determination); and ability (self-efficacy) to think about their learning; their regulatory mode orientation (locomotion versus assessment), and their academic goals. A novel instrument measuring both epistemic fluency and regulatory mode orientation was constructed for this purpose. </p><p> Self-efficacy may be the most important element of epistemic fluency as well as the most important moderating factor in goal pursuit. Assessment, a mode of regulatory orientation, and goal activity are inextricably linked. Goal activity may be a metacognitive byproduct of regulatory mode orientation. The differential expression of epistemic fluency and regulatory mode orientation was observable through participant identified academic goals. Personal characteristics such as self-identified racial or gender identity were important moderators in the expression of both epistemic fluency and regulatory mode orientation. Minority or female students had higher factor scores. The extent to which a goal signals intrinsic motivation (value) governs the dynamic allocation of self-regulatory resources more so than the differential time horizons of goals</p><p>
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Pfeffer-Lachs, Carole F. "Assessing goal intent and achievement of university learning community students." Thesis, Florida Atlantic University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3571435.
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<p> The purpose of this study was to assess the goal intent and achievement of university students, during the Fall 2011 semester, at Blue Wave University, a high research activity public institution in the southeast United States. This study merged theories of motivation to measure goal setting and goal attainment to examine if students who chose to participate in a learning community program set goals at different levels than the students who chose not to join a learning community program.</p><p> This study investigated if there was a difference in motivation, by studying goal intent and goal achievement of Freshman Learning Community participants, Living-Learning community participants, or non-learning community participants at Blue Wave University. Data were collected for 363 students who were eligible and responded to the assessment, College Assessment of Readiness for Entering Students (CARES). CARES was developed by Blue Wave University as a pretest, CARES-I (intended) and posttest, CARES-A (achieved). This study analyzed whether or not students, who are classified as First Time In College (FTIC), in the studied groups, had a difference in their level of intended goals, (responses to CARES-I), achieved goals (responses to CARES-A), and the level of change from goal intent to goal achievement (the change in student responses from CARES-I to CARES-A), during their first semester enrolled at Blue Wave University. </p><p> Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to investigate the change from goal intent to goal achievement; results revealed that the level of change was not significantly different for the three groups. All three groups of students achieved fewer goals than they intended. Although the Living-Learning Community participants did not achieve all the goals they set, the ANOVA indicated that the tests were significantly different as Living- Learning Community participants set higher goals and achieved higher goals than the Freshman Learning Community participants or non-learning community participants.</p><p> Moderation analyses concluded that none the seven contextual variables (choice of college, ethnicity, gender, high school grade point average, living on-campus, SAT score, and ACT score) moderated the difference in the level of change from goal intent to goal achievement in this study.</p>
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Sparrow, Heather. "Teaching excellence : an illusive goal in higher education teaching and learning." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2013. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/582.
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In the last decades of the 20th Century, and through the first decade of the 21st Century, both the natural world and human society have experienced dramatic change. Contemporary society world-wide has high expectations of the contribution that universities can make in helping people learn to live with change, to lead change, to manage change, and to support improvement in all spheres of life. The global community seeks ‘excellence’ across all higher education roles: community engagement and leadership, research and innovation, and teaching and learning. However, universities are not always regarded as effective in fulfilling the needs of students, business or communities well.
This portfolio takes excellence in teaching and learning as its central theme. It presents a framework of seven lenses, through which the concept of excellence is analyzed and evaluated; and provides a series of eight papers, reporting on six research projects that investigate different aspects of teaching excellence. The portfolio includes selected examples from a body of work that was undertaken across a ten-year period, within a single university. All the projects were conducted as authentic workplace activities, guided by two primary intentions. Firstly to develop better understandings of the local context, so as to support enhanced decision-making about improving teaching and learning; and secondly, to make positive and practical changes that actively improve the quality of experience and outcomes for all stakeholders.
A variety of research techniques have been used across different studies, however, the overall approach is qualitative, with a focus on rich data collection, analysis and interpretation that respects diverse voices and perspectives. The research approach aims to achieve mutual benefits for participants, researchers, the institution and the wider teaching and learning community. As is appropriate to workplace research, collaboration with administrators and executive leaders, teaching colleagues, research partners and students is a key feature of every study, with the doctoral candidate taking different roles and responsibilities within project teams.
In simplistic terms ‘teaching excellence’ typically implies agreement from a range of stakeholders that the university has relevant, strong programs; good resources and facilities; positive learning and employment environments; competent, highly effective teachers and learners; and perhaps most significantly that it achieves positive desirable outcomes. However, excellence is a problematic and contested concept. Stakeholders have quite different priorities, values and expectations. The needs and preferences of students, employers, the disciplines and professions, academics, and communities, can often act in direct opposition. This can create significant difficulties in defining purpose and goals, and agreeing appropriate investment and resource levels, teaching approaches, and student outcomes. Our knowledge and understanding of effective strategies for teaching, learning and assessment has expanded greatly in recent times; however, universities face many challenges in creating, sustaining and demonstrating teaching excellence. The projects in this portfolio do not offer neat and easy solutions, however they provide extremely valuable evidence: firstly as new knowledge to support local improvement; and secondly to contribute rich, deep insight to affirm, extend and challenge scholarship of teaching and learning in the wider academic community.
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Swain, Sharon Ann. "Impairments in higher cognitive functions following frontal lobe lesions in man." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.338513.
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Cady, Sara C. "Successful student goal completion| A community college case study." Thesis, Capella University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3607436.
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<p> Research studies have shown that one half of all students who begin college fail to realize their goals. This case study of one community college provided a comprehensive examination of best practices developed over several years through strategic enrollment planning. Additionally, this dissertation examined the decision-making processes that brought about changes through interviews and retrieval of archival documents. Both revealed an obvious path that brought about significant organizational change among departments and staff. This study may assist or provide guidance and recommendations for other institutions of higher education seeking to increase student retention.</p>
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Long, Penelope Newton Strand Kenneth H. Hines Edward R. "Goal and strategy perceptions evaluations by college of education and laboratory school faculty and administrators /." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1987. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p8726504.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 1987.<br>Title from title page screen, viewed August 15, 2005. Dissertation Committee: Kenneth H. Strand, Edward R. Hines (co-chairs), Donald S. Kachur, Dennis G. Kelly, Michael Winchell. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 113-119) and abstract. Also available in print.
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Watson, Joan Monahan. "Narcissus Goes to College: A Consideration of Dispositional Narcissism as a Variable for Student Learning in Higher Education." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/37492.
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For over a century, the enigmatic nature of narcissism has been the source of debate across psychological, sociological, and developmental domains. Although much has been written in recent years about narcissism as a generational phenomenon, referencing data collected from university undergraduates, there is little to no applied research and discussion into the implications for teaching and learning with respect to the reciprocal interactions between narcissistic students and traditional undergraduate education. Recognizing this paucity in the literature, the manuscripts within this dissertation draw theoretical and empirical connections between narcissism and learning, highlighting significant relationships between narcissism as a dispositional construct and achievement goal orientation. Through the development of a theoretical Triarchic Model of Dispositional Narcissism and the empirical exploration of its viability, this dissertation is written in accordance with sentiments that suggest educational psychologists seek to improve learning through a more comprehensive recognition of the variables that contribute to cognitive processes. The theoretical design, research, and interpretations within this dissertation seek to provide a heuristic through which educators may develop proactive, interventive instructional models and pedagogies that will encourage all students to improve their learning by engaging in strategies that lead to deeper cognitive and metacognitive processing.<br>Ph. D.
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McGinty, Courtney Kristine. "Interpersonal Goals in College Teaching." Thesis, The Ohio State University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3734676.
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<p> The instructor-student relationship is an important predictor of students' attitudes, motivation, and learning. Students benefit when they believe their instructor cares about them and instructors demonstrate caring for their students by supporting their needs. Instructors can support students' emotionally or academically. However, little is known about instructor characteristics that influence instructors' responsiveness to students. </p><p> Compassionate and self-image goals are powerful predictors of relationship dynamics because of their association with responsiveness (Canevello & Crocker, 2010). Compassionate goals, or goals focused on supporting others out of genuine concern for others' well-being (Crocker & Canevello, 2008), initiate positive relationship cycles. I proposed two types of compassionate goals, focused either on supporting students' learning or supporting students' emotions. I hypothesized that instructors' compassionate goals to support students' learning would be most beneficial to students. Self-image goals, or goals focused on creating and maintaining a desired impression in others' eyes (Crocker & Canevello, 2008), undermine healthy relationships. I proposed two types of self-image goals, focused on appearing either likable or competent and hypothesized that both forms of self-image goals would undermine the instructor-student relationship. </p><p> The present work was the first investigation of the association between college instructors' compassionate and self-image goals and students' experiences in the class. In Study 1, I created a scale to measure instructors' compassionate and self-image goals for teaching. In Study 2, college instructors' compassionate and self-image goals for teaching were used to predict end-of-semester student evaluations. In Study 3, students' interpretations of their instructors' goals were measured and used to predict student evaluations. </p><p> Results indicated that that students respond most positively to instructors' goals to compassionate goals to support their learning. Instructors' compassionate goals to support students' emotions are largely unrelated to students' experiences in the class. Surprisingly, instructors' self-image goals are unrelated to student evaluations. </p><p> Overall, this research advances research in several domains. It advances understanding of effective teaching by indicating that instructors' compassionate and self-image are important components of the college classroom. This research also advances theory on interpersonal goals, as this is the first time that a non-relationship compassionate goal has been identified. </p>
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Rogler, A. (Andreas). "Internationalization of Finnish higher education:policy goals and alumni insights." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2019. http://jultika.oulu.fi/Record/nbnfioulu-201906262642.
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Abstract. This thesis interrogates the influences of neoliberalism on the internationalization of Finnish higher education. It starts with an introduction to the way neoliberalism affects higher education while also providing a short introduction to Finnish higher education. It then combines both concepts and discusses the two policy papers: Better together for a better world — Finnish Internationalization Policies of higher education from 2017 to 2025 and Action Plan Report for Global Education Brand Finland. Neoliberal influences are identified in both papers as the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture thrives at improving the reputation of Finnish higher education by turning it into a brand. The future vision, that is outlined in the two documents, is then compared to the experiences of international alumni who have graduated from the study program Education and Globalization (EdGlo) at the University of Oulu. For this purpose, an alumni research has been conducted. Additionally, the author draws on both his own experiences as an EdGlo student, as well as on feedback sessions with current EdGlo students. Both the alumni research participants and the documents stress the need for an alumni network. The participants overall high student’s satisfaction matches the description of the two policy papers. However, despite the policy papers’ goals of integrating international students into the Finnish working life, the participants struggled to find employment and to continue their academic careers in Finland. Teaching methods in the EdGlo program received a mixed review. Additionally, the survey found student diversity to be a main contributor to students’ satisfaction. Therefore, this thesis explores an alternative way of branding Finnish higher education based on an ethos of diversity and inclusion.
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Rarick, Timothy Michael. "Importance of perceived adulthood and goal pursuit in emerging adult college students." Diss., Kansas State University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/13131.
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Doctor of Philosophy<br>Department of Family Studies and Human Services<br>Rick J. Scheidt<br>Previous research has discovered that most 18-to-25 year olds do not feel they have reached the rite of passage known as adulthood. This period of development, termed “emerging adulthood”, is characterized by identity exploration and myriad possibilities related to who one is and what one wants out of life. Empirical evidence suggests that future goals linked to one’s identity are more likely to be obtained through three actions specified in the Selection-Optimization-Compensation (S.O.C.) model: selecting goals to focus one’s resources, optimizing goal-relevant means, and, when necessary, compensating for losses that may occur in these means. The purpose of this study was (a) to identify the proportions of 18-to-25 year old perceived adults vs. emerging adults in a university sample (n = 828); (b) to assess the degree to which self-reported perceived adult status distinguishes self-reports of achieved adult criteria, goal-pursuit strategies, and subjective well-being, and; (c) to determine the predictive utility of perceived adult status, background characteristics, and goal-pursuit strategies for understanding individual differences in life satisfaction, positive affect (i.e., subjective vitality), and negative affect (i.e., depressive symptoms). Analyses of on-line survey responses indicated that approximately one-fourth (24%) of participants reported they had reached adulthood, and, compared to their emerging adult peers, had achieved more criteria for adulthood and were using more effective goal-pursuit strategies. Step-wise multiple regression analyses revealed that specific background characteristics (e.g., relationship status and GPA) and goal-pursuit strategies (e.g., optimization) were significant and strongest predictors of the participants’ life satisfaction, positive affect, and negative affect. Perceived adult status was a significant moderate predictor of both life satisfaction and positive affect but was unrelated to negative affect. Implications of the findings for developmental researchers, educators, and practitioners are discussed.
Books on the topic "Highest goal"
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Ray, Michael L. The highest goal: The secret that sustains you in every moment. Berrett-Koehler, 2004.
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Vinogradova, Elena, Aleksey Vorob'ev, Igor' Gribov, et al. Kindness, trust, justice, freedom in philosophical and legal thought:. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2025. https://doi.org/10.12737/2151906.
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The authors of the collective monograph set themselves the goal of understanding the nature of the absolute in law, through which its value dimension is revealed. In the history of philosophical and legal thought, this understanding of the essence of law was mainly realized through its correlation with the highest moral idea, primarily in the forms of the idea of absolute goodness and the idea of justice. From this point of view, the teachings of Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Marsilius of Padua, Jean Bodin, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Niccolo Machiavelli, Hugo Grotius, Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, Solovyov, Dostoevsky, Novgorodtsev, Radbruch, and others are analyzed, conceptualized, and correlated with current modern problems of law and the state. It is intended for students, postgraduates, adjuncts and teaching staff of higher educational institutions and research institutions of philosophical and legal fields, as well as for anyone interested in issues of the state, law and civilizational values of society.
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Machado, Carolina, and João Paulo Davim. Higher Education for Sustainable Development Goals. River Publishers, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003333036.
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United States. Dept. of Education, ed. Goals 2000, educate America: Building capacity : higher education and goals 2000. U.S. Dept. of Education, 1993.
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Weingartner, Rudolph H. Undergraduate education: Goals and means. American Council on Education, 1992.
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Nhamo, Godwell, and Vuyo Mjimba, eds. Sustainable Development Goals and Institutions of Higher Education. Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26157-3.
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Saskatchewan. University Program Review Panel. Looking at Saskatchewan universitties: Programs, governance, and goals. Saskatchwan Education, 1993.
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Vernez, Georges. Goal: To double the rate of Hispanics earning a bachelor's degree. Rand Education, Center for Research on Immigration Policy, 2001.
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P, Merisotis Jamie, and O'Brien Colleen T, eds. Minority-serving institutions: Distinct purposes, common goals. Jossey-Bass, 1998.
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Toyama, Yurie, Gen Hayauchi, Fumihiko Nakamura, and Yusuke Kanda. "Structure of the Integration of Mobility as a Service (MaaS) with Urban Policy." In Lecture Notes in Mobility. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-85578-8_99.
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Abstract Mobility as a Service (MaaS) levels have been defined based on the degree of integration. However, many cases have not yet been integrated with the highest level, ‘Integration of Societal Goal’. Therefore, this study focuses on the highest level, level 4, to guide the further development of MaaS. Based on a case studies, the relationship between the ‘Societal Goal’ and MaaS is a fundamental goal and objective to implement MaaS. In addition, the relationship between the integrations from levels 1 to 3 is not in linear steps. Nevertheless, they are choices of means to render MaaS successful under the societal goals. Based on this observation, we proposed a new diagram.
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Navaitienė, Julita, and Eglė Stasiūnaitienė. "The Goal of the Universal Design for Learning: Development of All to Expert Learners." In Inclusive Learning and Educational Equity. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80658-3_2.
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AbstractOver the past 10 years, every learner’s ability to achieve the highest level of learning success has become quite an important topic. The Universal Design for Learning (UDL) sets a goal to allow all learners to achieve their optimal learning experience that matches inclusive education. Learners who can assess their own learning needs set their personal learning goals, and monitor their progress are termed the expert learners (McDowell. Developing expert learners: a roadmap for growing confident and competent students. Corwin, 2019). This chapter focuses on theoretical backgrounds for expert learners’ paradigm. It starts from fundamental constructivist theories and moves towards the theory of self-regulation and cognitive neuroscience approach. It concentrates on the theory of self-determination, which, in our opinion, validates in the best way the nature of the expert learners’ development. Implementation of the Universal Design for Learning allows all learners to access, participate in, and progress in the general-education curriculum. This chapter presents the specific profile of the expert learners covering their main characteristics and qualities and revealing the essence of the UDL framework. Educators could use the profile as the educational guidelines conductive to understand how the process of becoming the expert learner proceeds.
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Sadeh, Reham Zeyad, and Bassam Abu Hijleh. "Investigating the Food Waste Status in the Hospitality Sector of the Emirate of Dubai-UAE." In BUiD Doctoral Research Conference 2023. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56121-4_18.
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AbstractSaving natural resources to sustain a better future for the generations requires focusing mainly on the three pillars of a sustainable society; the social, economic and environmental. In 2015, the world was united to set international goals to reduce the recent, global problems affecting these pillars; the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Goal number 12 focuses on making consumption and production reasonable to lower the use of natural resources and decrease the waste generated consequently. The food loss and waste problem has been the focus of individuals and governments in the last few years as it affects the sustainable vision of the countries. Tackling this issue needs the united efforts of the private and public sectors and is considered under goal SDG 12.3. Food loss is defined as the decrease in food amounts before consumption, mostly in developing countries. While food waste focuses on food thrown out after consumption, left intentionally or thrown away, and mostly in developed countries. The UAE has one of the highest per capita amounts of food waste yearly, around 224 kg. Thus, efforts to tackle the problem have to start, this is in alignment with achieving international targets like SDG 12.3 and national ones such as “Zero Hunger” by 2051. Huge efforts and initiatives in the country are established, mainly focusing on recovering food waste through banks, composting and animal feeds. However, source reduction is considered the top priority in solving the food waste problem. This paper suggests topics to fill the theoretical gap, which was confirmed to be lacking in the country, in finding the causes and drivers of food waste in the hospitality sector of Dubai.
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Childress, Malcolm, Pranab Choudhury, and Jolyne Sanjak. "People-Land Relationships on the Path to Sustainable Food Security." In Land Tenure Security and Sustainable Development. Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81881-4_6.
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AbstractLand tenure security is one driver of success in sustainable agriculture for food security. Here, we review the global rhetoric and evidence trends and map the evidence against both Sustainable Development Goal 2 and the World Food Program definition of Food Security. We recognize how conflict, impacts of climate change, and large-scale land-based investments interact over time with local land tenure, resulting in consequences for sustainable agriculture and food security. We look more closely at these interlinked challenges in South Asia, which has the highest concentration of extreme poverty, hunger, and malnutrition, and focusing in particular on India to highlight emergent lessons from a program that supports small farmers in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal in the context of climate change.
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Gericke, Thore, Volkmar Thomsen, Nik Schwichtenberg, and Alexander Mattes. "User-Centric Energy Efficiency Optimization for Machining." In Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28839-5_53.
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AbstractA user-centric end-to-end machining optimization approach for increased energy efficiency according to the major goal of carbon free production, is presented. By doing so the two major challenges for medium size companies get addressed. First data acquisition with sensors, which only require minimum investment cost by using machine-internal measured values and additional machine parameters. On example applications, it is shown how this combination enables transformation from parameter based to tool load based optimization. This foundation ensures the continuous selection of the process window with highest performance effectiveness of machine tool and cutting tool, regardless if machining anomalies occur. Second a collaborative assistance system, which provides to the machine operator the option for input his specific experience and knowledge, thus making personal contribution to energy savings tangible. Thereby the carbon footprint per manufactured product component gets minimized.
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Abushama, Kareem, Will Hawkins, Loizos Pelecanos, and Tim Ibell. "Optimizing the Embodied Carbon of Concrete, Timber, and Steel Piles with a Case Study." In Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-69626-8_76.
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AbstractThe construction industry is responsible for a considerable share of the carbon emissions annually. Despite the wide body of literature addressing the embodied carbon of superstructures, limited attention is given to the embodied carbon of substructures. This research introduces an optimization algorithm to minimize the embodied carbon of deep foundations. The algorithm is used to optimize and then compare the embodied carbon of concrete, timber, and steel piles at different pile capacities. Results show that for clay soils and low pile capacities, timber piles are the least emitting compared to other materials, while steel piles are the highest emitting. The algorithm is then applied to a case study in London clay and demonstrated embodied carbon savings of up to 76% compared to current pile designs showing a high potential to reduce the embodied carbon and achieve the net-zero future goal in the construction industry.
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Nica, Felicia, and Madalina Moraru. "Diaspora Policies, Consular Services and Social Protection for Romanian Citizens Abroad." In IMISCOE Research Series. Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51245-3_24.
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Abstract Romania is the EU Member State with the highest numbers of emigrants, according to Eurostat. The annual growth of the Romanian diaspora is one of the fastest in the world, and quite recent (over the past 20 years). In light of these developments, the institutional network for engagement with Romanians abroad, first established in the mid-1990s, has recently increased in an attempt to respond to the fast-growing Romanian diaspora. A Ministry entirely dedicated to maintaining the relations with the Romanian diaspora was formally institutionalized 10 years after Romania officially joined the EU in 2017, replacing scattered departments and institutional bodies. However, the role of the recently set up diaspora institutions still needs to be clarified and firmly determined. Policies were developed with the goal of ensuring the integration of Romanian citizens in their countries of residence, but also to encourage return to Romania. In particular, as few other European diaspora populations, the Romanian diaspora is represented in the Romanian Parliament by two Senators and four Deputies who represent the interests of three to five million Romanians abroad.
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"Design goal and reference model." In Design of Nonlinear Control Systems with the Highest Derivative in Feedback. WORLD SCIENTIFIC, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789812569240_0002.
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Wohlschläger, Andreas, Merideth Gattis, and Harold Bekkering. "Action generation and action perception in imitation: an instance of the ideomotor principle." In The Neuroscience of Social Interaction. Oxford University PressOxford, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198529255.003.0006.
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Abstract We review a series of behavioural experiments on imitation in children and adults that test the predictions of a new theory of imitation. Most of the recent theories of imitation assume a direct visual-to-motor mapping between perceived and imitated movements. Based on our findings of systematic errors in imitation, the new theory of goal-directed imitation (GOADI) instead assumes that imitation is guided by cognitively specified goals. According to GOADI, the imitator does not imitate the observed movement as a whole, but rather decomposes it into its separate aspects. These aspects are hierarchically ordered, the highest aspect becomes the imitator’s main goal. Other aspects become sub-goals.
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Pinto-López, Ingrid N., Cynthia Maria Montaudon- Tomas, and Alicia L. Yáñez-Moneda. "Gender Violence in Mexico Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic." In Whole Person Promotion, Women, and the Post-Pandemic Era. IGI Global, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-2364-6.ch008.
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This chapter analyzes gender-based violence in Mexico before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Various indicators related to the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, particularly Goal 5, “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls,” are analyzed. The fuzzy ordering method of Subjective Preferences is used to perform two multidimensional analyses, a global analysis that identifies the position of Mexico with regards to other countries in the American continent and an analysis that identifies the position of each of the states of the Mexican Republic. The results allow the authors to identify the countries with the lowest and highest prevalence of gender-based violence as well as the states of the Mexican Republic with the lowest and highest prevalence of gender-based violence.
Conference papers on the topic "Highest goal"
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Nikolov, Asen, Vesselin Koutev, Olga Nitcheva, Donka Shopova, and Polya Dobreva. "CORRELATION OF REMOTE SENSING DATA (NDVI) WITH GROUND MEASURED DATA." In 24th SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference 2024. STEF92 Technology, 2024. https://doi.org/10.5593/sgem2024/5.1/s20.08.
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The overall objective of using Normalized Digital Vegetation Index � NDVI is to improve the analysis of vegetation information with remote sensing data. Such estimates are often derived by correlating the NDVI values measured remotely with the ground measured values of some variables. In the conditions of the experiment carried out with zucchini the NDVI index was measured with a Trimble Green Seeker handheld sensor at the full growth. Applied fertilizers contain various nitrogen and phosphorus sources, including ammonium and nitrate, phosphates, and polyphosphates. The highest NDVI value (0.802) was obtained with ammonium nitrate from nitrogen treatments without phosphorus fertilization. The nitrogen source fertilizer with the highest NDVI on a polyphosphate background was KSC - 0.800. The same fertilizer performed best in an orthophosphate background, with an NDVI of 0.815. Best NDVI values were obtained on orthophosphate background. Obtained results are statistically proven. Stronger correlation coefficient exists between NDVI and Zucchini yield � 0.72. The overall goal of using Normalized Digital Vegetation Index � NDVI to improve the analysis of vegetation information with remote sensing data is successful.
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Masuyama, F., and H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia. "Creep Strength of High Cr Ferritic Steels Designed Using Neural Networks and Phase Stability Calculations." In AM-EPRI 2007, edited by R. Viswanathan, D. Gandy, and K. Coleman. ASM International, 2007. https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.am-epri-2007p0551.
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Abstract The highest creep rupture strength of recent 9-12% Cr steels which have seen practical application is about 130 MPa at 600°C and 100,000 h. While the 630°C goal may be realized, much more work is needed to achieve steam temperatures up to 650°C. Conventional alloy development techniques can be slow and it is possible that mathematical models can define the most economical path forward, perhaps leading to novel ideas. A combination of mechanical property models based on neural networks, and phase stability calculations relying on thermodynamics, has been used to propose new alloys, and the predictions from this work were published some time ago. In the present work we present results showing how the proposed alloys have performed in practice, considering long term creep data and microstructural observations. Comparisons are also made with existing enhanced ferritic steels such as Grade 92 and other advanced 9-12%Cr steels recently reported.
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Pint, B. A., and J. R. Keiser. "Alloy Selection for High Temperature Heat Exchangers." In CORROSION 2006. NACE International, 2006. https://doi.org/10.5006/c2006-06469.
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Abstract Various commercial alloys are being investigated for use as shield tubes in a high temperature heat exchanger for a black liquor gasification system at a paper mill. As a first step in the selection process, laboratory air exposures are being conducted at 900°-1100°C for times &gt;36,000h to model lifetime as a function of tube wall thickness. The results at the highest temperature illustrate the performance difference between alumina- and chromia-forming alloys. Alumina-formers of sufficient thickness can be expected to meet the 40,000h lifetime goal at 1100°C. Among the chromia-forming alloys, those with a reactive element addition showed better performance at 1100°C. Variations in specimen thickness for one of the most promising chromia-forming alloys showed no change in the oxidation rate, and little increase in the time to breakaway oxidation, with increasing thickness. Characterization of the reaction zone after oxidation showed significant internal oxidation for most of the chromia-forming alloys at these temperatures.
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Lee, Seong-Min, Won-Ihl Cho, Seung-Ho Lee, Young-Soon Baek, and Young Tai Kho. "Installation Machinery for inside the Ditch Application of Heat Shrink Sleeves." In CORROSION 2001. NACE International, 2001. https://doi.org/10.5006/c2001-01614.
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Abstract New equipment for heat shrink sleeve installation has been developed, which is integrated for the application in-the-ditch construction. It utilizes a radiation burner that uses a catalytic combustion and LPG. Traditional manual installment by only using a gas flame torch has shown insufficient heat generation and non-uniform heating of all areas of the sleeve, resulting in poor performance and corrosion occurring (especially at the 6 o’clock position of pipe). Thus the machine was developed in order to cope with the phenomena, and the goal was achieved by using it together with flame torch at the final application stage. The adhesive strength around the pipe theoretically should always show the highest value regardless of circumferential position of the shrink sleeve. The benefit of the integrated equipment in this work is that it is assembled for minimizing the ditch width by using two point hinges, and it is automatically operated by a microcomputer and traveling of the burner with a constant speed. Successful demonstrations have been made at various construction sites by a research crew
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Mogaji, Andrew. "Goal-Setting and Task Performance among Nigerian Managers in a Cross-Cultural Context." In International Association of Cross Cultural Psychology Congress. International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4087/esoe3786.
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This study assessed goal-setting and task performance among Nigerian managers. Data were collected from 521 subjects including 176 Yoruba, 147 Igbo and 198 Hausa/Fulani managerial employees in Lagos, Nigeria. The relevant scales of the 57-item questionnaire designed by Mendonca and Kanungo (1994) were used to obtain measures of the dependent variables. Mean scores in goal setting and performance-intrinsic reward contingency were highest among the Yoruba managers followed by Hausa/Fulani and Igbo managers respectively. Mean score in task significance was highest among the Igbo managers followed by Yoruba and Hausa/Fulani managers respectively. Mean score in performance-extrinsic reward contingency was highest among the Hausa/Fulani managers followed by Yoruba and Igbo managers respectively. One-way ANOVA showed cultural differences in performance-intrinsic reward contingency (p< .05) and task significance (p< .01) but not in goal-setting and performance-extrinsic reward contingency respectively. The results were discussed in terms of the influence of culture on human resources management practices and that managers who value performance-intrinsic reward allocation should engage in goal-setting more than the others.
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Marcin, Marek. "Boh ako posledný cieľ človeka podľa Tomáša Akvinského." In DOKOR 2024. Medzinárodná interdisciplinárna doktorandská konferencia. VERBUM – vydavateľstvo Katolíckej univerzity v Ružomberku, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.54937/2024.9788056111024.277-282.
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Every person performs his activity for some goal. At the same time, it is true that a person acts for the sake of good. That thing which satisfies his lust becomes his goal. And the last goal of every person is happiness or bliss. Knowing God is the bliss and supreme happiness of every person. Thomas Aquinas proves in the Summa Against the Gentiles that the highest happiness of human being does not lie in human attitudes and possessions such as fame, bodily pleasure, wealth, etc. The purpose of this article is to analyze the mentioned argument of Thomas Aquinas.
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Mihailović, Nevena, Vladimir Mihailović, and Nikola Srećković. "PHENOLIC CONTENT AND ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES OF SOME NATURAL COSMETIC CREAMS WITH PLANT-DERIVED INGREDIENTS AVAILABLE ON THE SERBIAN MARKET." In 2nd International Symposium on Biotechnology. Faculty of Agronomy in Čačak, University of Kragujevac, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.46793/sbt29.58nm.
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The main goal of this study is to determine some properties of natural cosmetic creams that may have benefits for the skin. Five different cosmetic cream formulations with ingredients of botanical origin such as plant extracts, plant oil macerates, or essential oils were subjected to determine their phenolic content and antioxidant activity using the DPPH method. Total phenolic compounds were detected in all tested samples in the range of 1.7 to 0.2 mg GA/g but some samples did not contain flavonoids and did not possess antioxidant activity. The highest phenolic content and the strongest antioxidant activity were recorded for samples with the highest number of ingredients of plant origin.
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GIDU, Diana Victoria, Ciprian PARASCHIV, Andreea Cristina NOVAC, and George Cosmin MUȘAT. "The Pattern of Scored Goals in Women's Football Teams – Romania." In International Conference of the Universitaria Consortium “Education for Health and Perfomance”. Presa Universitară Clujeană, 2023. https://doi.org/10.24193/icu2022.13.
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Purpose. The aim of the work is to analyze the way of scoring goals in the Selena women's football team. Methods. For this, we analyzed the matches of the National Women's Football League championship of the Selena Constanta Team, respectively the matches of the Vasas Odorheiul Secuiesc Team. To obtain the information, we used the FRF TV website and the videos posted by the teams on their pages. The analysis consisted of recording the following data: - the field area where the goals were scored; - the gate area where the goals were scored; - the time period in which the goals were scored; - the percentage of goals scored in each field area shown; - the percentage of goals scored in each area of the gate perimeter. Results. The most goals were scored in zone G for both teams, the percentage being 18.18% (Selena) and 22.58% (Vasas). In the Selena team, the scoring percentage in the upper areas of the gate are lower than the the center area, respectively the lower area of the gate, which has the best percentage. In the upper area of the gate, the highest percentage is in the center, in area B (11.36%), while the upper lateral areas, A (6.81%) and C (4.54%), have a percentage deficit. The highest enrollment percentages at Vasas are from zones I (16.12%), II (54.83%), III (12.90%), while at Selena the highest percentages are from zones I (27.27%), II (36.36 %) and VI (15.10%). In the Selena Team, the most goals, in absolute value, were scored between minutes 16-30. Vasas, however, do not have a favorite time period, this having goals scored equally in 3 time periods of the match, these being from the 31st minute to the 75th minute. Regarding the total number of goals scored in each half, we note that the number of goals scored by the Selena Constanta Team is higher in the first half than the second - 26 goals compared to 18 goals in the second half. While, for the team from Odorheiul Secuiesc, the ratio is reversed - the number of goals scored is higher in the second half, compared to the first half, namely 19 goals scored in the second half, compared to only 11 in the first half. Conclusions. The most goals were scored from the central axis of the gate perimeter and predominantly from zones II and I - Selena Constanţa 28 goals, Vasas - 22 goals. The most goals were scored from zone II both at Selena Constanţa (16 goals) and at Vasas (17 goals). Most goals were scored in the lower left corner (zone G) for both teams, the percentage being 18.18% (Selena) and 22.58% (Vasas). The most productive period of scoring a goal was the middle of the first half, for the Selena Constanta Team, followed by the first 15 minutes of the second half, while for the Vasas Team, the most productive periods are the end of the 1st half and the first half of the 2nd half. The number of goals scored by the Selena Constanta Team is higher in the first half compared to the second - 26 goals compared to 18 goals in the second half. While, at the team from Odorheiul Secuiesc, the ratio is reversed - the number of goals scored is higher in the second half, compared to the first half.
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Wang, K. K. "An Implementation of Concurrent Engineering Concept to Injection Molding." In ASME 1997 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece1997-0616.
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Abstract Injection molding is known to be the most effective process for producing discrete plastic parts of complex shape to the highest precision at low cost. The concept of Concurrent Engineering (CE) is also recognized to be the way to accomplish the highest performance in a manufacturing enterprise. This paper presents a proposed plan to implement the CE concept to injection molding. IMS (Integrated Molding System) is a new initiative launched at CIMP (Cornell Injection Molding Program) to achieve this goal. The paper reviews the state-of-the-art in all three major functional components in injection molding, i.e. part design, mold design and manufacturing, and process control. Some preliminary results in optimization are presented and discussed in the paper.
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Jäger, Matthias, George I. Stegeman, Winfried H. G. Horsthuis, Guus R. Möhlmann та Marinus C. Flipse. "Efficient Second Harmonic Generation at 1.5 μm in Composite Polymeric Channel Waveguides". У The European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. Optica Publishing Group, 1996. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/cleo_europe.1996.cfi7.
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Efficient Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) has been a continuing goal for not only frequency conversion but also for cascading effects such all-optical switching, spatial solitary waves, etc. To date high efficiencies have been demonstrated only in ferroelectric crystals However, some poled polymers have even higher nonlinear coefficients and offer ease of processing and low cost fabrication. Nevertheless, the efficiencies reported for poled polymers have never achieved expectations. We demonstrate phase-matched SHG in a channel waveguide made of 4-dimethylamino-4′-nitrostilbene (DANS) side-chain polymer. Our SHG figure of merit η=P2 ω /(P ω L)2 = 10%/W-cm2 is the highest non-resonant value reported for polymers and is comparable to those of inorganic crystals.
Reports on the topic "Highest goal"
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Ha, Wei, and Ye Xiao. Early Childhood Development and Poverty Reduction in the People’s Republic of China. Asian Development Bank, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22617/wps210299-2.
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The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has eliminated absolute poverty in 2020. Its recent national 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–2025) highlights improving the quality of human capital as an essential goal. Research has shown that investing in early childhood development generates the highest rates of return and leads to better education, health, social, and economic outcomes. After decades of neglect, the government has been increasing investment in preschool education targeting children in ages 3–6 years since 2010. This paper recommends that a comprehensive and equitable early childhood development service system must be a priority in building essential public service systems.
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Ali, Ayman, Ahmed Saidi, Yusef Mehta, et al. Development and validation of a balanced mix design approach for CIR mixtures using full-scale testing. Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.), 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/45704.
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The main goal of this study was to improve the performance of cold in-place recycling (CIR) mixtures by using a balanced mix design (BMD) approach. This study involved preparing and testing CIR mixtures in the lab at varying contents of bituminous additives and constant content of 1% ce-ment and 3% water. Eight combinations of CIR mixtures were produced for this study using two binders (emulsion and foamed asphalt), compaction efforts (30 and 70 gyrations), and curing processes (72 hours at 140°F and 50°F). Results showed that asphalt pavement analyzer, semicircular bend, and indirect tensile strength tests presented the highest correlation with the change of binder contents. The study successfully used the developed BMD for designing CIR mixtures and selecting their optimum binder contents. It then used three balanced CIR mixtures to construct full-scale pavement sections to validate the BMD approach in the field. A heavy vehicle simulator was used to apply different accelerated loadings on each section. Results showed that the CIR section with 2% binder presented the best rutting performance under truck loading and the highest rutting susceptibility under aircraft loading. Conversely, the CIR section with 3% binder presented the highest cracking resistance under both truck and aircraft loading.
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Kowalski, Angel. PR-186-163606-R01 Establishing the Potential Severity of Various Cathodic Protection Shielding Parameters. Pipeline Research Council International, Inc. (PRCI), 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.55274/r0011534.
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A semi-quantitative scoring protocol was developed to identify pipeline systems with the highest relative susceptibility to coating CP shielding. The scoring protocol takes into consideration the type of coatings, surface preparation, types of soils, weather conditions and pipeline characteristics. The protocol was tested over pipeline cases provided by pipeline operators. The users are encouraged to use the scoring protocol to screen, prioritize pipeline systems susceptible to coating CP shielding, and collect critical data in order to improve the performance of the tool with the goal to minimize the impact of this threat on the integrity of their pipelines. Guidelines have been provided to help the users of the protocol improve the monitoring, inspection and mitigation of external metal loss due to coating CP shielding.
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Moodie, John R. Proactively engaging citizens in European Union Cohesion Policy. Nordregio, 2025. https://doi.org/10.6027/pb2025:3.2001-3876.
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This policy paper provides key recommendations outlining ways to proactively engage citizens in EU cohesion policy processes. The recommendations are designed to support EU, national, and regional level policymakers to achieve the priority goal for the 2021-2027 EU cohesion policy programme period of bringing ‘Europe closer to citizens’. European Union (EU) Cohesion Policy is the one area of EU policy competence with the highest potential for directly engaging citizens in EU policymaking processes. While the European Commission has introduced many cohesion policy instruments that bring policymaking closer to regional and local levels, direct citizen involvement in this policy sphere remains negligible. A citizen focused approach needs to be embedded within existing cohesion policy structures to maximize the potential of cohesion policy for strengthening the connection between the EU and citizens.
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Marouf, Meral, and Jennifer Palmer. Key Considerations: Female Genital Mutilation Among Sudanese Displaced Populations in Egypt. Institute of Development Studies, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/sshap.2024.059.
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Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a deeply entrenched cultural practice involving the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia for non-medical reasons. It is recognised as a severe violation of human rights. Worldwide, four million girls are subjected to this practice each year, with four in ten FGM survivors living in fragile and conflict-affected countries.1 The practice of FGM is addressed in UN Sustainable Development Goal 5.3. This goal aims to eliminate all harmful practices including FGM and child, early, and forced marriage by 2030 – including among those living in crisis-affected areas and/or those forcibly displaced. Countries hosting refugees, asylum-seekers and other migrants must ensure that national strategies to address FGM are relevant and appropriate to the diverse populations that countries have a responsibility to protect. These strategies must also consider additional vulnerabilities such populations may have, related to conflict and displacement. This SSHAP Brief focuses on the context of FGM for Sudanese populations in Egypt who currently make up the largest group of forcibly displaced people (refugees, asylum-seekers and undocumented migrants) there since the escalation of armed conflict in Sudan in April 2023. Both Egypt and Sudan have some of the highest rates of FGM in the world. This brief reviews the FGM context and anti-FGM programming developments in both countries. It considers the drivers and dynamics of FGM practices in the context of forced displacement to inform culturally sensitive strategies for FGM prevention and response for forcibly displaced Sudanese people in Egypt. It draws on academic and grey literature as well as consultations with experts working with affected populations in Egypt.
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Sagaiyaraj, Bernard. Increasing Energy Efficiency of Central Cooling Systems with Engineered Nanofluids. Department of the Built Environment, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.54337/aau538344493.
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Buildings consume about 40% of the world’s energy consumption and of that, 65% is dedicated to cooling (or heating) systems. Central building cooling uses water as the main heat transfer medium. The nanoparticle fluid suspension exhibits thermal properties superior to water. The goal was to achieve the highest possible thermal properties with just the right amount of nanoparticles in a uniform and stable dispersion and suspension in water. This engineered nanofluid contains a uniform and stable suspension of graphene nanoparticles (GNP) in water. Using covalent functionalization, centrifugation and high-speed dispersion, the GNP remains in a stable suspension indefinitely. The nanofluid is applied to the closed loop of the chilled water system, where the heat transfer enhancement occurs at the fluid tubes within the evaporator and the tubing in the chilled water coils within the Air Handling Units(AHUs). The Proof of Concept (POC) completed in 2019 using laboratory-derived nanofluid resulted in energy saving that averaged at 32% compared with the baseline fluid (water). In 2022, a Scaled-Up mini plant produced GNP nanofluids in a commercial process environment, showing an average energy savings of 21%. These results were further verified and validated on small chilled water plants outside of the Scaled-Up plant with 25% and 29% average savings.
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Oden, Rikki. Effectiveness of Focused Water Conservation Messaging in the Clackamas River, OR. Portland State University, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.15760/mem.67.
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The Clackamas River in Oregon is a drinking water source for upwards of 300,000 people living in the Portland metro region. This river experiences seasonal low flow during the annual dry season throughout summer and early fall when endangered salmon species return to the river to spawn. This dry season also coincides with the highest period of urban water use. Since precipitation is minimal at this time, water users choose to water their lawns to make up for the lack of rain which contributes to water use tripling during the driest part of the year. To promote local water conservation, the Clackamas River Water Providers (CRWP)—who manage source water protection and public outreach and education around watershed issues, drinking water, and water conservation for the eight water providers on the river—have created a water conservation campaign that they intend to promote each dry season for the next several years. First promoted during the dry season of 2019, the messaging focuses on the flow needs of endangered salmon and asks water users to cease outdoor watering altogether. Through focus group discussion and a survey of water users, this research investigates public perception and opinion of the CRWP’s summer water conservation messaging campaign with the goal of improving the effectiveness of the messaging in future dry seasons.
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Fitzpatrick, Patrick, and Yee Lau. CONCORDE Meteorological Analysis (CMA) - Data Guide. The University of Southern Mississippi, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.18785/sose.003.
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CONCORDE is the CONsortium for oil spill exposure pathways in COastal River-Dominated Ecosystems (CONCORDE), and is an interdisciplinary research program funded by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) to conduct scientific studies of the impacts of oil, dispersed oil and dispersant on the Gulf’s ecosystem (Greer et al. 2018). A CONCORDE goal is to implement a synthesis model containing circulation and biogeochemistry components of the Northern Gulf of Mexico shelf system which can ultimately aid in prediction of oil spill transport and impacts. The CONCORDE Meteorological Analysis (CMA) is an hourly gridded NetCDF dataset which provides atmospheric forcing for the synthesis model. CMA includes a variety of parameters from multiple sources. The Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis (RTMA; De Pondeca et al. 2011) provides the surface momentum and the thermodynamic atmospheric data. The radiation parameters and total cloud cover percentage are from the North American Mesoscale (NAM) Forecast System fields. The hourly precipitation is extracted from the Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) Level-III. Gridded sea surface temperature fields (SST) are computed daily using a 10-day running mean of the Advanced Very High-Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) SST product. The Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment flux (COARE) algorithm calculates sensible heat flux and surface momentum stresses (Fairall et al. 2003). CMA’s spatial domain’s lowest west grid point is at 90.13°W, 29°N, and the highest east grid point is at 87.05°W, 30.94°N. The grid spacing is 0.01 degree, and the grid dimension is 309 by 195.
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Pfeil, Benjamin. SOCAT Quality Control (QC) procedures. EuroSea, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.3289/eurosea_d4.7.
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The Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) is a synthesis of quality-controlled fCO2 (fugacity of carbon dioxide) values for the global surface oceans and coastal seas with annual updates. SOCAT aims to provide data with the highest possible quality for carbon data – consistent quality control (QC) is essential in achieving this primary goal of SOCAT. Currently there are various steps of quality control, and within this task of EuroSea we aimed to develop an operational implementation of QC as a showcase for data within SOCAT from the European Research Infrastructure Integrated Carbon Observing System. The aim within EuroSea is to increase the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) from 5 (Technology validated in relevant environment) to 7 (system prototype demonstration in operational environment) for relevant ICOS data for direct submission to SOCAT. This was achieved by creating automated quality control into the ICOS state-of-art-software QuinCe, a web-based tool for processing and quality control of data from in situ sensors and underway instruments that is used for first and second level quality control for operational ICOS stations. One important aspect of SOCAT is the assessment of data quality, to ensure that all published data is fit for purpose and manual eyes-on QC is currently essential to lower uncertainties. Currently, this assessment consists of evaluating the metadata of each dataset to ensure that the correct Standard Operational Procedures (SOPs) have been followed during data collection, that the system setup is correct, instruments are calibrated and in addition examining data to ensure they are of good quality. SOCAT consists of three steps of QC: 1.) QC while data is being ingested; 2.) Eyes-on QC by regional experts and 3.) QC for the entire dataset defining the uncertainty based upon the submitted metadata and within this task it has been shown that certain parts of this QC process can be automated while other levels bear challenges if a higher level of TRL is aimed for. (EuroSea Deliverable D4.7)
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Weissinger, Rebecca. Trends in water quality at Bryce Canyon National Park, water years 2006–2021. Edited by Alice Wondrak Biel. National Park Service, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/2294946.
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The National Park Service collects water-quality samples on a rotating basis at three fixed water-quality stations in Bryce Canyon National Park (NP): Sheep Creek, Yellow Creek, and Mossy Cave Spring. Data collection began at Sheep Creek and Yellow Creek in November 2005 and at Mossy Cave in July 2008. Data on in-situ parameters, fecal-coliform samples, major ions, and nutrients are collected monthly, while trace elements are sampled quarterly. This report analyzes data from the beginning of the period of record for each station through water year 2021 to test for trends over time. Concentrations are also compared to relevant water-quality standards for the State of Utah. Overall, water quality at the park’s monitoring stations continues to be excellent, and park managers have been successful in their goal of maintaining these systems in unimpaired condition. Infrequent but continued Escherichia coli exceedances from trespass livestock at Sheep and Yellow creeks support the need for regular fence maintenance along the park boundary. High-quality conditions may qualify all three sites as Category 1 waters, the highest level of anti-degradation protection provided by the State of Utah. Minimum and maximum air temperatures at the park have increased, while precipitation remains highly variable. Increasing air temperatures have led to increasing water temperatures in Sheep and Yellow creeks. Sheep Creek also had a decrease in flow across several quantiles from 2006 to 2021, while higher flows decreased at Yellow Creek in the same period. Surface flows in these two creeks are likely to be increasingly affected by higher evapotranspiration due to warming air temperatures and possibly decreasing snowmelt runoff as the climate changes. The influx of ancient groundwater in both creek drainages helps sustain base flows at the sites. Mossy Cave Spring, which is sampled close to the spring emergence point, showed less of a climate signal than Sheep and Yellow creeks. In our record, the spring shows a modest increase in discharge, including higher flows at higher air temperatures. An uptick in visitation to Water Canyon and the Mossy Cave Trail has so far not been reflected by changes in water quality. There are additional statistical trends in water-quality parameters at all three sites. However, most of these trends are quite small and are likely ecologically negligible. Some statistical trends may be the result of instrument changes and improvements in quality assurance and quality control over time in both the field sampling effort and the laboratory analyses. Long-term monitoring of water-quality stations at Bryce Canyon NP suggests relatively stable aquatic systems that benefit from protection within the park. To maintain these unimpaired conditions into the future, park managers could consider: Regular fence checks and maintenance along active grazing allotments at the park boundary to protect riparian areas and aquatic systems from trespass livestock. Developing a springs-monitoring program to track changes in springflow at spring emergences to better understand bedrock-aquifer water supplies. These data would also help quantify springflow for use in water-rights hearings. Supporting hydrogeologic investigations to map the extent and flow paths of groundwater aquifers. Working with the State of Utah to develop groundwater-protection zones to protect groundwater aquifers from developments that would affect springs in the park. Prioritizing watershed management with proactive fire risk-reduction practices. Explicitly including watershed protection as a goal in plans for fire management and suppression. Using additional data and analyses to better understand the drivers of trends in water quality and their ecological significance. These could include higher-frequency data to better understand relationships between groundwater, precipitation, and surface flows at the sites. These could also include watershed metrics...