Understanding Public and Nonprofit Managers' Motivation Through the Lens of Self-Determination Theory by Chen, Chung-An, Bozeman, Barry

“…The findings show that public managers exhibit stronger service motivation, identified motivation, external motivation, and amotivation when compared to their nonprofit peers. In addition, public managers' strong external motivation and amotivation compromise their overall level of self-determination, suggesting that they may be less motivated by their work requirements than are nonprofit counterparts.…”
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Immunogenicity and safety of beta variant COVID-19 vaccine AZD2816 and AZD1222 (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) as primary-series vaccination for previously unvaccinated adults in Brazil, South A... by Costa Clemens, SA, Jepson, B, Bhorat, QE, Ahmad, A, Akhund, T, Aley, PK, Bansal, H, Bibi, S, Kelly, EJ, Khan, M, Lambe, T, Lombaard, JJ, Matthews, S, Pipolo Milan, E, Olsson, U, Ramasamy, MN, Moura de Oliveira Paiva, MS, Seegobin, S, Shoemaker, K, Szylak, A, Villafana, T, Pollard, AJ, Green, JA

“…<p><b>Background</b></p> AZD2816 is a variant-adapted COVID-19 vaccine that expresses the full-length SARS-CoV-2 beta variant spike protein but is otherwise similar to AZD1222 (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19). …”

Lessons from the past : responding to infectious disease outbreaks by Bill Durodié

“…The lessons learnt from earlier outbreaks, such as SARS in 2003, are more limited than had been assumed.…”
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Ideas of intelligence across development : a look into children's implicit attitudes of the male = brilliant stereotype by Ng, Sara Hui Xin

“…The stereotyped belief of men being more intelligent that women in various domains have been well studied across the years. Much lesser attention has been paid to whether children endorse such gender stereotype attitudes as well. …”
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Cognitive aspects of generalised anxiety disorder in adolescents: exploring intolerance of uncertainty, cognitive avoidance, and positive beliefs about worry by Shipp, LR, Leigh, E, Laverton, A, Percy, R, Waite, P

“…Intolerance of uncertainty, cognitive avoidance, and positive beliefs about worry have been well researched in adults with Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD), but few studies have explored these aspects in adolescent clinical samples. …”

Part I : Ranking of 2004 financial sector reforms and liberalisation of ASEAN 10+5 economies. by Khoo, Miaosi., Seah, Terence Choon Kiat., Shahirah Arshad.

“…This study aims to motivate the ASEAN 10+5 economies to push for greater financial reforms and liberalisation by ranking and comparing them with their regional peers.…”
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Design and development of a web-based platform for EEE MSc student orientation by Soo, Serena Keng Shuang

“…The main aim of the web application is for students to have cultural exchanges, to explore Singapore, and to engage in school life by forming interest groups with like-minded peers.…”
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Reframing stigma in Tourette syndrome: an updated scoping review by Pring, K, Malli, M, Hardy, BW, Rapp, SR, Storch, EA, Mink, JW, Martindale, JM

“…On the individual level, youth with PTD had lower self-esteem than peers, often leading to fear of future stigmatization, avoidant behaviors, and self-stigmatization. …”

Spooky action in the film/novel debate. by Lee, Tracy Marie Shiyin., Luo, Esmonde Jianwen., Wong, Kai Wing., Manoj Prabhoda Chandran., Chee, Kang Xiong.

“…The installation follows a Collector, Photographer, Writer and a Collective (a beer garden group that gathers at the local coffeeshop) in their daily life as they contemplate the curious events, and each other, in an attempt to cope with the boredom they face in the neighbourhood. …”
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Systematic assessment of COVID-19 host genetics using whole genome sequencing data by Schmidt, A, Casadei, N, Brand, F, Demidov, G, Vojgani, E, Abolhassani, A, Aldisi, R, Butler-Laporte, G, DeCOI host genetics group, Alawathurage, TM, Augustin, M, Bals, R, Bellinghausen, C, Berger, MM, Bitzer, M, Bode, C, Boos, J, Brenner, T, Cornely, OA, Eggermann, T, Erber, J, Feldt, T, Fuchsberger, C, Gagneur, J

“…Courses of SARS-CoV-2 infections are highly variable, ranging from asymptomatic to lethal COVID-19. …”

Explicating problematic social network sites use: A review of concepts, theoretical frameworks, and future directions for communication theorizing by Lee, Edmund Wei Jian, Ho, Shirley S., Lwin, May Oo

“…Third, we propose that communication scholars should strive for theoretical integration and examine the impact of microsystem (e.g. parents and peers) and macrosystem (e.g. surveillance culture) on the development of problematic SNSs among adolescents. …”
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Investigating viral glycosylation pathways for drug and vaccine development by Brun, J

“…Compounds of a global anti-COVID-19 effort called the “Moonshot project” targeting the main protease of SARS-CoV-2 were also screened and promising compounds were progressed further to produce a specific direct-acting SARS-CoV-2 antiviral compound. …”

Unveiling student perspectives on online presentations by Siti Ainun Jariyah, Hassan, Hamizah, Zahari, Ezihaslinda, Ngah

“…In a typical online presentation, students deliver information or projects through digital platforms, sharing their work in real time with instructors and peers. Various tools, such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet, are frequently used to facilitate these presentations. …”
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Pregnant women admitted to hospital with covid-19 in 10 European countries: individual patient data meta-analysis of population based cohorts in International Obstetric Survey Syst... by Engjom, HM, de Bruin, O, Ramakrishnan, R, Aabakke, AJM, Äyräs, O, Deneux-Tharaux, C, Donati, S, Knight, M, Jonasdottir, E, Svanvik, T, Vercoutere, A, Vousden, N, Bleomenkamp, KWM

“…The dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus was the wild-type variant in all countries during the study period (1 March 2020 to 31 December 2020).…”

The epistemic significance of religious disagreements: cases of unconfirmed superiority disagreements by Choo, Frederick Wen Yeong

“…In this paper, I argue that many religious disagreements are cases of unconfirmed superiority disagreements, where parties have good reason to think they are not epistemic peers, yet they lack good reason to determine who is superior. …”
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Student poster conferences as a formative, authentic, inclusive and sustainable assessment practice by Sims, D, Aitken, D, Swales, C

“…Of primary importance, the poster conference is a safe-to-fail formative experiential learning opportunity, with opportunities for feedback from peers and key stakeholders. It is a form of authentic assessment that replicates a ‘real world’ conference experience and aspects of public scholarship and peer review. …”

Exploring career realities: elevating graduate employability through job shadowing by Hanaliza Kamis, Phan, Jasmine Ah Kiaw, Sheela Karunaharan Thanaraj, Jen, Ling Gan

“…Overall, the performance of program participants surpassed that of their non-participating peers, underscoring the program’s impact on bridging the gap between academic theory and practical application.…”
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Magical realism and representations of the cold war in Southeast Asia by Lye, Kit Ying

“…However, while there are acknowledgements by scholars that religious myths and pre-existing animistic beliefs continue to influence the way that the indigenous people understand their worlds, Southeast Asian authors (unlike many of their postcolonial peers), do not actively employ magical realism in their exploration of history and civil unrest in their writings, and when they do, are not employed to the same degree as postcolonial authors in other regions. …”
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Metrics to relate COVID-19 wastewater data to clinical testing dynamics by Xiao, Amy, Wu, Fuqing, Bushman, Mary, Zhang, Jianbo, Imakaev, Maxim, Chai, Peter R., Duvallet, Claire, Endo, Noriko, Erickson, Timothy B., Armas, Federica, Arnold, Brian, Chen, Hongjie, Chandra, Franciscus, Ghaeli, Newsha, Gu, Xiaoqiong, Hanage, William P., Lee, Wei Lin, Matus, Mariana, McElroy, Kyle A., Moniz, Katya, Rhode, Steven F., Thompson, Janelle, Alm, Eric J.

“…While wastewater surveillance has been applied at various scales to monitor population-level COVID-19 dynamics, there is a need for quantitative metrics to interpret wastewater data in the context of public health trends. 24-hour composite wastewater samples were collected from March 2020 through May 2021 from a Massachusetts wastewater treatment plant and SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentrations were measured using RT-qPCR. …”
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The Inspiration Design Toolkit: A Human-Centered Design Tool for a System Engineering Course by Lee, Sheng-Hung, Yang, Maria C, Carramolino, Beatriz, Rudnik, John

“…The aim of the IDT is to improve the participants’ learning experience and course engagement, increase opportunities for them to interact with their peers and teaching team, enable them to practice and reinforce the concepts through the creation of their own IDT cards, and share the cards in the discussion to increase learners’ engagement with course material and peers. …”
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