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The purpose of this descriptive quantitative inquiry was to determine the level self-esteem of grade 10 students of Asuncion National High School. It aimed to find out the effectiveness of the intervention through the adaptation of the instrument of Crocker et al. (2003), contingencies of self-worth theory and measurement. It aimed to find out if there was a difference of the mean from the pre-test and post-test of the Soar to Self-Esteem Sufficiency (SSS) Program. This inquiry utilized descriptive-quantitative method in which numerical and non-numerical responds was analyzed. The participant of this research were the 45 students of grade 10 section Del Pilar in Asuncion National High School. After the implementation, an interview was made to determine the insights of the four (4) teachers and ten (10) students of the effectiveness of the intervention. The data collection was though Likert Scale and survey questionnaire which compose of In-Depth Interview (IDI) and Focus Group Discussion (FGD). The result found out that there was a difference between the pre-test and post-test based on its overall mean. The mean of the pre-test was 2.37 with 0.235 standard deviation while the post-test was 4.34 with 0.167 standard deviation. The pre-test determine that the students have low self-esteem while the post-test generates a very high self-esteem result. The insights of the teachers and students generates three (3) themes namely; active class participation, enthusiasm in learning and develop collaboration with other peers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Teacher development involves the dynamic interplay between emotional intelligence and emotions. While previous research links these factors with their professional identity, teaching enthusiasm, and teacher-student relationships, the development characteristics of emotional intelligence and emotions remain unexplored in relation to these outcomes. In a two-year study with 357 novice teachers, emotional intelligence and emotions were tracked thrice. Data on professional identity, enthusiasm, and teacher-student relationships were collected at the final assessment. Latent growth curve modelling results revealed that only positive emotions, not negative ones, mediate the connection. Specifically, the initial level of positive emotions mediated the link between the initial level of emotional intelligence and teaching enthusiasm, professional identity, and teacher-student relationships. The growth rate of positive emotions notably mediated the relationship between emotional intelligence and professional identity, teaching enthusiasm, and teacher-student relationships. These findings offer new insights into the development of teachers’ emotional intelligence, emotions, and professional growth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper introduces ‘passionate pastime’ as a complementary concept to the Serious Leisure Perspective (SLP). It adds a new layer to the initial model to capture the affective aspects of leisure pursuits and enhance its comprehensiveness and clarity. The paper employs Rodgers’ evolutionary concept analysis method to expand the conceptual landscape in this area. The proposed term moves away from the activity-oriented nature of serious leisure and focuses on an experience-oriented perspective. It has an episodic structure that includes three phases: pre-, during, and post-engagement. The pre-engagement phase is characterised by curiosity, enthusiasm, and anticipation. During the engagement, the enthusiasts immerse themselves in the activity and usually experience joy, a sense of fulfilment, and flow. They also make new social connections or maintain old bonds within their communities of interest. The post-engagement phase enables them to reflect, learn, and enjoy their achievements. These phases form a continuous cycle of engagement and explain the transformative potential of leisure in enhancing overall wellbeing. Passionate pastime is more inclusive than serious leisure because many people may engage in leisure activities enthusiastically, but their engagement may not fit the concept of serious leisure, which implies intense commitment and skill development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aimed to investigate the effects of school- and teacher-related factors on teachers' professional learning. A quantitative cross-sectional survey design was employed using the data collected from 810 teachers in Türkiye. Path analysis was used to examine the structural relationships among variables, including instructional leadership, learning climate, teacher self-efficacy, teacher enthusiasm, teachers' attitudes towards professional development and teacher professional learning. Results validated a mediation model in which instructional leadership had direct and indirect effects on teacher professional learning. Results showed that the instructional leadership practices of school principals foster a positive learning climate that enhances teachers' self-efficacy, enthusiasm, and attitudes, ultimately supporting their professional learning. Drawing on evidence from a non-Western educational context, this study contributes to the international knowledge base by demonstrating the effects of both school- and teacher-related factors on teachers' engagement in professional learning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article presents an interview with Nina Cook, a teacher at North Sydney Demonstration School. She discusses the positive impact of pre-service teachers (PSTs) on children's engagement during shared reading sessions. Topics discussed include the enthusiasm of PSTs fostering rich conversations, the value of one-on-one interactions in catering to individual learning needs, and the overall enjoyment and excitement children experience during these literacy activities.

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Do parties campaign differently in different circumstances? Research seems to suggest that parties do indeed engage in harsh interparty attacks and fearmongering during ‘second-order’ elections, such as European elections/elections to the European Parliament (EP), perhaps even to the same extent as during national elections. However, to the best of our knowledge, the differences in the campaign strategies used by parties in national and European elections have never been assessed systematically. In this article, we compare the content of election campaigns (negative tone, fear appeals, enthusiasm appeals) by 150+ parties across 28 countries that participated in the 2019 elections to the European Parliament and at least one national election between 2016 and 2020. Triangulating two independent expert surveys (EPEES_19 and NEGex) we show that, contrary to our expectations, parties do not use more negative campaigning during European elections. However, more extreme parties tend to use a more negative tone and fewer enthusiasm appeals during European than national elections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this essay, I analyze the role of physics in Baumgarten's founding of aesthetics. After examining for the first time his courses on physics and their relationship with aesthetics, I explore the importance of physical metaphors in the issues of aesthetic experiments and aesthetic enthusiasm, with special regard to the influence of Bacon, Boyle, and Leibniz's doctrine of vis viva. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Equity crowdfunding campaign overfunding occurs when a campaign generates funds in excess of the funding goal and has hence been touted as the mark of an extraordinarily successful campaign. However, a novel theoretical lens is needed to comprehend funders' enthusiasm in their support of such campaigns. Building on the extant literature on contagion effect, we constructed a research model that posits confidence contagion invoked by confidence cues embedded in campaign materials as a key driver of overfunding. Our hypotheses were validated in two complementary empirical studies. In Study 1, we manipulated confidence cues in a controlled experiment to verify the activation of confidence contagion at the individual level. Analytical results indicate that individual funders detect self-confidence traits from confidence cues embedded in campaign materials and assimilate the fundraiser's confidence via a spontaneous social appraisal mechanism. In turn, confidence contagion drives funders to congregate and invest in campaigns. In Study 2, we analyzed a secondary dataset collected from a leading equity crowdfunding platform to discern how confidence contagion drives overfunding at the collective level. By modeling funding activities as a Hawkes process, we derived three key metrics that govern the emergence and magnitude of funding surges. We demonstrated that these metrics of funding surges mediate the impact of confidence cues on the level of overfunding for equity crowdfunding campaigns. The findings from this study could inform future research seeking to untangle the interdependencies between individual and collective mechanisms underlying crowd phenomena, provide strategic guidance to fundraisers interested in promoting the overfunding of their campaigns, and help crowdfunding platforms predict the potential extent of overfunding and advise fundraisers accordingly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The European Union (EU) and its member states are the world's largest development donor, but the European financial architecture for development suffers from well-documented problems of fragmentation. EU member states' decision to convene the Wieser Group in April 2019 raised expectations over rationalising the roles of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). However, the Council of the EU showed little enthusiasm for the group's call to create a single entity for external development finance. Twelve months later, member states endorsed Team Europe, an alternative approach which mobilises the resources of the EIB, the EBRD, the European Commission and national development finance institutions in support of shared development goals. This article seeks to explain why the Council ultimately preferred Team Europe's coordinated approach to the Wieser Report's centralised vision of a European Climate and Sustainable Development Bank. In keeping with new intergovernmentalism, we find that member states' willingness to cooperate but reluctance to delegate, and the aim of EU institutions to protect their turf, favoured Team Europe. We see few reasons to expect radical changes in this domain despite continued doubts over the effectiveness and coherence of European development finance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Lack of incentive strategies within the health crowdsourcing platform has resulted in the loss of patient innovation and the failure in the diffusion of patients' innovations. To solve this problem, we compared four incentive strategies: (i) without incentive, (ii) cost‐sharing incentive, (iii) revenue‐sharing incentive, and (iv) a hybrid incentive strategy combining cost‐sharing and revenue‐sharing. Our analysis indicates that the innovation guidance effect is at its lowest level without incentive strategies, and the hybrid incentive strategy can maximize both innovation enthusiasm and profits. Furthermore, there exists a threshold for revenue‐sharing ratio, making the incentive effect of revenue‐sharing strategy better than that of the cost‐sharing strategy. Finally, short‐sighted thinking among platform participants will reduce the innovation enthusiasm of altruistic patients and the incentive investment of the platform. This study provides guiding principles for the health crowdsourcing platform to regulate online patient innovation solutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the results of a multi-method case study with a British police force carried out over a 2-year period examining the impacts of introducing body-worn cameras (BWCs). Our findings show that despite a broad enthusiasm for the potential of BWCs, police officers and staff in a British police force reported a series of unintended and undesirable consequences resulting from the introduction of BWCs. These impacts appear to have partly undermined some of the original intentions of introducing BWCs, such as improving policing standards, aiding prosecutorial processes thanks to improved evidential capture and reducing police officer workloads. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The enthusiasm of the younger generation for presidential and vice-presidential elections has a significant impact on the political dynamics of a country. This study aims to explore the factors that influence the level of enthusiasm of the younger generation in the process of electing the head of state. The research method used is descriptive analysis using primary and secondary data. The findings show that factors such as political education, social media, participation in political activities, and the aspirations of the younger generation play an important role in shaping their level of enthusiasm for the presidential and vice-presidential elections. The results of this analysis provide valuable insights for policymakers, political stakeholders and educational institutions to design more effective strategies to strengthen young people’s engagement in the democratic process, as well as to sustain their political participation in the future.

Teacher enthusiasm is receiving remarkable scholarly attention in L2 education, and its effect on students' language learning outcomes has been extensively investigated. Nevertheless, exploring the antecedents of language teacher enthusiasm has received scant attention in foreign language education, particularly within the Chinese context. Thus, informed by the principles of positive psychology, the present study investigated the extent to which English as a foreign (EFL) teachers' enthusiasm can be predicted by their work engagement and foreign language teaching enjoyment (FLTE) in the context of China. The study involved three online questionnaires completed by 576 EFL teachers in China. The results of structural equation modeling revealed that teacher work engagement and FLTE were strong predictors of Chinese EFL teachers' enthusiasm. In addition, EFL teachers' FLTE was a better predictor of their enthusiasm than their work engagement. The findings highlighted the importance of applying positive psychology in foreign language education. Finally, the paper concludes with avenues for future research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background Objectives Methods Results and Conclusions Given the current technological advancements and the growing need for remote education, multimedia learning has become more popular among teachers and students. Therefore, the creation of multimedia teaching programmes that can improve learning outcomes has become increasingly important. However, there is a lack of research on whether incorporating visual cues into instructors' emotional designs is more effective than using only one approach.Based on the cognitive‐affective theory of learning with media and the cognitive affective model of e‐learning, this study aimed to explore how instructor's voice enthusiasm and visual cueing affect students' multimedia learning experience and learning outcomes.A 2 (instructor's voice enthusiasm: high vs. low) × 2 (visual cueing: visual cues vs. no cues) between‐subjects design was used, college students unfamiliar with immunomodulation learned about this subject in a video lesson. Then, they then took a retention test and completed the learning experience scales.The results indicated that both the instructor's vocal enthusiasm and visual cueing independently have a positive impact on learners' retention test scores. However, if present simultaneously, their positive effects are not cumulative. Specifically, when visual cueing was provided, the instructor's voice enthusiasm did not significantly affect the retention test. Without visual cueing, the instructor's high voice enthusiasm positively impacts the retention test. In addition, the learning experience mediated between the instructor's voice enthusiasm and retention test. These findings offer insights into enhancing the efficacy of multimedia learning by foregrounding instructors' emotional engagement and refining the design of instructional content cues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Across two studies we investigated the impact of instructor enthusiasm on student attentional engagement during an online undergraduate lecture, as well as their memory for lecture content and their motivation to watch additional lecture videos on the same topic (Study 2 only). In both studies participants were randomly assigned to watch a 22-min lecture, delivered with either high or low vocal enthusiasm by the instructor. Subjective ratings of instructor enthusiasm/energy confirmed that in both studies the manipulation of instructor enthusiasm was effective. More importantly, in both studies we found that students in the high enthusiasm condition were consistently more engaged over the course of the lecture compared to those in the low enthusiasm condition, and that overall, reports of engagement increased together with ratings of instructor enthusiasm. However, we found no evidence that instructor enthusiasm influenced quiz performance in either study. Nevertheless, Study 2 showed that those in the high enthusiasm condition were more motivated to watch the next lecture than those in the low enthusiasm condition. These findings make an important contribution to the study of online learning and indicate that instructor enthusiasm may be a viable strategy to increase student engagement and motivation in online courses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mindfulness has all but become a mainstay in modern education. Yet despite the incredible enthusiasm and increased application in schools, there remains significant divergence between advocates and critics. Advocates assert that mindfulness practice promotes individual and societal health and well‐being. Meanwhile, critics question the intention and the social and political implications of promoting these ancient practices in schools, arguing that the Buddhist ethics underlying mindfulness remain incompatible with the neoliberal ideology and instrumentalism of contemporary schooling. As mindfulness has been commodified, instrumentalised and used as a therapeutic tool for acute coping, its broader potential for human growth and development may be undermined. Furthermore, scholars caution that the fledging nature of mindfulness research leaves critical questions unanswered, especially the potential for adverse effects. The work herein examines these critiques, presenting three critical considerations for mindfulness in education, and articulates practical recommendations for educational leaders, policy makers and stakeholders. We aim to empower educators and others to make judgements about the promotion and integration of mindfulness into educational settings, considering context‐specific factors such as developmental needs and capacities, as well as recommendations to support effective and ethical practice of mindfulness in education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This essay engages rhetorics of zeal, a common genre of contemporary discourse that merits further study. To focus on a representative example, we draw from multi-sited rhetorical fieldwork at nuclear science conferences and supplementary texts, examining the rhetoric of nuclear professionals' zealous advocacy of nuclear power as a response to climate change and energy poverty. A common set of arguments appears throughout our texts: jealousy or envy over renewable energy technologies; protectiveness over perceived unfair policy treatment; love or devotion for nuclear energy as a savior technology; and passion or zeal to share the story of nuclear support with others. To describe these and similar rhetorics, we theorize the nuclear zelus trope. Drawing from the mythological and etymological history of the term "zeal," zelus rhetorics are characterized by a general narrative of passionate advocacy. Through a series of rhetorical patterns that channel passion into a call to action, nuclear zelus names white savior and racialized tropes that position nuclear energy technology as a global savior and supporters of nuclear energy as driven by a sense of righteousness. The conclusion addresses implications for further understanding zeal as an important rhetorical frame across various contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In recent decades, reinforcement learning (RL) has experienced significant advances, generating increased enthusiasm in the field of artificial intelligence. RL has exhibited outstanding in the field of robotics, specifically in quadrupedal robots and drones. Research in robots begins by confirming its effectiveness in simulation before moving on to real-world applications.Similarly, military institutions are increasingly prioritizing the incorporation of RL into combat simulators. There have been cases overseas where simple simulators have been used to integrate RL into the tactical movement of military units, and domestically, it has been applied to train dog-fight models.This study aim to tackle ground system tasks using RL, building upon prior research. The objective is to develop strategic maneuvers that enable reaching the designated target in the most efficient manner while minimizing potential destruction. To this end, a simple battlefield environment was developed, and the Soft Actor-Critic (SAC) was applied to evaluate the tactical movement of the trained agent in various scenarios. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As a part of longitudinal qualitative research project, this case study is an examination of how one Korean EFL teacher, an English enthusiast, developed his multiple identities within his school, home, and social communities. Examination of his trajectories in these domains sheds light on how the native-speakerism ideology prevailing in Korea had influenced the non-native English-speaking teacher's identity development and was affecting his life as a language learner, a language teacher, and a parent. Three of his identities emerged from this study: a language learner who was struggling to join the community of native English speakers, a language teacher who was seeking students' validation of his qualifications as a good English teacher, and a parent who expected his children to achieve his long-sought but seemingly unattainable goal of having native-like English proficiency. However, these identities were neither passively stable nor fixed, but rather were being constantly and actively negotiated. The findings suggest the necessity of taking a critical perspective on definitions of native speakers, on the impact of native-speakerism on the professional identity construction of non-native English-speaking teachers in EFL contexts, and on its effects on their domestic and social lives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recognizing the commercial potential of university-based inventions and discoveries, legislators and administrators have called upon academic scientists to become academic entrepreneurs. Yet, few academic scientists appear enthusiastic about taking on entrepreneurial activities. The intrinsic reasons underlying the lack of enthusiasm are poorly understood. We extend the research by applying self-discrepancy theory to explore the role of future-oriented self and other guides on enthusiasm for academic entrepreneurship. Integrating self-discrepancy theory with social identity theory, we also examine the moderating effects of scientist identification and academic entrepreneur social identification. We test our model on a sample of National Science Foundation (NSF) funded academic scientists who participated in the Innovation Corps (I-Corps) entrepreneurship training program. We find academic scientists' self-guides influence their enthusiasm for academic entrepreneurship, while interestingly, their other-guides do not. Additionally, we find that higher identification with a scientist identity enhances the positive effect of the self-guide on entrepreneurial enthusiasm while higher identification with an academic entrepreneur identity attenuates the positive effect. Our paper contributes to the academic entrepreneurship literature by developing and testing a framework that integrates self-discrepancy theory with social identity theory for a nuanced understanding of academic scientists' thought processes regarding engagement in entrepreneurial activities. Our study has implications for research policy by suggesting a way that universities can identify candidates for academic entrepreneurship activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We studied change initiatives towards self-managing organization in five companies, focusing on changes in leader-follower relations. Our discursive analysis based on interviews of 18 middle-managers and 38 employees suggests that organizational members identify with different types of responsibilities depending on their organizational position. We grouped these responsibilities into four orientations – organizational, institutional, coordination, and individual/work – that involve both synergistic and antagonistic elements, reflecting a plurality of interests and organizational concerns. When the authority relations between 'leaders' and 'followers' were weakened in the case organizations, these asymmetries of responsibility pushed the authoring of organizational activities into divergent trajectories. Sometimes this divergence was perceived by managers as conflicting with the organizational or institutional responsibilities they identified with. Managers controlled this tension both by influencing their subordinates' authoring normatively and by resorting to hierarchical control practices in situations and authoring arenas perceived as critical. This resulted in hybrid arrangements including both shared and hierarchical forms of control. Eventually, one of the companies remained in and another one reintroduced conventional hierarchical structures. Accordingly, we discuss our reservations regarding the emancipatory enthusiasm around shared forms of control, as the shared mode of control seems to 'work' as long as employee authoring is contained within managerial power and interests. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines the impact classroom management, quality of teachers, and student's mathematics interest on their mathematics achievement in a few senior high schools in Ghana. The respondents' information was gathered using well-structured questionnaires. Three senior high schools were chosen, and 300 final-year students were chosen using convenience sampling, stratified sampling, and simple random sampling techniques. Three days prior to the letter's sending, permission was obtained. The teacher on duty at the time of the data collection gave authorization for data to be collected during class hours. Using Amos and SPSS software, the study used structural equation modeling to evaluate the various correlations among the variables based on the 285 complete questionnaires. The findings of the study revealed that, effective classroom management and student enthusiasm in mathematics positively influenced math achievement. Also, math achievement was negatively impacted by teacher quality, but this effect was statistically significant. In order to raise students' math achievement, teachers must use effective teaching and learning strategies to gain students' attention in mathematics teaching and learning. Moreover, mathematics teachers must consider individual differences when teaching. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Generation z in Indonesia has a high interest in joining online communities or groups. Through online communities, Generation Z can interact via digital media or directly with people who have similar interests. So, it will be easier for them to show their identity. However, several irresponsible parties take advantage of Generation Z's enthusiasm by exploiting their creative ideas. In this way, there is a potential that the identity that one wants to show and develop cannot be achieved. Therefore, a community needs to support Generation Z in forming the identity that its members want. This research aims to analyze the communication identity of Generation Z who are members of the Novo Club online community. The research method used is a qualitative approach using interviews and observation as data collection methods. The research results show that the communication identity that Novo Club members want to show is very diverse, including being an innovator, and the positive characteristics of Generation Z. They show their identity through social media or in person, through their style of speaking and dressing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To implement education, a teaching staff is needed whose duty is to provide teaching, both in formal and non-formal educational institutions. The purpose of the KKN-T program in this village is to provide community service and contribute to improving the education of children in the village. The level of enthusiasm of children in Jambugeulis village is very high; however, the number of teaching staff available in the village is very limited, which is an obstacle for children to get the education they need. Findings from KKN-T activities provide an overview of the spirit and enthusiasm shown by children and the community towards the role of students as teachers in helping education in Jambugeulis village through formal and nonformal education activities that have been implemented by KKN-T Majalengka University. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective Methods Results Conclusion There are no criteria for what type of manuscript and to what extent ChatGPT use is permissible in writing manuscripts. I aimed to determine which, human or ChatGPT, writes more readable letters to the editor and whether ChatGPT writes letters mimicking a certain person. I aimed to provide hints as to what makes the difference between humans and ChatGPT.This is a descriptive pilot study. I tasked ChatGPT (version 3.5) with generating a disagreement letter to my previous article (Letter 0). I wrote a letter involving three weaknesses of the addressed article (Letter 1). I provided ChatGPT with these three weaknesses and tasked it with generating a letter (Letter 2). Then, I supplied my authored letters and tasked ChatGPT with emulating my writing style (Letter 3). Eight professors evaluated the letters' readability and ChatGPT assessed which letter was more likely to be accepted.ChatGPT produced coherent letters (Letters 0 and 2). Professors rated the readability of Letters 1 and 2 similarly, finding Letter 3 less readable. ChatGPT determined that the human‐authored Letter 1 had a slightly higher acceptance likelihood than the ChatGPT‐generated Letter 2. Although ChatGPT identified personal writing styles, its mimicry did not enhance the letter's quality.This preliminary experiment indicates that human‐written letters are perceived to be as readable as, or no less readable than, ChatGPT‐generated ones. It suggests that human touch, with its inherent enthusiasm, is essential for effective letter writing. Further comprehensive investigations are warranted to ascertain the extent to which ChatGPT can be used in this domain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although enthusiasm is an important characteristic of teachers’ psychological growth, scant research attention has been given to English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers’ enthusiasm and its outcomes in the field of foreign language education. In addition, in spite of the criticality of foreign language teaching enjoyment (FLTE), little is known about its role in mediating the effect of enthusiasm on job satisfaction. Therefore, the current study aimed to investigate whether Turkish EFL teachers’ FLTE could mediate the relationship between their enthusiasm and job satisfaction. The participants (N = 314) completed three scales and the data were analysed through structural equation modeling (SEM). The results of the mediation analysis revealed that a. EFL teachers’ enthusiasm significantly predicted their job satisfaction and b. FLTE partially mediated the relationship between EFL teachers’ enthusiasm and job satisfaction. Therefore, enthusiasm would, directly and indirectly, through teaching enjoyment, result in teaching satisfaction. The findings of this study highlighted the broadening capacity of teacher enthusiasm in offering positive outcomes. Finally, implications and suggestions for future research were offered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of brain-based learning training in the cognitive and emotional outcomes of learning in student tutors. This research was conducted with a quasi-experimental design with pre-test-post-test and a control group. Using cluster sampling, two classes were selected from the student tutor population of Ardabil male training centers in the academic year of 2021-2022. One of the classes was considered as the experimental group and the other class as the control group. Brain-based learning package was implemented for the experimental group during 10 sessions of 60 minutes, and the control group received no intervention. In the two stages of pre-test and post-test, the dependent variables were measured using Pekran's academic excitement questionnaire, Harter's academic motivation, Frederick's academic enthusiasm, cognitive ability test and researcher-made English language academic performance test. Data analysis using multivariate analysis of covariance showed that brain-based learning training had significant effects on academic emotions (F = 147.08, p < 0.05,), academic motivation (p < 0.05, F = 142.72), academic enthusiasm (F = 127.38, p < 0.05,), cognitive ability (F = 177.31, p < 0.05,) and academic performance (F = 10.54, p < 0.05). Consequently, it can be concluded that brain-based learning improves the cognitive and emotional outputs of learners. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Previous studies have indicated that burnout arises from excessive enthusiasm for work. However, most psychological scale items that measure burnout focus solely on symptoms, and there is little evidence to indicate whether burnout symptoms can derive from enthusiasm for work. Therefore, we conducted a three‐wave annual panel survey to assess whether scores on the Burnout Scale (BO scores), which focuses solely on symptoms, measure "typical burnout" caused by enthusiasm for work among Japanese caregivers. We used a cross‐lagged and synchronous effects model and found that enthusiasm indicators negatively predicted BO scores. This result contradicts the assumptions of typical burnout. Subsequently, we classified enthusiasm indicators and BO scores through latent rank analysis. The results showed that people with high enthusiasm had low BO scores, and vice versa, indicating that very few people have typical burnout characteristics, and that the scale focuses only on symptoms and cannot measure typical burnout. Future studies should investigate the mechanism of typical burnout to distinguish between burnout and similarly presenting diagnoses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This essay approaches Jubilate Agno (1758–1763) as constitutive of an "emotional practice" of enthusiasm. Using affect and practice theories, I argue for increased attention to the modulation of feeling made manifest in Jubilate Agno , which realizes Smart's religious, reparative, and creative impulses. The enthusiastic posture and practice of the poem afford Smart, if not always divine inspiration and freedom, at least sustaining resolve during his years of anguished confinement for "madness." That such a posture and practice are so often sublime, as expounded by Robert Lowth, reveals the radical possibilities of a pliable writing process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The self-identification of Sweden and Canada as exceptionally caring and ethical states committed to the goal of global gender justice has been reinforced through their adoption of feminist foreign policies (FFPs). However, despite the enthusiasm surrounding the potential of feminism as an ethical approach to foreign policy making, critics have drawn attention to the many failings of FFPs that hamper their ability to bring about transformative change. This article posits that the shortcomings of Swedish and Canadian FFPs are rooted in an unacknowledged legacy of colonial power relations. It is from within this history of violence that Swedish and Canadian practices of feminism both "at home" and "abroad" can be seen as a re-articulation of colonialism. Through two illustrative narrative readings of reconciliation efforts, the article examines state provisions of hierarchically imposed, paternalistic expressions of care that silence Indigenous "articulations of self-care." As such, it addresses a significant gap in the literature on FFPs by highlighting the risk of self-proclaimed "caring" feminist states reproducing colonial power relations within and beyond borders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study explored the outcomes of harmonious and excessive work enthusiasm on work-life enrichment, and how job satisfaction is impacted by these factors, with psychological detachment serving a moderating influence. Survey questions have been used to gather information from Pakistan's numerous education sectors, both online and in-person.102 is the sample, collected on random basis. Job happiness is positively impacted by harmonious work enthusiasm, and has a good influence on work-life enrichment. Work harmoniously has a detrimental influence on work-life enrichment, have negative impact on job satisfaction. Psychological distancing balances the relationship between harmonious and obsessive job passions, although it does not moderate or balances the former because of ongoing stress and demands of work. Human resources experts are starting to pay consideration to the study of work passion, the beneficial effects have observed in previous studies regarding work passion that enhanced the understanding of authors in these fields. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the release of the OMG Systems Modeling Language (SysML) (Object Management Group, 2007) there was a surge of enthusiasm for model‐based systems engineering (MBSE). Expectations were high. Cumbersome, fragmented documents would be completely replaced by coherent, fully integrated models. The models would serve as the "Single Version of the Truth" (later transitioning to models being part of the "Authoratative Source of Truth"). While progress has been made, this utopian vision has largely failed to materialize. Certainly tool and language limitations have been a factor. However, the bigger factor in many communities has been human factors challenges. In our enthusiasm to propagate the MBSE vision, we forgot to perform the most basic systems engineering task: stakeholder analysis. This paper will introduce some of the basic human factors issues that were overlooked. The paper will then discuss three concrete cases in which a community was struggling with the abstract, radical change approach and how the teams involved have modified this approach and tooling to make it more practical and successful for those communities. Finally, the paper will conclude with some recommendations to consider when undertaking the introduction of MBSE methods in a new community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Previous studies have indicated that burnout arises from excessive enthusiasm for work. However, most psychological scale items that measure burnout focus solely on symptoms, and there is little evidence to indicate whether burnout symptoms can derive from enthusiasm for work. Therefore, we conducted a three‐wave annual panel survey to assess whether scores on the Burnout Scale (BO scores), which focuses solely on symptoms, measure "typical burnout" caused by enthusiasm for work among Japanese caregivers. We used a cross‐lagged and synchronous effects model and found that enthusiasm indicators negatively predicted BO scores. This result contradicts the assumptions of typical burnout. Subsequently, we classified enthusiasm indicators and BO scores through latent rank analysis. The results showed that people with high enthusiasm had low BO scores, and vice versa, indicating that very few people have typical burnout characteristics, and that the scale focuses only on symptoms and cannot measure typical burnout. Future studies should investigate the mechanism of typical burnout to distinguish between burnout and similarly presenting diagnoses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Scientism proposes science to be an all-powerful human enterprise, able to answer not only all practical but also philosophical or moral questions. We are taking a psychological approach to scientism, studying uncritical trust in science and uncritical trust in scientists as a part of a unique attitudinal tendency. Our novel measure assesses both kinds of trust through short Thurstone scales allowing us to establish a clear threshold for endorsing scientism, thus effectively delineating it from science enthusiasm, which previous instruments were unable to do. We built and refined a novel scale through five stages in which we consulted relevant literature, experts, and laypeople. We demonstrated that uncritical trust in science and scientists are interrelated, yet distinct constructs. As expected, these two subscales positively correlated with dogmatism, scientific knowledge, and overclaiming, but not with knowledge overestimation. The results suggest the new instrument is reliable, valid, and suitable for the lay public. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although customer engagement has been deemed critical for optimizing social media marketing performance, prior research has mainly examined customer engagement through cross‐sectional designs, thus limiting insight into its evolving dynamics over time. To address this gap, we adopt uses‐and‐gratifications theory to explore the associations among customers' evaluations of a firm's social media marketing activities, customer engagement, and customer stickiness on a brand's social media page at three points in the post‐purchase stage of the consumption journey. Cross‐lagged autoregressive panel model analyses suggest that, first, customers' evaluations of firms' social media marketing activities, customer engagement, and customer stickiness fluctuate. Second, customer engagement has cross‐lagged longitudinal effects on stickiness over time; the same applies to the role of stickiness in customers' evaluations of the firm's social media marketing activities. However, no cross‐lagged effects arise from (a) firm‐based social media marketing activities to customer stickiness or (b) stickiness to engagement. These findings contribute to the customer engagement literature by describing the dynamics of such engagement and its interrelationships with other key constructs across time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The British Railway Mania of the mid-1840s led to a massive expansion of the railway network, a socially beneficial legacy that however produced a collapse of profitability and dividends. Paradoxically, the majority of this expansion was carried out by established (and hitherto successful) railways, rather than Mania promotions. Campbell and Turner (2015) see this expansion as a rational, indeed optimal, response to the Mania: they would have been worse placed with alternative strategies. This paper contends that it was established railways which began the expansion in 1843–1844, and that the high returns they generated for their shareholders depended crucially on the rights issues that financed their projected lines. This helps to explain both shareholder support for expansion, and investor enthusiasm for Mania projections. But the new lines were unprofitable: the established railways' expansionary strategy was a major managerial failure with, in the longer term, disastrous consequences for shareholders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article provides a concise overview of the last 20 years of the VIRI (transl. Sources) series, which has been published by the Archival Society of Slovenia since 1980 and currently consists of 46 volumes as of May 2024. Twentyfive volumes have been published in the past twenty years, with three different archivists holding the position of chief editor. They struggled more with a lack of enthusiasm in publishing such publications among Slovenian archivists and the interested professional public than they did with a lack of funds, irregular financing, or conflict within the editorial board. In spite of all this, the VIRI series has been published more or less consistently since 1989 and is now a vital resource for compiling synthesis of different periods of Slovenian history. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Comments generated by users of online music streaming platforms have become an under-researched digital genre. We explore this field by analyzing the intensification devices of comments generated by the Spanish new generation singer Álvaro Soler’s Chinese fans. Based on a corpus composed of 1,646 comments collected from Netease Cloud Music and following a “coding and counting” approach, this article examines the usage of intensification strategies in these reviews and the most emphasized topics. Results from this study will reveal how Chinese fans use this pragmatic strategy to express emotions. In addition, their enthusiasm and interest are not limited to the star, but also extend to some linguistic and sociocultural aspects. This work provides an interesting contribution to the study of intensification, and shows Chinese teenagers’ perception of Spanish popular culture from a particular and innovative perspective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to illustrate how several emotional mechanisms very probably played some causal and presumably significant role during the revolution that took place in Catalonia between July 1936 and May 1937 within the framework of the Spanish Civil War. Beyond this specific case study, the article contributes to the discussion on the role of emotions in large‐scale collective action and the concept of enthusiasm. In this regard, it is argued that the analyzed case suggests hatred could be an emotional antecedent of enthusiasm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article is an effort to unveil how colonialism gets inscribed in research education initiatives during peace-building. To this end, we look behind the scenes of an education development project that sought to support a rural school in consolidating high-quality education during Colombia's recent peace process. We examine how, in our roles as principal investigator and research assistant, our enthusiasm inadvertently contributed to perpetuating the colonial rule of the state in an area traditionally controlled by revolutionary groups. To do so, we follow the project from its design and negotiation to the delivery of results. By depicting how enthusiasm may shape a researcher's reasoning, we aim to complicate our understanding of the research process and the enthusiasm that underpins peace efforts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]