IGJR issue 1/2018 by IF and FRFG

“…Vanhuysse, Pieter (2015): Skills, stakes and clout: Early human capital foundations for European welfare futures. …”
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GREEN NEW DEAL LANDSCAPES / by Ramírez, José Alfredo, editor 642052

Different Languages, Different Mathematics Learning by Margarida César, Ricardo Machado

“…This evidence plays an important role in their access to school achievement and in teachers’ understanding about how they can promote pupils’ mathematical learning. …”
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Seeding Resilient Restoration: An Indicator System for the Analysis of Tree Seed Systems by Rachel J. Atkinson, Evert Thomas, Federico Roscioli, Jonathan P. Cornelius, Rene Zamora-Cristales, Maria Franco Chuaire, Carolina Alcázar, Francisco Mesén, Hariet Lopez, Roberto Ipinza, Pablo J. Donoso, Leonardo Gallo, Victor Nieto, Julio Ugarte, Cuauhtémoc Sáenz-Romero, Tobias Fremout, Riina Jalonen, Hannes Gaisberger, Barbara Vinceti, Michel Valette, Ennia Bosshard, Marius Ekué, Gabriela Wiederkehr Guerra, Chris Kettle

“…Achieving multi-million-hectare commitments from countries around the world to restore degraded lands in resilient and sustainable ways requires, among other things, huge volumes of tree planting material. …”
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The Washback Effects of High School Third Grade Exam on EFL Teachers’ Methodology, Evaluation and Attitude by Mohammad Ahmadi Safa, Farhad Jafari

“…Abstract: The widespread use of test scores for different educational and social decision making purposes has made the washback effect of tests a distinct educational phenomenon (Cheng, 1997).The high school third grade final exam in the general educational system of Iran has for long been a high stake test designed to assess the achievement of high school graduates in different school subjects. …”
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Knowledge and Its Legitimacy, an Exploratory (Meta)Ethical Framework-Based Analysis of Narratives on Coastal Flooding Risks in a Changing Climate by Jean-Paul Vanderlinden, Jean-Paul Vanderlinden, Estelle Rouhaud, Estelle Rouhaud, Nabil Touili

“…Knowledge quality assessment (KQA) has been developed in order to analyze the role of knowledge in situations of high stakes and urgency when characterized by deep uncertainty and ignorance. …”
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Design of an Iterative Dual Metaheuristic VARMAx Model Enhancing Efficiency of Time Series Predictions by Yuvaraja Boddu, A. Manimaran, B. Arunkumar, D. Ramkumar

“…Traditional methods, while effective to a degree, often grapple with limitations such as reduced accuracy, specificity, and higher prediction delays, particularly in high-stakes fields like stock market analysis, forest cover monitoring, and medical disease prediction. …”
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Essays on contract theory and behavioral economics by Gottlieb, Daniel, Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Methodology and tools for designing ethical artificial intelligence systems by Zhang, Jiehuang

“…In selected fields like healthcare and self driving cars, there are high stakes that require AI to achieve a minimum standard for accuracy and provide well designed explanations for their outputs, especially when it impacts human life. …”
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Decentralization in Rural India: Gandhi’s Perspective, Constitutional Prescription and Emerging Trends by Prabhat Kumar Datta

“…Mention may be made of the following: the erosion of the highly centralised ‘developmental state’ in the late 1980s; the rediscovery of the ‘local dimension’ of development and related recognition of local governments’ potential role and added-value in promoting local development and contributing to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); the quest for improved efficiency in the delivery of basic social services (health, education, water and sanitation, etc.), especially in reaching out to poor people; the global imperative for democratisation and good governance, which has fuelled societal demands for local democracy and accountable local governments; the rise of participatory development approaches that allow a wide range of new actors to express their voice and have a stake in policy processes with local governments, in particular, lobbying to be recognised as a dialogue partner (at all relevant levels) and as aid beneficiary; a wide range of other push factors, such as Agenda 21 (on sustainable development) and the concern to protect local economies against globalisation…”
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An improvement of the sales administration process performance; A case study at Guthrie Property Development Holding Berhad (GPDH), Bukit Jelutong Shah Alam / Mazhayu Limat by Limat, Mazhayu

“…Berhad. The achievement paves the way for recognition of a quality builder status and to maintain their quality of management performance, they need to improve their process performance to ensure they can achieve the ISO objective. …”
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Exploration of linear and interpretable models for quantification of cell parameters via contactless short-wave infrared hyperspectral sensing by Anjana Hevaganinge, Eva Lowenstein, Anna Filatova, Mihir Modak, Nandi Thales Mogo, Bryana Rowley, Jenny Yarmowsky, Joshua Ehizibolo, Ravidu Hevaganinge, Amy Musser, Abbey Kim, Anthony Neri, Jessica Conway, Yiding Yuan, Maurizio Cattaneo, Sui Seng Tee, Yang Tao

“…Further, most practitioners find it difficult to confidently adapt black box chemometric models that are difficult to troubleshoot in high-stakes applications such as biopharmaceutical manufacturing. …”
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Algorithmic Allocation: Untangling Rival Considerations of Fairness in Research Management by Guus Dix, Wolfgang Kaltenbrunner, Joeri Tijdink, Govert Valkenburg, Sarah de Rijcke

“…From the specifics of the case, we extrapolate to considerations of epistemic and market fairness that might equally be at stake in other attempts to govern the production of scientific knowledge in a quantitative and market-oriented way.…”
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Accountability by Design: Moving Primary Care Reform Ahead in Alberta by Shannon M. Spenceley, Cheryl Andres, Janet Lapins, Robert Wedel, Tobias Gelber, Lisa Halma

“…There are plenty of vested interests at stake, and a truly transformative vision requires buy-in at every level. …”
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Evaluating the learning environment in Dental colleges from students’ perspective; a qualitative exploratory research by Gulmina Saeed Orakzai, Syeda Munazza Gillani, Saima Irshad, MahRukh, Madeeha Nazar Tiwana, Sidra Shaukat

“… Objective: Learning environment has a great role in students learning, achievement and success. It is also essential for the development of curriculum. …”
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Accountability by Design: Moving Primary Care Reform Ahead in Alberta by Shannon M. Spenceley, Cheryl Andres, Janet Lapins, Robert Wedel, Tobias Gelber, Lisa Halma

“…There are plenty of vested interests at stake, and a truly transformative vision requires buy-in at every level. …”
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The Use of Gothic Fiction as a Second Language Teaching-Learning Motivational Input for Adolescents by Almudena Nido, Rosa María Díez Cobo

“…A direct rapport between motivation and language achievement can be traced, whereby the higher the motivation, the smoother the advances towards an effective acquisition of the target language. …”
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The Washback Effect of the English National Examination (ENE) on English Teachers’ Classroom Teaching and Students’ Learning by Didi Sukyadi, Ridha Mardiani

“…Since 2005, Indonesia has administered the National Examination (NE), from which the result is used as a basis to decide the students’ exit from secondary schools. As a high stake testing, the NE has caused various washback effects, both positive and negative. …”
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The Impact of Different Types of Tests in EFL Writing on the Teachers’ Classroom Practices by Arina Shofiya

“…To promote the quality of national education, a test, especially high-stake test, has received special concern from the government. …”
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Female Education and the Interjecting Trajectories in Northern Nigeria by Olivia Elakeche Idoko

“…The collaborative efforts between the government, international development partners and Civil Society Organizations to address the problem of inequity for girls in educational access and achievement, has attracted ample intervention and research.However, the problem has persisted. …”
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