Story to Improve Language Abilities of Early Children

Language skills in PAUD Terpadu Mutiara Yogyakarta children are still low. This matter is caused by less attractive and varied educational procedures and media. The use of exciting techniques such as telling is expected to improve children's language skills. This research aims: to identify the skills in telling children in improving the language skills of children PAUD Terpadu Mutiara Yogyakarta; to recognize the increase in language skills of children in PAUD Terpadu Mutiara Yogyakarta through telling. This research's procedure involves action research, which consists of 2 cycles, the first cycle of 8 actions and the second cycle of 3 steps. The study subjects were children in group B, with 16 children consisting of 5 boys and 11 girls. Methods of collecting information through observation, interviews, and documentation. The method of information analysis was tried descriptively, qualitatively, and quantitatively. The action's success criterion is if the average class score in improving language skills reaches 75%. The research results show that: the media implementation process includes three stages, namely preparation, implementation of activities, and assessment; in Cycle I, it increased from the results of pre-action by 27% to 36%, and in Cycle II, it increased to 75%. So it can be concluded that the implementation of telling can improve PAUD Terpadu Mutiara Yogyakarta children's language skills.

Evaluations of an entrepreneurship development program: A systematic literature review

The contribution of entrepreneurship at both the microeconomic and macroeconomic levels is remarkable. There are many entrepreneurship development programs (EDP) initiatives proposed by policymakers around the world to ensure the growth of entrepreneurs. While EDP is necessary to improve entrepreneur capabilities, however studies on EDP evaluation literacy remain limited. This study aims to fill the gap by investigating EDP evaluation literacy by using a systematic literature review (SLR). This study carried out a bibliometric analysis on a Scopus database in the last three decades, from 1989 to 2021 with all the manuscripts were written in English. The results show that most of the literature on EDP evaluation-related themes is mainly focused on program evaluation, characteristics, challenges, stakeholders, and context, with program evaluation and characteristics are considered as the most significant issues of EDP evaluation. Interestingly, this study also reveals that few manuscripts review the process of EDP as the success criterion of EDP implementation.

Development of Pictograms to Communicate Technological Solution Instructions (Labeling) Among Low-Literacy Users

Conveying information for appropriate use of devices is uniquely challenging in low-resource settings. Drug makers have previously developed culturally meaningful informational pictograms to, for example, convey timing of doses, among low-literacy patients. We tested a similarly structured process among Ugandan smallholder farmers. Over 67% of the pictograms scored a passing grade after the second round of testing, meeting our overall success criterion. The process is efficacious in developing instructional/teaching (labeling) pictograms. These findings can help solution/device developers for low-resource settings to provide correctly interpretable pictograms and thus eliminate misuse-driven low uptake.

Randomized comparisons of bevacizumab (B) and irinotecan (I), added to temozolomide (T), in children with relapsed or refractory high-risk neuroblastoma (RR-HRNB): First survival results of the ITCC-SIOPEN BEACON-Neuroblastoma phase II trial.

10501 Background: BEACON is a randomized phase 2 trial assessing whether inhibiting angiogenesis with bevacizumab adds to the activity of chemotherapy and evaluating chemotherapy regimens for children with RR-HRNB. Methods: Patients with RR-HRNB were eligible. There were randomizations (rand), in a 3x2 factorial design, to: T, IT or topotecan (To)-T, +/- B. Toxicity and response were reported in 2019 (ASCO, ESMO). Survival outcomes – progression-free (PFS) and overall (OS) – for the I and B rands are reported here (To rand is still open). The B rand used a relaxed alpha (1-sided p=0.2) for PFS as its phase 2 success criterion; the I rand was Bayesian. Cox model hazard ratios (HR) <1.0 indicate benefit for I or B. Heterogeneity tests (HT) assessed interactions between B and I. Analysis was intention-to-treat. Results: From 2013-19, 160 patients were randomized to B v. no B, including 121 to I v. no I, with: median age 5.8 years; 113 and 47 measurable and evaluable disease; 67 and 93 refractory and relapsed disease; 35 had MYCN amplification. Median follow-up was 15.4 months. PFS and OS are shown in the table. In the main comparisons (I v. no I, B v. no B), I improved PFS and OS (98% probability that true HR<1.0 for both) and B just met its success criterion (PFS: 1p=0.20; OS: 1p=0.19). However, there was some, but not conclusive, evidence of a positive interaction between B and I for both PFS (HT: p=0.06) and OS (HT: p=0.12). If real, this would suggest that adding either I (IT) or B (BT) to T does not improve outcome, but adding both (BIT) does. Twice as many patients had serious adverse events with BIT (57%) than with T (26%) or IT (27%), with BT at 40%. Conclusions: The BEACON results show that single agent T is suboptimal. Statistical uncertainty about an interaction between I and B means two further interpretations are possible: 1) IT and possibly BT are better than T; 2) IT and BT are not better than T, but I and B together (BIT) are better. Hence, a definitive conclusion on the best combination(s) to take forward is not currently possible and further randomized evaluation is needed. Clinical trial information: ISRCTN40708286. [Table: see text]

Self-efficacy and job search success for new graduates

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between general self-efficacy (GSE), job search self-efficacy (JSSE), extraversion and job search success within a sample of new entrants in the labour market. It is hypothesised that JSSE acts as a mediator between GSE and job search success. Evaluation of the hireability – made by expert interviewers – of new entrants involved in a job interview simulation is proposed as a job search success criterion. Moreover, the moderating role of extraversion on the relationship between JSSE and job search success is explored.Design/methodology/approachData were collected on 177 graduates from an Italian university. Participants were involved in a simulation of an interview conducted by experts of the personnel selection process, who gave an evaluation. Macro PROCESS for SPSS was used to test the hypotheses.FindingsGSE has an indirect effect on job search success via JSSE. Moreover, extraversion has a moderating effect on the JSSE–job search success relationship for more extraverted job seekers.Practical implicationsJob search and counselling practitioners should consider extraversion and personal differences to improve the effectiveness of interventions aimed at fostering new entrants' self-regulatory resources and behaviours during the job search.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the existing research about the job search process by testing a new and important job search success criterion, showing that GSE could help new graduates in establishing a specific self-efficacy, such as JSSE, and demonstrating that extraversion interacts with JSSE.

Is the Optimal Load for Maximal Power Output During Hang Power Cleans Submaximal?

Purpose: The optimal load for maximal power output during hang power cleans (HPCs) from a mechanical perspective is the 1-repetition-maximum (1RM) load; however, previous research has reported otherwise. The present study thus aimed to investigate the underlying factors that determine optimal load during HPCs. Methods: Eight competitive Olympic weight lifters performed HPCs at 40%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 95%, and 100% of their 1RM while the ground-reaction force and bar/body kinematics were simultaneously recorded. The success criterion during HPC was set above parallel squat at the receiving position. Results: Both peak power and relative peak power were maximized at 80% 1RM (3975.7 [439.1] W, 50.4 [6.6] W/kg, respectively). Peak force, force at peak power, and relative values tended to increase with heavier loads (P < .001), while peak system velocity and system velocity at peak power decreased significantly above 80% 1RM (P = .005 and .011, respectively). There were also significant decreases in peak bar velocity (P < .001) and bar displacement (P < .001) toward heavier loads. There was a strong positive correlation between peak bar velocity and bar displacement in 7 of 8 subjects (r > .90, P < .01). The knee joint angle at the receiving position fell below the quarter-squat position above 70% 1RM. Conclusions: Submaximal loads were indeed optimal for maximal power output for HPC when the success criterion was set above the parallel-squat position. However, when the success criterion was defined as the quarter-squat position, the optimal load became the 1RM load.