152 research outputs found
Coaching for Emancipation: A framework of coaching in oppressive environments
Full text linkThis study aims to develop a theoretical and practical framework for the use of coaching in oppressive environments to support the emancipation and development of individuals. A review of the literature suggests that the dynamics of oppression affect every aspect of the human condition. Meanwhile, there is limited understanding of how to support individuals in liberating themselves from the implications of oppression. The study sets out to examine whether coaching can be used as an emancipatory approach, and aims to explore how the context of oppression affects coachees, coaches and the coaching process. Building on a cross-disciplinary review of emancipatory approaches, an initial coaching model was developed. Then, a cooperative inquiry was conducted with a group of twelve coaches from Egypt, who used the initial model with 22 coachees over six months. The first set of findings offers a theoretical view of the individual’s journey from oppression to emancipation, starting from feelings of helplessness and self-blame through a number of cycles that lead to actions of resistance and narratives of liberation. Findings suggest that oppression has implications for the individual’s cognitive and emotional development, and emphasise the role of emotions in enabling the emancipatory process. The second set of findings is organised into three coaching processes, each underpinned by a theoretical understanding of its dynamics, enablers and barriers, as well as a number of practical considerations to improve its effectiveness. The first process “Naming Oppression” suggests that coaching can support emancipation through encouraging coachees to use narratives to understand, externalise and re-author their life. The second process called “Renewing Beliefs” explores how coachees can use critical reflection to understand and challenge the social and psychological structures leading to their experience of oppression. The third process titled “Fighting Back” focuses on how coachees undertake actions to resist and break from the cycle of oppression and to discover new possibilities for change. The third set of findings suggests that coaches in oppressive environments face a complex web of philosophical, psychological, and practical challenges, and discusses the implications of these challenges on their development. The study offers a theoretical and practical foundation upon which coaching for emancipation can be built, and proposes the need for further research into the experience of coachees and most especially the emotional side of their experience
Identification, Development and Achievement Analysis of Talented and Gifted Children in West Germany
Full text linkDetermination of Demand-Side Management Practices affecting Energy Consumption in Egypt: Potential Benefits and Barriers
No full textAbstract: Over the last 30 years, the electricity and renewable energy laws in Egypt had been restructured, and the energy efficiency codes of electricity and buildings had been developed. However, there is a lack of effort towards the end user behavior and there is a need to consider energy savings that can be gained from consumption patterns’ reconstruction. This paper discusses various solutions to the before mentioned matter, while discussing smart grid and demand side planning. Also, the paper explains the steps that should be followed in order to stimulate the customers to reshape their use of electricity to reach a desired alteration in the load profile.
Keywords: Energy, Energy efficiency, Energy tariffs, demand side management, Energy consumption in Egypt.
Title: Determination of Demand-Side Management Practices affecting Energy Consumption in Egypt: Potential Benefits and Barriers
Author: Ahmed Maher, Hany Moneb, Hatem Sadek
International Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Technology
ISSN 2348-7593 (Online)
Vol. 10, Issue 1, April 2022 - September 2022
Page No: 10-19
Research Publish Journals
Website: www.researchpublish.com
Published Date: 12-August-2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6985237
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https://www.researchpublish.com/papers/determination-of-demand-side-management-practices-affecting-energy-consumption-in-egypt-potential-benefits-and-barriersInternational Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Technology, ISSN 2348-7593 (Online), Research Publish Journals, Website: www.researchpublish.co
Addressing Ambiguities in Constrained Sensitivity Analysis for Reactor Physics Problems
No full textThis paper presents an algorithm for completing sensitivity analysis that respects linear constraints placed on the associated model’s input parameters. Any sensitivity analysis (linear or nonlinear, local or global) focuses on measuring the impact of input parameter variations on model responses of interest, which may require the analyst to execute the model numerous times with different model parameter perturbations. With the constraints present, the degrees of freedom available for input parameter variations are reduced, and hence any analysis that changes model parameters must respect these constraints. Focusing here on linear constraints, earlier work has shown that constraints may be respected in many ways, causing ambiguities, i.e., nonuniqueness, in the results of a sensitivity analysis, forcing the analyst to introduce dependencies with downstream analyses, e.g., uncertainty quantification, that employ the sensitivity analysis results. This paper develops the theoretical details for a new algorithm to select model parameter variations that automatically satisfy linear constraints resulting in unique results for the sensitivity analysis, thereby removing any custom dependencies with downstream analyses. To demonstrate the performance of the algorithm, it is applied to solve the multigroup eigenvalue problem for the multiplication factor in a representative CANDU core-wide model. The model parameters analyzed are the group prompt neutron fractions, whose summation must be equal to one over all energy groups. The results indicate that the new algorithm identifies the gradient direction uniquely which represents the direction of maximum change while satisfying the constraints, thus removing any ambiguities resulting from the constraints as identified by earlier work.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.RST/Reactor Physics and Nuclear Material
Respon mahasiswa tentang kode etik berpakaian di Fakultas Ilmu Dakwah dan Ilmu Komunikasi UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta
No full textUniversitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta telah membuat peraturan yang disosialisasikan melalui buku pedoman akademik. Setiap Fakultas harus menerapkan kode etik berpakaian tersebut. Mespikun sudah terdapat peraturan tentang kode etik berpakaian, namun masih banyak mahasiswi yang melanggar kode etik tersebut. Salah satu pelanggaran yang dilakukan mahasiswi melanggar kode etik berpakaian seperti berbaju ketat, berbaju pendek, berbaju transparant dan sebagainya. Berdasarkan latar belakang tersebut timbul pertanyaan penelitian. Bagaimana respon kognitif, afektif dan psikomotorik mahasiswi terhadap kode etik berbusana di Fakultas Ilmu Dakwah dan Ilmu Komunikasi? Adakah perbedaan respon kognitif, afektif, dan psikomotorik berdasarkan asal sekolah di Fakultas Ilmu Dakwah dan Ilmu Komunikasi? Adakah perbedaan respon kognitif, afektif dan psikomotorik berdasarkan jurusan di Fakultas Ilmu Dakwah dan Ilmu Komunikasi? Teori yang digunakan oleh penulis, diantaranya adalah teori mengenai respon yang membahas mengenai definisi, macam-macam respon, teori S-O-R, dan faktor terbentuknya respon. Selain itu juga ada konsep tentang berpakaian berdasarkan syari?at Islam dan kode etik berpakaian. Teori stimulus-respon, menjelaskan tentang pengaruh yang terjadi pada pihak pertama(receiver) sebagai akibat dari komunikasi. Penelitian ini menggunakan metodologi dengan teknik pengambilan sampel purposive sampling. Pengumpulan menggunakan instrumen berbentuk kuesioner. Untuk menganalisis data, peneliti menggunakan kuantitatif dengan rumus rata-rata mean, standart deviasi, pengakatagorian dan chi-square. Kode etik berpakaian Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, dapat menambah pengetahuan/ kognitif untuk mahasiswi mengenai berbusana yang baik menurut syari?at Islam. Namun, kode etik tersebut belum dapat merubah keinginan perilaku berpakaian mahasiswi Fakultas Ilmu Dakwah dan Ilmu Komunikasi. Hal dapat dilihat berdasarkan nilai rata-rata afektif dann psikomotorik yang hanya memiliki selisih 0,5. Sedangkan respon berdasarkan asal sekolah dan respon berdasarkan jurusan tidak berpengaruh terhadap kode etik berpakaian
Criminally Incompetent Academic Misinterpretation of Criminal Data-and how the Media Pushed the Fake News
Full text linkOn 17 Jan 2018 multiple news sources (e.g. see here, here, and here) ran a story about a new research paper that claims to expose both the inaccuracies and racial bias in one of the most common algorithms used by parole boards to predict recidivism (i.e. whether or not a defendant will re-offend). The research paper was written by the world famous computer scientist Hany Farid (along with a student Julia Dressel). But the real story here is that the paper’s accusation of racial bias (specifically that the algorithm is biased against black people) is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of causation and statistics. The algorithm is no more ‘biased’ against black people than it is biased against white single parents, old people, people living in Beattyville Kentucky, or women called ‘Amber’. In fact, as we show in this brief article, if you choose any factor that correlates with poverty you will inevitably replicate the statistical ‘bias’ claimed in the paper. And if you accept the validity of the claims in the paper then you must also accept, for example, that a charity which uses poverty as a factor to identify and help homeless people is being racist because it is biased against white people (and also, interestingly, Indian Americans). The fact that the article was published and that none of the media running the story realise that they are pushing fake news is what is most important here. Depressingly, many similar research studies involving the same kind of misinterpretation of statistics result in popular media articles that push a false narrative of one kind or another
The mathematics of statistical modelling: Abstract to specific
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Financial analysis, asset allocation, and portfolio construction: Theory & practice
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