Promoting educational equity, crucial for boosting achievement among diverse students and reducing inequality, remains a persistent issue despite longstanding efforts. This study analyzes Twitter data from 2016 to 2022, exploring changes in public perceptions of educational equity. Tweet frequency concerning key topics first rose, peaked in 2019, and then dwindled by 2022. Despite an overall neutral public sentiment indicating an ambivalent stance, a subjective shift occurred over time. These findings offer meaningful implications and suggestions for stakeholders, including educators, policymakers, and social leaders, underscoring the need for a renewed focus on enhancing educational equity.

When customers complain, they express their dissatisfaction with a company or a service provider and request that their complaints are processed. Accordingly, this paper tries to determine the role of perceived responsibility in managing complaints following a service dysfunction. After a review of the relevant literature, we propose a research model that estimates how perceived responsibility mediates the contribution of justice dimensions to customer satisfaction and this latter’s effect on the relationship between perceived quality and perceived justice dimensions. The proposed model is tested on a sample of 350 patients from several private clinics located in Tunis.

The dynamic capabilities approach underscores the role of experience accumulation as a firm- specific resource in sustaining a competitive advantage through evolutionary paths. However, little is known about experience transition and its effect on firm performance. This topic is important because it touches upon a long-standing debate about strategy commitment and flexibility. To explain and predict experience transition, this study draws insights from sequence analysis to examine the effects of sequence stability. Drawing from the acquisition sequences of 234 publicly traded firms within the biotechnology industry from 2012 to 2019, this study corroborates with the dynamic capabilities approach and finds that the significantly negative effect of sequence stability is contingent upon complementary assets. While a negative relationship exists between sequence stability and advertising investment, the causal direction reverses when the interaction term shifts to physical capital investment. This study contributes to the resource-based view by highlighting that successful experience transition depends on resource alignment with corporate strategy.

The Pictorial Scale of Perceived Water Competence (PSPWC) has been recently de-veloped and the first psychometric studies confirmed good face and construct validi-ty. Additional research is needed for the ongoing validation, including test-retest reliability and the relationship with actual water competence. For that aim the PSPWC was administered to 124 children, aged from 5 to 8 years. A subtotal of 55 children repeated the PSPWC procedure one week later for test-retest reliability, while the other 69 children performed the fully aligned Actual Aquatic Skills Test (AAST) in an indoor swimming pool in order to investigate the relationship with actual water competence. The results revealed good test-retest reliability, both at the global level (ICC = 0.81, n = 55) and at individual skill level (Weighted kappa coef-ficients from 0.58 to 0.90 ), without any significant difference between the two test occasions. The relationship between PSPWC and AAST total scores was moder-ate (r = 64, n = 69) and there was no significant difference between total scores of actual and perceived water competencies. However, children overestimated their competence in three specific skills: the back star, swimming on the front and diving in deep water. These results underline specific situations in which a higher self-perception of one’s actual water competence level is a risk factor which could have consequences on children’s water safety. These results confirm that the PSPWC is reliable and opens new research perspectives for aquatic education and drowning prevention.

This study (1) reports Black girls experiences in urban mathematics classrooms and (2) makes an argument that those experiences point to broader discourses that serve as barriers to their positive mathematics identities. Forty-eight Black girls participated in focus groups that were collected as part of a longitudinal study that began when they were in pre-kindergarten. The girls experienced uncaring teachers, uninteresting curriculum, and unsupportive learning environments. Two new themes specific to mathematics learning emerged: a discourse of silencing and dismissiveness and a discourse of erasure of intellect. We propose a vision for disrupting these discourses.

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has typically been diagnosed based on behavioral observations, symptom screening, and neuropsychological evaluations. Because of the lack of objective biomarkers of ADHD, ADHD may be overdiagnosed, leading to issues of drug abuse. Children with ADHD exhibit abnormalities in heart rate variability (HRV), which indicates cardiac vagal dysregulation and autonomic imbalances. However, a large database is required to ascertain whether these differences are observed in all children with ADHD. Therefore, this study investigated which HRV parameters were different between children with ADHD and neurotypical children. The results indicate that heart rate and age were indeed major factors that affect HRV. After controlling for age and heart rate, although the children with ADHD did not demonstrate differences in their time-domain parameters from the neurotypical children, among the frequency-domain parameters, they demonstrated higher nLF and LF/HF and lower nHF scores.

Past studies on entrepreneurial framing and sustainability respectively note the need to frame the business model value (BMV) and the impact of a venture such that the former can impress the target beneficiaries and the latter can bestow socio-economic benefits on the wider community. Despite the varied intentions of BMV and impact framings, studies on entrepreneurial framing assume no theoretical difference between the two. Set in the context of India’s sanitation concern, we challenge this assumption. Between 2018 and 2023, we gathered data for 15 enterprises that offer a range of toilet solutions across 14 Indian states. Data came from 32 semi-structured interviews with founding entrepreneurs and other stakeholders, and archival documents. Our analysis contributes to the literature on entrepreneurial business model framing by revealing how BMV framings are associated with value creation/delivery emphasis, and impact framings are associated with issue/outcome/reference point framings and how they are linked.

This study examined the impact of Social Intelligence (SI) as a personal resource on psychological well-being and work engagement employing the job demands-resources (JD-R) model. The JD-R model posits that personal resources can directly affect perceptions of job demands and resources, which can lead to positive job outcomes such as psychological well-being and work engagement. A total of 218 employees from Indian non-government organizations (NGOs) participated in the study, and data was collected using self-administered questionnaires. Partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was used to test the hypotheses. The findings showed that SI has a significant impact on determining perceptions of job demands and resources and also exerts direct effect on well-being and work engagement. This research contributes to the literature on the management of non-profit organizations in particular and has implications for management practices in general. However, it should be noted that the cross-sectional research design of this study is a limitation.

This study explored employees' green brand understanding in realizing green brand citizenship behavior. We propose a model, and data were gathered from 356 Wang Steak's employees in Taiwan. The findings proved the role of green brand understanding on enhancing green brand identification and green brand citizenship behavior. Regarding the effect of green brand identification on green brand love, the finding suggest that green brand identification positively impacts green brand love. In addition, the result identified employees' voluntary green brand behaviors via green brand identification and green brand love.

Volunteers at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games experienced a transition from work to rest, which provided a natural control setting to observe how people adapted from work to rest in restricted environment. This study examined changes in their physical and mental health over a five-week period, as well as individual differences in trajectories of change. Participants completed personality measures before the start of their volunteer work and reported their weekly physical and psychological health over the next five weeks. Piecewise growth models detected little change in physical and mental health during work or during rest, but a significant decline during the transition from work to rest. Specifically, the work period was associated with higher levels of positive affect, anxiety, covid-stress and overall food consumption, while the rest period was linked to higher levels of depression and general stress. Additionally, although the rest period had longer sleep duration, sleep quality was lower compared to the work period. Conscientiousness and extroversion acted as protect factors. Drastic changes in physical and psychological health indicated big differences between work and rest, and emphasized the importance of transition period. Future research should further explore the psychological mechanism in the changing schedule and environment.

Automatic question generation (AQG) has been researched extensively for educational purposes. This study proposed an automatic system for generating contextualized and personalized mathematic word problems (MWP) in authentic contexts using the Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT). It comprises (1) authentic contextual information acquisition through image recognition by TensorFlow and augmented reality (AR) measurement by AR Core, (2) a personalized mechanism based on instructional prompts to generate three difficulty levels for learner’s different needs, and (3) MWP generation through GPT. A quasi-experiment was conducted using 52 fifth-grade students to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed AQG on their geometry learning performances. The learning behaviors were analyzed concerning authentic context, mathematics, and reflective behavior aspects. The results revealed that students who learned with the proposed AQG outperformed students who learned with a decontextualized way on geometry learning performances. Moreover, it was found that learning behavior related to authentic context (i.e., problem context understanding and identifying contextual information) and mathematics (i.e., applying math concepts and the total number of the correct solution for medium-level MWP) significantly improved geometry learning performances. Meanwhile, learners showed positive perceptions toward the proposed AQG. Therefore, our proposed AQG is useful to promote geometry problem-solving activity in an authentic context.

COVID-19 has not only triggered a high risk of mental health problems but brought tremendous changes in the structure of social support. To synthesize the existing literature and examine the impact of social support on anxiety and depression during COVID-19, scoping review and meta-analytic approaches were adopted. Six databases were searched from 2020 to 2022. Random effects models were used and the pooled correlations (mean r and mean ρ) were estimated. Homogeneity was assessed using Q and I² tests. Subgroup analyses were conducted. Meta-analysis of both cross-sectional and longitudinal studies showed significant estimated correlations among social support, anxiety and depression (mean ρ = -0.30, 95% CI = [-0.333, -0.255]; mean ρ = -0.27, 95% CI = [-0.370, -0.281]). Validating these results across ages, occupations, and regions is necessary. Moreover, only 31.67% of studies identified social support as a single independent variable while the remaining explored a mediating or moderating role or as one of the multiple independent variables. Besides, the results regarding the mediating/moderating effect of social support were inconsistent. Our findings suggest that more studies are expected to further clarify the role played by social support in its associations with depression and anxiety.

The global workplace is rapidly evolving due to the influx of new ideas from the diverse workforce that comprises it, and multinational virtual teams (MNVTs) are the result. The problem addressed by this study was that there was a risk of a breakdown of the team if the leaders of MNVTs were not aware of the critical variables which impacted its success. The theoretical framework of the study was based on Homans’ social exchange theory. This research was a correlational, nonexperimental study in which the relationship between three variables, trust, knowledge-sharing, and MNV Team performance, was examined. The study population consisted of 110 employees of a single multinational technology company, who operated in an MNVT, and 70 responses were received from the target population. Multiple regression analysis was used, and the test results of the regression indicated the knowledge sharing and trust explained 65.2% of the variance in team performance, R2 = .652, F (2,68) = 65.714, p < .001. This study provided data which suggested that knowledge sharing and trust were significant predictors of team performance in MNVTs. This study suggested there could be negative implications for global organizations, MNVT leaders, and MNVT members if a culture and environment which supports knowledge-sharing and trust are not available. By focusing on perpetuating knowledge sharing and trust among MNVTs, global organizations can positively contribute to the success of their MNVTs, thereby enabling the advantages MNVTs offer.

This report outlines the development and validation of a sport-specific perceived competence scale tailored to ice hockey goaltenders. Drawing on previous research highlighting the multidimensional nature of perceived competence among athletes, our study aimed to conceptualize and validate perceived competence within the unique context of ice hockey goaltending. Following procedures from a previous extensive validation study, the three-phase study involved elicitation, development, and validation. In the first phase, expert coaches identified competencies essential for goaltenders’ success, resulting in a 17-item initial scale. Phase 2 demonstrated the scale’s temporal stability, with all items exhibiting acceptable test-retest coefficients. In the final validation phase, exploratory factor analysis identified three dimensions: technical abilities, coachability, and resilience. Rigorous factor analysis addressed problematic items, producing a refined 14-item Goaltenders’ Ice Hockey Perceived Competence Scale. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the model’s excellent fit, supporting the three-factor structure. The dimensions included technical abilities, coachability, and resilience, emphasizing the psychological aspects’ crucial role in goaltender competence. The study contributes to understanding perceived competence in a specialized sports context and provides a reliable measurement tool for practitioners to monitor ice hockey goaltenders’ development. Future research should explore the cross-cultural and linguistic invariance of the scale among ice hockey goalies. Overall, the Goaltenders’ Ice Hockey Perceived Competence Scale offers a valuable instrument for assessing and enhancing athlete development in the distinctive realm of ice hockey goaltending.

Federal and California laws provide legal protections to lactating students in higher education; little research has assessed the implementation of these policies. This study evaluated the availability and quality of lactation accommodations across California universities. A 73-item coding tool was developed to evaluate 14 domains across 32 polices at 32 universities. Each domain and total scale were scored on two dimensions: comprehensiveness and strength. Median scores varied by policy category and school type (CSU, UC, private), with several domains lacking strong policies. Private schools had a lower median percentage of comprehensiveness in access and lactation support policies compared to UC and CSU schools (p’s ≤ 0.02). The median proportion of strengths in these categories was higher in UC schools compared to CSU and private schools (p’s = 0.03). Though, California universities mention some lactation policies, a more comprehensive set of stated policies is needed overall.

As the use of service animals becomes more common in preK-12 schools, school administrators are realizing the need to develop more effective and legal policies and procedures (P&Ps) for their integration. A document analysis of 24 Office for Civil Rights complaints provides an overview of common incidents of discrimination that can help improve P&Ps. The most common discrimination found were the exclusion of animals with their handlers, extra standards of care, requiring prior permission, using intrusive questions, hostile environments, higher standards of documentation, and inadequate grievance policies. These common discriminations are used to give proactive recommendations for P&P integration.

This study examines the influence of organizational justice at H University, Central China, on undergraduate students' professional commitment, with a focus on the mediating role of academic stress. Employing descriptive statistics, correlation and regression analyses, and structural equation modeling, the research validates its hypotheses. Results indicate that a lack of organizational justice at the School correlates negatively with students' professional commitment and positively with academic stress. Academic stress notably predicts professional commitment levels and partially mediates the relationship between the School's organizational justice and students' commitment. To boost professional commitment, enhancing students' professional recognition is vital, alongside adapting to future trends, improving interpersonal communication, and respecting student independence. Additionally, addressing academic stress from various angles, including internal and external environmental factors, is imperative for overall student well-being and commitment.

To improve students’ lack of creative thinking and innovative approaches,this paper proposes to improve the cultivation of innovation ability in higher education institutions by using TRIZ（Teoriya Resheniya Izobreatatelskikn Zadatch,Theory of the Solution og Inventive Problems） innovation theory.Incorporating the ideas of TRIZ theory in the teaching of theory,to provide students with abilities to identify problems, analyse problems and solve them creatively in their studies or works, and to solve problems encountered in the practical design process.Create the corresponding “design model library” for the proposed problem base，designing innovative teaching solutions to provide additional solutions to teaching implementation and conceptual design.The main objective of this study is to demonstrate the practicality of TRIZ theory in teaching can improve teaching effectiveness and innovative entrepreneurial thinking.