Akurasi, Reaksi Dan Persepsi Kegunaan Balikan Penilaian Pada Mekanisme Evaluasi Kinerja 360 Derajat = 360 Degree Feedback: Accuracy, Reactions and Perceptions of Usefulness

The purpose of this research is to examine how 360 degree feedback and self-other rating discrepancies related to reactions to feedback, perceptions of feedback accuracy, and perceived usefulness of the feedback. This study investigates an individual-differences variable, goal orientation, which we believe would moderate the relationship between feedback and self-other discrepanciens with reactions and accuracy. The method of data collecting was done through questionnares, which consists of 115 respondents using purposive sampling. Rating sources are self, boss, and peers. Regressions model was used to test the hypothesis. The result of this research indicated that less favorable ratings were related to beliefs that feedback was less accurate and to negative reactions. Negative reactions and perceptions that feedback was less accurate were related to beliefs that the feedback was less useful. Goal orientation did not moderate the relationship between feedback and self-other discrepancies with perceptions of accuracy or reactions to feedback. Key words: 360 degree feedback, acct trac-y, reactions, and perceptions of usefillnes

Crime and Early Retirement Among Older Americans

This paper investigates the relationship between local crime rates and the retirement decisions of older Americans. We do so by linking data from the Health and Retirement Study with measures of local crime patterns taken from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Unified Crime Reports. If we condition on crime rates alone, there is either a weakly positive or no relationship between local crime patterns and older men’s propensity to retire early. But unobservable factors associated with early retirement may be correlated with residence in higher-crime rate cities, so next we condition on both the expectation for the crime rate and deviations from average crime levels. We find a positive and statistically significant association between early retirement and expectations for murder rates, and a positive but, on average, imprecisely estimated positive association between early retirement and unexpected increases in crime. The effect of unanticipated increases in crime is greatest, and significant for those in poor health. In this latter group, men are 14 percent more likely to retire early given a standard deviation increase in unexpected murder rates. These findings are consistent with a pattern of more early retirement among those who live in higher crime areas, and earlier retirement among those in poor health when crime levels rise above anticipated levels

Effect of Varying Trace Mineral Supplementation of Steers with or without Hormone Implants on Growth and Carcass Characteristics

The utilization of hormone implants and the supplementation of trace minerals have become well adopted management strategies in the feedlot industry. When hormone implants increase rates of growth in feedlot cattle, this could increase the demand for trace minerals to support those rapid rates of growth. In this study, an aggressive implant strategy dramatically increased growth rates and HCW, without having negative effects on marbling score. It was also observed, regardless of hormone implant, trace mineral supplementation tended to increase overall ADG and steers supplemented at industry consultants recommended concentrations had a 33 lb increase in HCW compared to cattle that received no trace mineral supplementation. This would suggest that hormone implants remain a good return on investment and the current national trace mineral recommendations may not be adequate to support the optimum growth finishing beef steers

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HydroLearn: Facilitating the Development, Adaptation and Sharing of Active-Learning Resources in Hydrology Education

Lightning presentation and workshop presented at CUAHSI HydroInformatics Conference, 2019. https://www.cuahsi.org/community/cuahsi-science-meetings/. This workshop is offered for hydrology faculty interested in implementing or adapting active-learning, data-driven resources to their educational settings. The workshop aspires to create faculty networking and development opportunities with the overall goal of promoting and reducing barriers against adoption of active-learning resources in hydrology. The workshop will use the recently developed NSF-sponsored HydroLearn platform, along with resources from CUAHSI, HydroShare and other community platforms, to enable participating faculty to develop and share educational resources. The workshop will showcase existing seed modules and will cover best practices in developing student-centered learning activities, including the design of pedagogically-sound learning objectives and assessment rubrics. Faculty who currently teach hydrology-related courses are encouraged to participate, especially those who teach undergraduate or early-level graduate courses. Interested faculty may also be invited to participate in a follow-up funded fellowship program to engage in a semester-long adoption and field testing of the HydroLearn platform and its content. The workshop will be jointly conducted by hydrology faculty along with an expert in education research

Band offsets of metal oxide contacts on TlBr radiation detectors

Metal oxides are investigated as an alternative to metal contacts on thallium bromide (TlBr) radiation detectors. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy studies of SnO 2/TlBr and ITO/TlBr devices indicate that a type-II staggered heterojunction forms between TlBr and metal oxides upon contacting. By using the Kraut method of valence band offset (VBO) determination, the VBOs of SnO 2/TlBr and ITO/TlBr heterojunctions are determined to be 1.05 ± 0.17 and 0.70 ± 0.17 eV, respectively. The corresponding conduction band offsets are then found to be 0.13 ± 0.17 and 0.45 ± 0.17 eV, respectively. The I-V response of symmetric In/SnO 2/TlBr and In/ITO/TlBr planar devices is almost Ohmic with a leakage current of less than 2.5 nA at 100 V

Characterising the shared genetic influences between schizophrenia and subcortical brain regions

Background: Abnormalities in brain structural volumes are well established in schizophrenia (SZ) and have been proposed as an endophenotype for the disorder. Despite increasing interest in the genetic relationship between brain structural volumes and SZ, our knowledge of the genetic overlap between the phenotypes is limited. This study aims to extend our current understanding of the shared genetic influences between SZ and subcortical brain volumes using data from the latest genome-wide association studies for the respective phenotypes (GWAS) and novel statistical approaches. Additionally, we will explore whether the association between schizophrenia and abnormal regional brain volumes is causal in nature. Methods: Summary statistics were obtained from the largest Psychiatric Genomic Consortium (PGC)-SZ GWAS (Ncase = 69,369, Ncontrol = 236,642) and the CHARGEENIGMA-UKBB GWAS of volumetric measures for eight subcortical brain regions (the nucleus accumbens, amygdala, brainstem, caudate nucleus, hippocampus, globus pallidus, putamen, and thalamus), and total intracranial volume (N = 30,983 - 40,380). Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) effect concordance analysis (SECA) was used to assess pleiotropy and concordance. Genetic correlation was assessed using linkage disequilibrium score regression (LDSR) and the pleiotropy informed conditional FDR approach was applied to identify SNPs associated with SZ conditional on their association with subcortical brain volumes. Mendelian randomization (MR) was used to test for causal association between SZ and each brain region. Results: There was evidence of global pleiotropy between SZ, and all examined subcortical brain regions. Inverse concordance between the genetic determinants of SZ and volumes of the nucleus accumbens, amygdala, brainstem, hippocampus, and thalamus was observed. Increased statistical power to detect SZ risk loci was shown when conditioning on subcortical brain volumes. There was no significant evidence for a causal effect of any of the examined brain regions on schizophrenia risk. Discussion: These data confirm the shared genetic basis of SZ and specific intracranial and subcortical brain volumes and provide evidence for negative concordance between SZ and volumes of the nucleus accumbens, amygdala, brainstem, hippocampus, and thalamus. Leveraging the genetic overlap between SZ and subcortical brain volumes has the potential to provide novel insights into the biological basis of the disorder