Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Impact of Principal Perception on Student Academic Climate and Achievement in High School: How Does it Measure Up?

The purpose of this study is to examine the independent direct effects of student and principal perceptions of academic climate on student achievement in high school. To date, few studies have considered the influence of principal perceptions of academic climate on student achievement. In the present study, we test a set of two-level hierarchical linear models using the large, nationally representative Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 to examine the independent effects of principal and student perceptions of academic climate on student achievement in mathematics, controlling for leadership and student and school background and context variables. Results suggest that principal perception of academic climate may have a direct effect on student achievement. Combining these results with the recent literature, we propose a mediated effects model of principal perceptions of leadership on student achievement.
What Role Does Commitment Play Among Writers With Different Levels of Creativity?

Commitment involves how a person invests resources in a work role over long periods of time. Creativity is a novel, appropriate variation that is embraced by a field of gatekeepers and transforms the symbolic domain. This qualitative analysis (Cohen's kappas of .62, .86, .68 across three coders) addresses the different roles that commitment plays in the careers of 36 writers, depending on what level of creative influence the literary field has attributed to the writer's work. The sample was segmented into genre conformers who played by established literary rules (M = 0.15, SD = 0.18), experimentalists whose innovations have not yet caught on widely (M = 0.80, SD = 0.17), and domain transformers who changed the canon (M = 1.32, SD = 0.27). For genre conformers, commitment compensates. They invest technique in the craft of writing to improve their social standing among other writers, editors, and critics within the field. For experimentalists, commitment defies. They translate their selves into words by twisting traditions and supports to yield new meanings, which gains them an emotional rush plus increased control over their self-expression. For domain transformers, commitment impassions. They trust some beloved aspect of literature, such as a character or poetic form, to convert new minds to the latent possibilities of the domain.
Child and Family Assessment in Social Work Practice

Introduction PART ONE: WHAT IS ASSESSMENT? Assessment in Child Care Social Work The Nature of Assessment Time and Change PART TWO: PEOPLE IN ASSESSMENTS The Assessment Relationship Children in Assessments Assessing Parents Parenting Skills and Parental Relationships PART THREE: THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS Assessment Design Analysing and Reporting Conclusion
Neuropeptide induction of cyclic GMP increases in the insect CNS: resolution at the level of single identifiable neurons

In insects, the neuropeptide eclosion hormone (EH) acts on the CNS to evoke the stereotyped behaviors that cause ecdysis, the shedding of the cuticle at the end of each molt. Concomitantly, EH induces an increase in cyclic GMP (cGMP). Using antibodies against this second messenger, we show that this increase is confined to a network of 50 peptidergic neurons distributed throughout the CNS. Increases appeared 30 min after EH treatment, spread rapidly throughout these neurons, and were extremely long lived. We show that this response is synaptically driven, and does not involve the soluble, nitric oxide (NO)-activated, guanylate cyclase. Stereotyped variations in the duration of the cGMP response among neurons suggest a role in coordinating responses having different latencies and durations.
In pursuit of modesty: contextual emotional labour and the dilemma for working women in Islamic societies

The paper explores the experience of working women in Islamic societies from the perspective of the concept of modesty. While female modesty occurs as a value in many cultures, it is a particularly explicit and strong feature of Islamic doctrine. The paper describes the doctrinal underpinnings of this concept to suggest the probable ways in which this frames the experience of working women. The contrast between the emotional requirements of 'modesty' and the emotional demands of modern international organisations, suggests two sets of competing claims in the successful performance of a work role. This can lead to emotional tensions for working women, which demand further emotional work upon the self by the subject. In exploring the literature on emotional labour, we believe that the concept has ignored strong contextual dimensions particularly religion-based social norms.
An immunohistochemical analysis of fibroid vasculature.

This study aimed to compare vascular parameters between fibroid and myometrium. From 10 uteri, specimens were taken from small fibroids (<0.5 cm), from the inner and outer parts of large fibroids (>3 cm), and from myometrium. Antibodies to endothelial cell markers CD31, CD34, factor VIII-related antigen (FVIII), and Ulex europaeus lectin were used in routine immuno- and lectin chemistry protocols. Parameters calculated were vascular area (VA), microvascular density (MD) and vascular luminal diameter. VA measures showed that myometrium had a greater area stained than small fibroids (P = 0.03) using CD31 and both inner (P = 0.04) and outer (P = 0.01) regions of large fibroids using FVIII, and than all groups (small, P = 0.02; inner, P = 0.02; outer, P = 0.006) using the lectin U. europaeus. MD was higher in myometrium than all uterine fibroid groups (small, P = 0.009; inner, P = 0.01; outer, P = 0.01) using U. europaeus lectin, than both regions of large (inner, P = 0.04; outer, P = 0.02) fibroids using FVIII, and than outer regions of large fibroids using CD31 (P < 0.05). There were significantly larger diameter vessels in myometrium and large fibroids compared with small fibroids using CD34, FVIII and the lectin U. europaeus (P </= 0.04). These differences in vasculature may represent differences in angiogenesis and vascular remodelling.
Childhood ADHD and conduct disorder as independent predictors of male alcohol dependence at age 40.

OBJECTIVE The Danish Longitudinal Study on Alcoholism was designed to identify antecedent predictors of adult male alcoholism. The influence of premorbid behaviors consistent with childhood conduct disorder (CD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) on the development of alcohol misuse was examined. METHOD Subjects were selected from a Danish birth cohort (9,125), which included 223 sons of alcoholic fathers (high risk) and 106 matched sons of nonalcoholic fathers (low risk). These subjects have been studied systematically over the past 40 years. They were evaluated in their teens (n=238), later as adults at age 30 (n=241), and more recently at age 40 (n=202). At 19-year/20-year follow-ups, an ADHD scale was derived from teacher ratings and a CD scale was derived from a social worker interview. At 30-year and 40-year follow-ups, a psychiatrist used structured interviews and criteria from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition, Revised, to quantify lifetime alcoholism severity and to diagnose alcohol-use disorder. Of the original subjects, 110 had complete data for the two childhood measures and the adult alcoholism outcomes. RESULTS In this smaller subsample, paternal risk did not predict adult alcohol dependence. Subjects who were above a median split on both the ADHD and the CD scales were more than six times more likely to develop alcohol dependence than subjects who scored below the median on both. Although the two childhood measures were correlated, a multiple regression showed that each independently predicted a measure of lifetime alcoholism severity. CONCLUSIONS ADHD comorbid with CD was the strongest predictor of later alcohol dependence.
MAJOR: An efficient and extensible tool for mutation analysis in a Java compiler

Mutation analysis is an effective, yet often time-consuming and difficult-to-use method for the evaluation of testing strategies. In response to these and other challenges, this paper presents MAJOR, a fault seeding and mutation analysis tool that is integrated into the Java Standard Edition compiler as a non-invasive enhancement for use in any Java-based development environment. MAJOR reduces the mutant generation time and enables efficient mutation analysis. It has already been successfully applied to large applications with up to 373,000 lines of code and 406,000 mutants. Moreover, MAJOR's domain specific language for specifying and adapting mutation operators also makes it extensible. Due to its ease-of-use, efficiency, and extensibility, MAJOR is an ideal platform for the study and application of mutation analysis.
The influence of gender, age, Psychological resilience and family interaction factors upon anxiety and depression in non-autism spectrum disorder siblings of children with an autism spectrum disorder

The influence of gender, age, Psychological resilience and family interaction factors upon generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) was investigated in 75 non-autism spectrum disorder (NASD) siblings who had a brother or sister with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). GAD and MDD were much more prevalent than in comparable age group samples, and adolescent females had the highest MDD rates. Several Psychological resilience skills were significantly associated with lower GAD and MDD, particularly being able to recognise mistakes in their thinking (for children) and being able to remain in control of their anger (for adolescents). Suggestions are made for ways of encouraging NASD siblings to develop skills that may assist them in avoiding these disorders.
Hyperprolactinemia after low dose of amisulpride.

OBJECTIVES Amisulpride in antipsychotic doses can induce hyperprolactinemia. The aim of this study was to prove whether the same is true for low doses of amisulpride. METHODOLOGY Plasma prolactin levels were measured in 5 males and 5 females with depressive symptoms who were treated with 50 mg of amisulpride per day as an augmentation to antidepressants (n=5), benzodiazepine anxiolytics (n=8) or in monotherapy (n=1). Six of these patients were assessed prior to onset of amisulpride treatment and after 10 days of amisulpride use. Four patients had been using amisulpride for more than a month. RESULTS There was a significant increase of prolactin levels from mean 16+/-6 ng/ml to 113+/-65 ng/ml (median 14.5 ng/ml to median 92 ng/ml; Wilcoxon matched pair test, p=0.027). All patients had hyperprolactinemia (30-200 ng/ml). The prolactinemia was significantly higher in females (mean 160+/-50 ng/ml; median 198 ng/ml) than in males (mean 48+/-12 ng/ml; median 48 ng/ml; Mann-Whitney U test, p=0.041). CONCLUSION Even low doses of amisulpride used as an augmentation to antidepressant treatment, benzodiazepines or in monotherapy seem to be associated with hyperprolactinemia. The co-medication of antidepressants and benzodiazepines can potentially increase intensity of prolactinemia.
Finding Dependency Parsing Limits over a Large Spanish Corpus

This paper studies the performance of different parsers over a large Spanish treebank. The aim of this work is to assess the limitations of state-of-the-art parsers. We want to select the most appropriate parser for Subcategorization Frame acquisition, and we focus our analysis on two aspects: the accuracy drop when parsing out-of-domain data, and the performance over specific labels relevant to our task.
Oscillations in hydrothermal systems as a source of periodic unrest at caldera volcanoes: Multiparameter insights from Nisyros, Greece

Unrest at collapse calderas is generally thought to be triggered by the arrival of new magma at shallow depth. But few unrest periods at calderas over the past decades have culminated in volcanic eruptions and the role of hydrothermal processes during unrest is drawing more and more attention. Here we report joint and simultaneous continuous multi‐parameter observations made at the restless Nisyros caldera (Greece), which reveal non‐steady short‐term oscillatory signals. The combined geodetic, gravimetric, seismic and electromagnetic records indicate that the oscillations are associated with thermohydromechanical disturbances of the hydrothermal system. The dominant period of oscillation (40–60 min) indicates short‐term processes most likely associated with instabilities in the degassing process. Amplitudes of recorded geodetic and gravimetric signals are comparable to amplitudes observed at other periodically restless calderas. We conclude that shallow aqueous fluid migration can contribute significantly to periodic unrest, explaining the lack of eruptions in many cases of unrest.
Mg abundances in metal-poor halo stars as a tracer of early Galactic mixing

We present results of a detailed chemical analysis performed on 23 main-sequence turnoff stars having −3.4 ≤ (Fe/H) ≤− 2.2, a sample selected to be highly homogeneous in Teff and log(g). We investigate the efficiency of mixing in the early Galaxy by means of the (Mg/Fe) ratio, and find that all values lie within a total range of 0.2 dex, with a standard deviation about the mean of 0.06 dex, consistent with measurement errors. This implies there is little or no intrinsic scatter in the early ISM, as suggested also by the most recent results from high-quality VLT observations. These results are in contrast with inhomogeneous Galactic chemical evolution (iGCE) models adopting present supernova (SN) II yields, which predict a peak- to-peak scatter in (Mg/Fe) as high as 1 dex at very low metallicity, with a corresponding standard deviation of about 0.4 dex. We propose that cooling and mixing timescales should be investigated in iGCE models to account for the apparent disagreement with present observations. The contrast between the constancy and small dispersion of (Mg/Fe) reported here and the quite different behaviour of (Ba/Fe) indicates, according to this interpretation, that Mg and Ba are predominantly synthesised in different progenitor mass ranges.
Sexual Assault of Men: American Research Supports Studies from the UK

Incident reports and prevalence research on sexual assault, conducted in the United States, indicate that men may be at greater risk from sexual victimization than previously realized. These studies support the efforts of mental health professionals in the United Kingdom who have argued that sexual assault of men is an underreported crime which can result in significant biopsychosocial dysfunction. Given the increasing evidence that men are victims of sex crimes, future research studies on the prevalence of sexual assault should include adult males in their samples.
In vitro and in vivo evaluation of biologically synthesized silver nanoparticles for topical applications: effect of surface coating and loading into hydrogels

In the present study, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were synthesized via biological reduction of silver nitrate using extract of the fungus Fusarium verticillioides (green chemistry principle). The synthesized nanoparticles were spherical and homogenous in size. AgNPs were coated with polyethylene glycol (PEG) 6000, sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), and β-cyclodextrin (β-CD). The averaged diameters of AgNPs were 19.2±3.6, 13±4, 14±4.4, and 15.7±4.8 nm, for PEG-, SDS-, and β-CD-coated and uncoated AgNPs, respectively. PEG-coated AgNPs showed greater stability as indicated by a decreased sedimentation rate of particles in their water dispersions. The antibacterial activities of different AgNPs dispersions were investigated against Gram-positive bacteria (methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) and Gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli) by determination of the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) and minimum bactericidal concentrations (MBCs). MIC and MBC values were in the range of 0.93–7.5 and 3.75–15 µg/mL, respectively, which were superior to the reported values in literature. AgNPs-loaded hydrogels were prepared from the coated-AgNPs dispersions using several gelling agents (sodium carboxymethyl cellulose [Na CMC], sodium alginate, hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose, Pluronic F-127, and chitosan). The prepared formulations were evaluated for their viscosity, spreadability, in vitro drug release, and antibacterial activity, and the combined effect of the type of surface coating and the polymers utilized to form the gel was studied. The in vivo wound-healing activity and antibacterial efficacy of Na CMC hydrogel loaded with PEG-coated AgNPs in comparison to the commercially available silver sulfadiazine cream (Dermazin®) were evaluated. Superior antibacterial activity and wound-healing capability, with normal skin appearance and hair growth, were demonstrated for the hydrogel formulations, as compared to the silver sulfadiazine cream. Histological examination of the treated skin was performed using light microscopy, whereas the location of AgNPs in the skin epidermal layers was visualized using transmission electron microscopy.
Security of Online Reputation Systems: The evolution of attacks and defenses

The Internet has created vast opportunities to interact with strangers. The interactions can be fun, informative, and even profitable [1]. However, there is also risk involved. Will an eBay seller ship the product in time? Is the advice from a self-proclaimed expert on Epinion.com trustworthy? Does a product from Amazon.com have high quality as described?
Sustainable communities, sustainable development: other paths for Papua New Guinea

Street buildings of Parliament House, The Mint and Hyde Park Barracks from potential demolition, when it came to the issue of pollution the conservationists were found wanting. According to James, they did not act on this issue, but in the 1950s they had even ‘actively promoted some polluting activities’, notably supporting the foreshore dumping of waste to create new parkland as being a form of re-use, and therefore ‘an application of the principles of conservation’ (p. 237). Apart from learning about the long history of a form of environmentalism in Sydney in the twentieth century, and understanding the impact these people and their ideas and actions had in creating the contemporary city, Cosmopolitan conservationists is inspiring. No individual is presented as flawless, but certainly they were passionate, determined and driven by an ideal beyond merely being paid for their labour. Among many inspiring stories, the words of NormanWeekes about planners needing to have the most ‘intimate knowledge and understanding of the people’ and the idea that plans should be ‘intended for the planned and not for the planner’ (p. 145) resonated. Cosmopolitan conservationists is an important book for geographers, urban planners, biologists, landscape architects, environmentalists and historians, among others. It is researched in detail, drawing on many archival sources. The text is readable, with helpful reference notes, and the references themselves are sorted into various categories so that they can be accessed more readily if required. It is a book that can be read for general interest, or one that can be read by those seeking serious scholarly material on Sydney, or a particular individual. Cosmopolitan conservationists is a welcome addition to our environmental history of place, of people and of the ways in which prominent conservationists, through their varied relationships with the environment, created somemeaning in their own lives while simultaneously contributing to shaping Sydney.
From conceptual development to science education: a psychological point of view

A theoretical framework based on cognitive/developmental research is described. It is argued that science learning is a gradual process during which initial conceptual structures based on children's interpretations of everyday experience are continuously enriched and restructured. Conceptual change also involves increased metaconceptual awareness, cognitive flexibility, and theoretical coherence. Some of the implications of this research for the development of science curricula and for instruction are discussed. It is also argued that while cognitive/developmental research can provide us with important information about the process of learning science, it does not provide much information about the external, environmental variables that can facilitate cognitive performance and conceptual change. What is needed in the future is the development of a theory of learning that bridges science education and cognitive/developmental research. Such a theory should specify the mechanisms that can take an individual .
Making Social Science Matter: Why Social Inquiry Fails and How It Can Succeed Again

social and behavioral sciences. Instead of trying to emulate the natural sciences and create a kind of general theory, Bent Flyvbjerg argues that the strength of the social sciences lies in their rich, reXexive analysis of values and power – so essential to the social and economic development of society. Moving beyond the purely analytic or technical, Flyvbjerg compares the theoretical study of human activity with real-world situations and demonstrates how the social sciences can become relevant again in the modern world. Powerfully argued, with clear methodological guidelines and practical examples, Making Social Science Matter opens up a new future for the social sciences, freed from an inappropriate and misleading comparison with the natural sciences. Its empowering message will make it required reading for students and academics across the social and behavioral sciences.
Fear of recurrence and disease progression in long‐term (≥5 years) cancer survivors—a systematic review of quantitative studies

Increasing proportions of patients diagnosed with cancer will become long‐term survivors (≥5 years post‐diagnosis). However, survivors may continue to experience negative effects of cancer and/or treatment, including fear of recurrence (FoR). This review aims to provide an overview of current knowledge on FoR, including determinants and consequences in long‐term cancer survivors, and to outline methodological and conceptual challenges that should be addressed in future research.
Developmental expression of Sp1 in the mouse

The expression of the trans-acting transcription factor Sp1 in mice was defined by a combination of RNA analysis and immunohistochemical localization of the Sp1 protein. Although ubiquitously expressed, there was an unexpected difference of at least 100-fold in the amount of Sp1 message in different cell types. Sp1 protein levels showed corresponding marked differences. Substantial variations in Sp1 expression were also found in some cell types at different stages of development. Sp1 levels appeared to be highest in developing hematopoietic cells, fetal cells, and spermatids, suggesting that an elevated Sp1 level is associated with the differentiation process. These results indicate that Sp1 has a regulatory function in addition to its general role in the transcription of housekeeping genes.
Cooperative and human aspects of software engineering (CHASE 2008)

The CHASE 2008 workshop is concerned with exploring the cooperative and human aspects of software engineering, and providing a forum for discussing high-quality resarch. Accepted papers reflect the diversity of the field of software engineering--ranging from requirements to testing, and from ethnographic research to experiments. Moreover, the background of attendees reflects the diversity of researchers in this domain, ranging from sociology to psychology, from informatics to software engineering. CHASE 2008 met its goals in presenting high-quality research and building community through a mixture of presentations, discussions, posters, and social activities.