Convergence: How Five Trends Will Reshape the Social Sector

This report highlights five key trends and how their coming together will shape the social sector of the future. Based on extensive review of existing research and in-depth interviews with thought leaders and nonprofit leaders and activists, it explores the trends (Demographic Shifts; Technological Advances; Networks Enabling Work to be Organized in New Ways; Rising Interest in Civic Engagement and Volunteerism; and Blurring of Sector Boundaries) and looks at the ways nonprofits can successfully navigate the changes. The monograph is by La Piana Consulting, a national firm dedicated to strengthening nonprofits and foundations

New Zealand Working For Families programme: Methodological considerations for evaluating MSD programmes

The methodological review is the second part of the evaluation research commissioned by the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) in 2005 to help in the preparation of the evaluation of the Working for Families (WFF) programme. This review enumerates the key evaluation questions identified by MSD as central to their policy concerns and considers how the features of WFF could affect evaluation. It details the methodological and data requirements that must be addressed in order to meet the four key evaluation objectives, namely: (1) tracking and evaluating the implementation and delivery of WFF (2) identifying changes in entitlement take-up and reasons for it (3) establishing the impact of WFF on employment-related outcomes (4) assessing WFF’s effect on net income and quality of life more generally. The methodological review complements the literature review by reviewing evaluations from around the world that are pertinent to WFF. An overview of evaluation methods is provided, concentrating on particular issues that arise within the WFF context. Section 2 focuses on implementation and delivery. Section 3 covers the issues related to take-up and entitlement and their evaluation. Section 4 discusses the evaluation methodologies that can be used in evaluating programmes such as WFF and introduces the data requirements they entail. Making work pay is the focus of section 5. Finally, section 6 examines hardship and poverty, living standards and wellbeing.

Corrección de simetría de corrientes en redes eléctricas de distribución mediante óptima conexión de transformadores monofásicos empleando búsqueda exhaustiva

Este documento presenta un modelo de reconexión de transformadores monofásicos (TrM) a lo largo de una red trifásica real de un sistema de distribución predominante de cargas residenciales, obteniendo un porcentaje mínimo de desbalance de corriente, mediante una combinación de las cargas entre las tres fases del sistema, realizado por un modelo de optimización en el programa computacional Matlab conjuntamente con GAMS en el cual se emplea el método de búsqueda exhaustiva. Este modelo de optimización permite repartir los TrM en las tres fases del sistema (A, B, C) de manera balanceada minimizando la diferencia entre la potencia que asume cada línea, por ende, si las cargas se distribuyen de manera simétrica, lo mismo sucederá con las corrientes de tal manera que se cumple con el objetivo de reducir el porcentaje de balance de corrientes. Para evidenciar los resultados obtenidos, se realiza la simulación en el programa computacional DIgSILENT PowerFactory del cual se obtiene valores de corriente con la conexión actual de los TrM y se compara con los valores obtenidos luego de haber aplicado la reconexión planteada.This document presents a reconnection model of single-phase transformers (SPT) along a real three-phase network of a predominant distribution system of residential loads, obtaining a minimum percentage of current imbalance, by means of a combination of the loads between the three phases of the system, carried out by an optimization model in the Matlab computer program together with GAMS, in which the exhaustive search method is used. This optimization model allows to distribute the SPT in the three phases of the system (A, B, C) in a balanced way, minimizing the difference between the power assumed by each line, then, if the loads are distributed symmetrically, the same will happen with the currents in such a way that the objective of reducing the current balance percentage is fulfilled. To demonstrate the results obtained, the simulation is performed in the DIgSILENT PowerFactory computer program from which current values are obtained with the current connection of the SPT and compared with the values obtained after having applied the proposed reconnection

Helping future teachers to be effective learners: Providing in context learning support for first year teacher education students

Future teachers need to be effective learners and also effective teachers of learning. However, many Teacher Education students are underprepared for university study and, as a consequence, may, not be effective learners. Thus, they need help to develop the cognitive, metacognitive, motivational and affective strategies which are needed for qualitv learning and their future teaching. Current theory and research suggests that such help is best provided by the discipline instructor in the context of regular teaching. In this paper we outline how students can be helped to be effective learners, describe how we provided such help to a group of first year Teacher Education students through a learning support program; report on the outcomes of the program from the perspective of the students and the instructor, using quantitative and qualitative data; and discuss implications for teaching and learning and Teacher Education programs

Building Research-Informed Teacher Education Communities: A UCET Framework

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Persistence in the passion investment market

Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). Research on the passion investment market is still limited, especially on the issue of persistence. This paper is the first to investigate it using both R/S analysis and fractional integration in the case of 3 fine wine price indices, 10 diamond price indices, 15 art price indices, and 1 stamp price index at the daily, monthly and quarterly frequency. The results can be summarised as follows: wine prices are found to be highly persistent, whilst stamp prices appear to be only weakly persistent, though they can still be characterised as a long-memory process; as for diamond prices, they can be persistent (Diamonds & Gems), anti-persistent (Diamonds Carat indices) or even random (Polished Prices Diamond Index). The dynamic R/S analysis also shows that persistence is time-varying and tends to fluctuate around the average. These findings can be explained by the different degree of liquidity of the assets examined and have implications for both academics investigating market efficiency and practitioners interested in forecasting prices.Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (0121U100473)

Beyond the Light-Cone Propagation of Relativistic Wavefunctions: Numerical Results

It is known that relativistic wavefunctions formally propagate beyond the light cone when the propagator is limited to the positive energy sector. By construction, this is the case for solutions of the Salpeter (or relativistic Schrödinger) equation or for Klein–Gordon and Dirac wavefunctions defined in the Foldy–Wouthuysen representation. In this work, we quantitatively investigate the degree of non-causality for free propagation for different types of wavepackets that all initially have a compact spatial support. In the studied examples, we find that non-causality appears as a small transient effect that can in most cases be neglected. We display several numerical results and discuss the fundamental and practical consequences of our findings concerning this peculiar dynamical feature

Gain-Reconfigurable Hybrid Metal-Graphene Printed Yagi Antenna for Energy Harvesting Applications

This paper presents a hybrid metal-graphene printed Yagi antenna with reconfigurable gain that operates in the 5.5-GHz band. The balun and the driven elements are made of copper, while the directors are made of graphene. The graphene acts as a tunable material in the design. By switching the conductivity of the graphene, it is achieved a similar effect to adding or subtracting directors in the antenna. Hence the gain of the printed Yagi can be easily controlled. This could be of special interest in RF energy harvesting in the design of reconfigurable harvesting elements.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Síndrome de Burnout en estudiantes del I al X ciclo de Estomatología de la Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego 2015

El presente estudio tuvo como objetivo determinar el Síndrome de Burnout en estudiantes de I al X ciclo de Estomatología de la Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego 2015. El estudio, prospectivo, transversal, descriptivo y observacional se desarrolló en la Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego, incluyo un total de 240 estudiantes de la carrera de Estomatologia de I al X ciclo. Para determinar la presencia del Síndrome de Burnout se aplicó el cuestionario de Maslach Burnout Inventory-student Survery (MBI-SS). El instrumento consto de 15 ítems para evaluar las tres sub escalas del SBO: Cansancio Emocional, Cinismo y Eficacia Académica. La confiabilidad se determinó por la distribución Chi Cuadrado con el nivel de significancia del 5% (p<0.05). Los resultados nos muestran que en los estudiantes de estomatología de la Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego existe la presencia del Sindrome de Burnout en un nivel bajo 75.83% y finalmente en un nivel medio 24.17%. Concluyendo que el nivel de síndrome de burnout en estudiantes más prevalente es el nivel bajo y que el sexo, la edad y el lugar de procedencia no tienen influencia en el nivel de síndrome de burnout.This study aimed to determine the burnout syndrome in students from I to X cycle of Stomatology of the Private University Antenor Orrego 2015. The prospective, transversal, descriptive and observational developed in the Private University Antenor Orrego, I include a total of 240 students of the career of Stomatology of I to X cycle. To determine the presence of burnout syndrome questionnaire Maslach Burnout Inventory-student Survery (MBI-SS) was applied. The instrument group contained 15 items to assess the three subscales of SBO: emotional exhaustion, cynicism and academic efficiency. Reliability was determined by Chi Square distribution with the level of significance of 5% (p <0.05). The results show that students of dentistry at the Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego there is the presence of burnout syndrome at a low level 75.83% and finally at an average 24.17%. Concluding that the level of burnout more prevalent in students is low and that sex, age and place of origin have no influence on the level of burnout.Tesi