Measuring meaning in life

The present studies addressed the need for a comprehensive, economical, and psychometrically adequate measure of existential meaning. In Study 1, principal-axis factor analysis of participants’ responses to popular meaning measures identified five latent constructs underlying them, labelled purposeful life, principled life, valued life, exciting life, and accomplished life. These dimensions resonate with the meaning in life concept as= understood by Frankl (1963) and the panoply of subsequent theoretical definitions (e.g. Battista and Almond 1973). Study 2 used these results as a foundation for developing a psychometrically satisfactory self-report questionnaire of each of these aspects of meaning in life. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) validated a five-factor structure, with each factor loading on a common second-order factor. Study 3 provided evidence for this new measure’s convergent validity and economic property. The final Meaningful Life Measure is reported and provides comprehensive but differentiated measurement of the meaning in life construct

Exploring resilience for effective learning in computer science education

Background and context: Many factors have been shown to be important for supporting effective learning and teaching – and thus progression and success – in formal educational contexts. While factors such as key introductory-level computer science knowledge and skills, as well as pre-university learning and qualifications, have been extensively explored, the impact of measures of positive psychology are less well understood for the discipline of computer science. This preliminary work investigates the relationships between effective learning and success, and two measures of positive psychology, Grit (Duckworth’s 12-item Grit scale) [6] and the Nicolson McBride Resilience Quotient (NMRQ) [3], in success in first-year undergraduate computer science to provide insight into the factors that impact on the transition from secondary education into tertiary education

Major faulting in London: relating tectonic-scale processes to site-scale engineering geology

Critical infrastructure projects in London increasingly encounter unexpected ground conditions caused by major faults in the near surface geology. Their presence challenges the traditional interpretation of minimal faulting, which stems from limited exposure and structural information, and historical misinterpretation. These major faults are now recognised as both a geological unknown and a geotechnical risk since their origins, extents and architectures are poorly constrained. This research investigates major faults in London to characterise them structurally and determine their engineering geological impact. Direct observations and indirect evidence are coupled to overcome information deficiencies, provide fault analyses, generate geological models, map faults indirectly, and assess fault reactivation and inheritance mechanisms. This investigation shows that Alpine reactivation of basement Variscan and post-Variscan faults caused propagation into overlying Late Cretaceous-Palaeogene cover through a series of en échelon Riedel shears and reversed faults. Fault compartmentalisation offset the ground into blocks and subtly influenced certain sedimentological and ongoing hydrogeological processes. Significant transpressive and transtensive shear zones developed where major faults interacted in the cover through linkage and/or confined block shearing. This research demonstrates that the London Basin is a structurally complex product of Alpine intraplate tectonism. The region is redefined here to reflect the differing Alpine responses of underlying basement domains, with the Variscan Front repositioned northward in light of London’s Variscan fault network. The identified local tectonism and regional partitioning cause lithological, mechanical, and hydrogeological properties to vary at the site-scale. Consequently, major faults inconsistently affect the ground across London to generate often unique local engineering geological impacts. Both a ground investigation workflow and fault zone categorisation criterion are proposed to improve their identification and engineering geology characterisation. This research has revealed how Alpine-triggered widespread but locally complex fault propagation in London has contributed to subsurface geological complexity to the detriment of ground conditions.Open Acces

Koinonia

CASA/CADW Regional Conferences We Prayed for Revival, Kermit Zopfi Honorary Residents Program Retention Model for Christian Liberal Arts Colleges and Bible Colleges of 2000 Students or Less, Robert Barrhttps://pillars.taylor.edu/acsd_koinonia/1074/thumbnail.jp

Achieving Very High PV Penetration

This article argues that optimally deployed intermittency solutions could affordably transform solar power generation into the firm power delivery system modern economies require, thereby enabling very high solar penetration and the displacement conventional power generation. The optimal deployment of these high‐penetration enabling solutions imply the existence of a healthy power grid, and therefore imply a central role for utilities and grid operators. This article also argues that a value‐based electricity compensation mechanism, recognizing the multifaceted, penetration‐dependent value and cost of solar energy, and capable of shaping consumption patterns to optimally match resource and demand, would be an effective vehicle to enable high solar penetration and deliver affordable firm power generation