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Wu, Q., Zhao, T.-P., Chen, W. T., Gao, X.-Y., Meng, L., & Qiu, W. J. (2021). Origin of the Qiyugou gold deposit in the southern margin of the North China Craton: Insights from trace elements of pyrite and mineralogy of Bi-minerals. Ore Geology Reviews, 133, 104085. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2021.104085

Morrison, K. (2020, December 26). Prize-giving time for Macau. Macau Business. https://www.macaubusiness.com/opinion-prize-giving-time-for-macau/

Marques, J. A. L., Gois, F. N. B., Xavier-Neto, J., & Fong, S. J. (2020). Artificial Intelligence Prediction for the COVID-19 Data Based on LSTM Neural Networks and H2O AutoML. In Predictive Models for Decision Support in the COVID-19 Crisis (pp. 69–87). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-030-61913-8_5

Marques, J. A. L., Gois, F. N. B., Xavier-Neto, J., & Fong, S. J. (2020). Epidemiology Compartmental Models—SIR, SEIR, and SEIR with Intervention. In Predictive Models for Decision Support in the COVID-19 Crisis (pp. 15–39). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-030-61913-8_2

Marques, J. A. L., Gois, F. N. B., Xavier-Neto, J., & Fong, S. J. (2020). Forecasting COVID-19 Time Series Based on an Autoregressive Model. In Predictive Models for Decision Support in the COVID-19 Crisis (pp. 41–54). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-030-61913-8_3

Marques, J. A. L., Gois, F. N. B., Xavier-Neto, J., & Fong, S. J. (2020). Nonlinear Prediction for the COVID-19 Data Based on Quadratic Kalman Filtering. In Predictive Models for Decision Support in the COVID-19 Crisis (pp. 55–68). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-030-61913-8_4

Marques, J. A. L., Gois, F. N. B., Xavier-Neto, J., & Fong, S. J. (2020). Predicting the Geographic Spread of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study from Brazil. In Predictive Models for Decision Support in the COVID-19 Crisis (pp. 89–98). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-030-61913-8_6

Marques, J. A. L., Gois, F. N. B., Xavier-Neto, J., & Fong, S. J. (2020). Prediction for Decision Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic. In Predictive Models for Decision Support in the COVID-19 Crisis (pp. 1–13). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-030-61913-8_1

Morrison, K., & van der Werf, G. (2020). Methods, understandings, and expressions of causality in educational research. Educational Research and Evaluation, 26(7–8), 339–343. https://doi.org/10.1080/13803611.2021.1991643

Dias, Á., Ding, T., Tao, C., Liang, J., Chen, J., Wu, B., Ma, D., Zhang, R., Wang, J., Liao, S., Wang, Y., Yang, W., Liu, J., Li, W., Zhang, G., & Huang, H. (2020). Sulfur isotopic compositions of sulfides along the Southwest Indian Ridge: implications for mineralization in ultramafic rocks. Mineralium Deposita. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-020-01025-0

Kuok, A. C. H., Teixeira, V., Forlin, C., Monteiro, E., & Correia, A. (2020). The Effect of Self-Efficacy and Role Understanding on Teachers’ Emotional Exhaustion and Work Engagement in Inclusive Education in Macao (SAR). International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/1034912X.2020.1808949

This study examined responses from 508 full-time teachers working in inclusive schools in Macao (SAR). The intention was to understand the teachers’ perceptions about their roles and how they responded to inclusive practices in their school. Teachers’ perceived levels of emotional exhaustion and cognitive work engagement were assessed in relation to several professional competencies (self-efficacy with using inclusive instruction, collaborating with parents and paraprofessionals, and managing disruptive behaviours), as well as the organisational variable of role understanding. Regression analysis showed that teachers’ self-efficacy with using inclusive instruction was found to be the most powerful negative predictor of emotional exhaustion; while self-efficacy for managing disruptive behaviours was a positive predictor of teachers’ cognitive work engagement. Teachers’ level of understanding of their role and that of their schools was a negative predictor of emotional exhaustion and a positive predictor of cognitive work engagement. Moreover, it further confirmed that the concept of co-existence between work engagement and burnout can be applied to inclusive teachers. Results were interpreted in relation to management in inclusive schools in Macao and were followed by a discussion on the implications of enhancing inclusive education.

Liu, S.-W., Zhai, F., & Gao, Q. (2020). Parental stress and parenting in Chinese immigrant families: The mediating role of social support. Child & Family Social Work, 25(S1), 135–148. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12734

Abstract As the population of Chinese immigrants has been growing rapidly in the United States, it has been understudied on the parenting behaviours as well as the roles parental stress and social support playing in parenting in this group. This study investigated whether parental stress was associated with parenting and whether this relationship was mediated by social support in a sample of 255 Chinese immigrant parents from the Survey of Asian American Families in New York City. Regression analyses with a rich array of control variables found that a higher level of parental stress and the presence of one or more stressors such as unemployment, low income, and low education were positively associated with the use of harsh discipline and parent?child conflicts and negatively associated with positive parenting practices. Social support functioned as a significant mediator in the relationships between parental stress and positive parenting practices but not in the relationships of parental stress with parent?child conflict or the use of harsh discipline.

Gassner, F. (2020). Resources for Future in a Caring Economy. In I. Klissenbauer, P. Steinmair-Pösel, & P. G. Kirchschläger (Eds.), Menschenrechte und Gerechtigkeit als bleibende Aufgaben (1st ed., pp. 683–700). V&R unipress. https://doi.org/10.14220/9783737011655.683

Morrison, K. (2020). Review of Biesta. G. (2020) Educational research: an unorthodox introduction, Educational Research and Evaluation. Educational Research and Evaluation, 26(3–4), 213–215. https://doi.org/10.1080/13803611.2021.1920212

Morrison, K., & van der Werf, G. (2020). The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Educational Research and Evaluation, 26(3–4), 123–125. https://doi.org/10.1080/13803611.2021.1944998

Kuok, A. C. H. (2020). Are Work Engaged Employees Perceive Career Success? A Study of Hospitality at Macau. Journal of Hospitality, 2(1–2), 30–48. http://htmjournals.com/jh/index.php/jh/article/view/19

This study examined 206 casino dealers in hospitality at Macau to investigate the extent of their subjective career success and work engagement. Casino dealers were work engaged, but their subjective career success was fairly low, with significant difference between them, which indicates they have cognitive dissonance about their jobs. Several personality variables (emotional suppression and work ethic), organizational variables, i.e., organizational socialization (training, understanding, coworker support, future prospects), and distributive justice, were assessed in relation to subjective career success and work engagement. Organizational socialization, work ethic, and distributive justice were positively correlated with and predictors of subjective career success and work engagement; while emotion suppression was negatively correlated with and predictor of work engagement. This study provides evidence of extending the theories of subjective career success and work engagement in Chinese society and hospitality. Also, it identifies factors that could resolve the employees’ cognitive dissonance, and implementations for management were discussed.

Morrison, K., Garcia, A. S., & Wong, S. T. (2020). Group work and cultural characteristics in a Chinese school. Educational Research and Evaluation, 26(1–2), 75–115. https://doi.org/10.1080/13803611.2021.1907202

Morrison, K., & van der Werf, G. (2020). The scalpel model of educational research. Educational Research and Evaluation, 26(1–2), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1080/13803611.2021.1912894

Milinovic, J., Dias, Á., Janeiro, A. I., Pereira, M. F. C., Martins, S., Petersen, S., & Barriga, F. J. A. S. (2020). XRD Identification of Ore Minerals during Cruises: Refinement of Extraction Procedure with Sodium Acetate Buffer. Minerals, 10(2), 160. https://doi.org/10.3390/min10020160

The on-board identification of ore minerals during a cruise is often postponed until long after the cruise is over. During the M127 cruise, 21 cores with deep-seafloor sediments were recovered in the Trans-Atlantic Geotraverse (TAG) field along the Mid Atlantic Ridge (MAR). Sediments were analyzed on-board for physicochemical properties such as lightness (L*), pH and Eh. Selected samples were studied for mineral composition by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD). Based on XRD data, sediment samples were separated into high-, low- and non-carbonated. Removal of carbonates is a common technique in mineralogical studies in which HCl is used as the extraction agent. In the present study, sequential extraction was performed with sodium acetate buffer (pH 5.0) to remove carbonates. The ratio between the highest calcite XRD reflection in the original samples (Iorig) vs its XRD-reflection in samples after their treatment with the buffer (Itreat) was used as a quantitative parameter of calcite removal, as well as to identify minor minerals in carbonated samples (when Iorig/Itreat > 24). It was found that the lightness parameter (L*) showed a positive correlation with calcite XRD reflection in selected TAG samples, and this could be applied to the preliminary on-board determination of extraction steps with acetate buffer (pH 5.0) in carbonated sediment samples. The most abundant minerals detected in carbonated samples were quartz and Al- and Fe-rich clays. Other silicates were also detected (e.g., calcic plagioclase, montmorillonite, nontronite). In non-carbonated samples, Fe oxides and hydroxides (goethite and hematite, respectively) were detected. Pyrite was the dominant hydrothermal mineral and Cu sulfides (chalcopyrite, covellite) and hydrothermal Mn oxides (birnessite and todorokite) were mineral phases identified in few samples, whereas paratacamite was detected in the top 20 cm of the core. The present study demonstrates that portable XRD analysis makes it possible to characterize mineralogy at cored sites, in particular in both low- and high-carbonated samples, before the end of most cruises, thus enabling the quick modification of exploration strategies in light of new information as it becomes available in near-real time.

Ao Ieong, S. T. (2020). The Financial Evaluation of Amazon.com, Inc [University of Saint Joseph]. http://library-opac.usj.edu.mo/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=174644&query_desc=an%3A20696

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