Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Disability and the promises of technology: Technology, subjectivity and embodiment within an order of the normal

The topic of this article is the promises of technology for disabled people. The starting point is that disabled is not something one is but something one becomes, and, further, that disability is enacted and ordered in situated and quite specific ways. The question, then, is how people become, and are made, disabled – and, in particular, what role technologies and other material arrangements play in enabling and or disabling interactions. Drawing on a study of the uses of new technologies in the lives of disabled people in Norway, and recent work in disability studies as well as social studies of science and technology, this article explores precisely what positions and capacities are enabled; how these are made possible in practice; the specific configuration of subjectivity, embodiment and disability that emerges; and the limits to this mode of ordering disability and its technologies. The argument is that in this context the mobilization of new technologies works to build an order of the normal and turn disabled people into competent normal subjects. However, this strategy based on compensation achieves its goals only at a very high price: by continuing to reproduce boundaries between abled and disabled, and normal and deviant, which constitute some people as disabled in the first place. There are thus limits to normalization. And so, notwithstanding their generative and transformative power, technologies working within an order of the normal are implicated in the (re)production of the asymmetries that they and it seek to undo.
Female aggression as a response to sexual jealousy: A sex role reversal?

Sexual jealousy can be interpreted as a strategy which serves to retain the partner and defend exclusive sexual relationships. Because of the asymmetry in paternity confidence, it should be a more important strategy for males than for females. Indeed, male sexual jealousy is apparently a cross-cultural phenomenon and is often the proximate cause of violence against the female partner. The objective of this study was to investigate through self-report whether male “victims” of partner infidelity are expected to react more aggressively than female “victims,” how subjects themselves say they would react to a partner's infidelity, and whether these expectations vary across the sexes. Contrary to our predictions, subjects expected females more than males to react aggressively and revengefully when confronted with infidelity. These expectations were mainly sustained by the female subjects. Females were also more likely than males to declare that they themselves would verbally and physically abuse the partner. In addition, female subjects anticipated that they would cry, feign indifference, and try to look attractive and cool. Males were more likely than females to report that they would get drunk. Our results on aggressive reactions represent a departure from traditional sex roles. It is argued that emancipatorial development, as well as the levelling influence of contraceptives on the sexes' parental certainty, have triggered this change in sex roles. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Anger or Compromise? Adolescents' Conflict Resolution Strategies in Relation to Gender and Type of Peer Relationship

ABSTRACT This study examined gender differences in conflict resolution across three types of adolescent peer relationship. We predicted that adolescents would vary in their use of overt anger and compromise in accord with gender stereotypes, depending on the type of peer relationship under consideration. It was predicted that, in conflicts with opposite-gender friends, adolescents would modify the strategies typically used with same-gender friends to more closely match those of the opposite gender. Furthermore, it was predicted that, in romantic relationships, compared with cross-gender friendships, adolescents would use more compromise and less overt anger. Broad support for these propositions was found, the main exception being girls' greater use of overt anger than expected, in all three types of peer relationships. Possible reasons posited were changing male and female roles in society and the use of overt anger questionnaire items that reflect social aggression. It was concluded that efforts to promote constructive conflict resolution by adolescents should consider reasons why young people choose different conflict resolution strategies in different types of peer relationships.
Accumulation of apoplastic iron in plant roots : a factor in the resistance of soybeans to iron-deficiency induced chlorosis?

We hypothesized that the resistance of Hawkeye (HA) soybean (Glycine max L.) to iron-deficiency induced chlorosis (IDC) is correlated to an ability to accumulate a large pool of extracellular-root iron which can be mobilized to shoots as the plants become iron deficient. Iron in the root apoplast was assayed after efflux from the roots of intact plants in nutrient solution treated with sodium dithionite added under anaerobic conditions. Young seedlings of HA soybean accumulated a significantly larger amount of extracellular iron in their roots than did either IDC-susceptible PI-54619 (PI) soybean or IDC-resistant IS-8001 (IS) sunflower (Helianthus annus L.). Concurrently, HA soybean had much higher concentrations of iron in their shoots than either PI soybean or IS sunflower. The concentration of iron in the root apoplast and in shoots of HA soybean decreased sharply within days after the first measurements of extracellular root iron were made, in both +Fe and -Fe treatments. The accumulation of short-term iron reserves in the root apoplast and translocation of iron in large quantities to the shoot may be important characteristics of IDC resistance in soybeans.
ÇALIŞANLARIN ÖRGÜTSEL DESTEK ALGILARININ ÖRGÜTSEL VATANDAŞLIK DAVRANIŞI ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİSİNDE ÖRGÜTSEL ÖZDEŞLEŞMENİN ROLÜ

Bu arastirmanin amaci; calisanlarin orgutsel destege iliskin algilari ile orgute ve bireye yonelik vatandas-lik davranisi arasindaki iliskiyi ve bu iliskide orgutsel ozdeslesmenin aracilik rolunu tespit etmektir. Bu amac dogrultusunda Adana ilinde faaliyet gosteren ozel bir hastanenin calisanlarina, literaturde yer alan orgutsel destek, orgutsel ozdeslesme ve orgutsel vatandaslik davranisina iliskin olcekler uygulanmistir. Ust yonetim araciligiyla gerceklestirilen alan arastirmasi sonucunda, hastane calisanlarinin orgutsel des-tek algilari ile orgutsel vatandaslik davranisinin her iki boyutu arasinda olumlu bir iliski bulundugu ve bu iliskide orgutsel ozdeslesmenin aracilik rolunun oldugu tespit edilmistir. Bu baglamda, calisanlarin orgut-sel destege iliskin olumlu yondeki algilari arttikca, orgute ve bireye yonelik vatandaslik davranislarini sergileme niyetleri de artmaktadir.
Performance Evaluation of Different Frequency Bands of WiMAX and Their Selection Procedure

Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) and other broadband wireless technologies are associated with a variety of frequency spectrums. It is essential to identify optimal frequency spectrum for implementing a technologically sturdy and strong WiMAX network. This paper compares different frequency spectrums centering various parameters like path loss, interference factors, coverage area, data rate, mobility, etc. This paper particularly focuses on comparison of frequency spectrums in terms of path loss using dissimilar propagation models. Simulations are done separately in three different environments (Urban, Suburban and Rural). The simulation results are compared and analyzed to identify an optimal frequency spectrum in the three different environments. The study shows that 2.5GHz frequency band performs better than 3.5GHz frequency band for the same radio frequency conditions and environments.
The Effects of Reversing the Roles of the Hands on the Development of Piano Performance Skill: A Preliminary Investigation

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of reversing the r6les of the two hands during the early stages of learning to play the piano. We transcribed the treble clef parts (traditionally the right hand) from a common piano method book to bass clef, and the bass clef parts (traditionally the left hand) to the treble clef. We then sought to determine the effects of this r6le reversal on the performance skill of beginning piano students. Twenty-four righthanded volunteer participants were randomly assigned to control and treatment groups. Each group received traditional group piano instruction for ten weeks with the only difference being the transcribed parts of the treatment group. A post-test revealed that the treatment group scored significantly higher than the control group in four out of five performance categories. Recommendations were that piano teachers consider reversing the r6les of the two hands during the early stages of piano study.
Somatic Complaints in Girls: A Longitudinal Perspective

This report presents results from a study of the dimensionality and longitudinal stability of some common self-reported somatic complaints in teenage girls. Data were supplied by the Swedish longitudinal research program “Individual Development and Adaptation”. At four age levels (age 10, 13, 15, and 16 years) a representative sample of approximately 500 girls filled out questionnaires on various adjustment problems, including some typical somatic complaints. A separate dimension of somatic complaints was identified at each age level through factor analysis of the questionnaire data. Correlational stability of somatic complaints was not high until middle adolescence. At this age fairly stable patterns of somatic complaints were also found at the individual level; different somatic complaints were not found to be interchangeable. The results support the interpretation of girls' somatic complaints as a single, meaningful dimension in late childhood and adolescence. This dimension may be hypothesized to constitute a psychological process, somatization, manifesting itself in fairly stable patterns at the individual level in middle adolescence.
Comparison of Efficacy and Ocular Surface Toxicity of Topical Preservative-free Methylprednisolone and Preserved Prednisolone in the Treatment of Acute Anterior Uveitis

Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the antiinflammatory effect and ocular surface toxicity of topical nonpreserved methylprednisolone sodium succinate 1% and preserved prednisolone acetate suspension 1% for the management of acute anterior uveitis (AAU). Methods: In this prospective, randomized, investigator-masked, comparative clinical trial, patients with mild-to-moderate noninfectious AAU were assigned randomly to receive either hourly nonpreserved methylprednisolone 1% (group A) or preserved prednisolone 1% (group B) eye drops followed by a 2-week tapering regimen. Anterior chamber cells and flare were clinically evaluated for the objective comparison of the antiinflammatory effect. The main outcome measure was the percentage of patients with a resolution of inflammation (anterior chamber cells <1+) on day 14. Ocular surface toxicity was assessed by means of the corneal fluorescein staining score, tear breakup time, Schirmer I test, and questionnaire-based grading of ocular discomfort parameters. Results: Seventy-two eyes of 68 patients were studied, of which 38 eyes were enrolled in group A and 34 eyes were enrolled in group B. On day 14, 76.3% of the patients in group A had resolution of inflammation compared with 70.6% of the patients in group B, proving noninferiority (&khgr;2 = 0.303, P = 0.582). The mean anterior chamber cell grade reduction for patients in group A was similar to that in group B (2.52 vs. 2.86, respectively; P = 0.92). Group A patients showed significantly lower corneal fluorescein staining scores (P < 0.001) and reported milder subjective ocular discomfort (0.55 vs. 1.43, P = 0.01) as compared with group B. Conclusions: Both preparations demonstrated equal antiinflammatory effects for the treatment of AAU. Nonpreserved methylprednisolone eye drops exhibited a significantly lower ocular surface toxicity profile and milder subjective discomfort when compared with that exhibited by preserved prednisolone.
User-driven system-mediated collaborative information retrieval

Most of the previous approaches surrounding collaborative information retrieval (CIR) provide either a user-based mediation, in which the system only supports users' collaborative activities, or a system-based mediation, in which the system plays an active part in balancing user roles, re-ranking results, and distributing them to optimize overall retrieval performance. In this paper, we propose to combine both of these approaches by a role mining methodology that learns from users' actions about the retrieval strategy they adapt. This hybrid method aims at showing how users are different and how to use these differences for suggesting roles. The core of the method is expressed as an algorithm that (1) monitors users' actions in a CIR setting; (2) discovers differences among the collaborators along certain dimensions; and (3) suggests appropriate roles to make the most out of individual skills and optimize IR performance. Our approach is empirically evaluated and relies on two different laboratory studies involving 70 pairs of users. Our experiments show promising results that highlight how role mining could optimize the collaboration within a search session. The contributions of this work include a new algorithm for mining user roles in collaborative IR, an evaluation methodology, and a new approach to improve IR performance with the operationalization of user-driven system-mediated collaboration.
When Earthquake Damage is Seen as Preventable: Attributions, Locus of Control and Attitudes to Risk

Divers travaux ont montre que le locus of control et les attitudes face au risque determinaient les conduites devant les dangers de la nature. Deux etudes ont tente de determiner lequel de ces deux facteurs etait le meilleur predicteur des jugements et de la preparation concernant les tremblements de terre. Ces notions ont ete reliees a des modeles de l'attribution des degâts causes par les tremblements de terre, par l'examen de la specificite des destructions sur les attributions et la complexite des explications. Dans les deux etudes, la premiere sur des etudiants, la seconde sur du tout-venant, les personnes fuyant le risque presentaient une plus grande probabilite de s'etre mieux preparees aux tremblements de terre et pensaient que ce genre de destruction pouvait etre plus facilement evite que la degradation generale de l'environnement. Chez les etudiants, la faible prise de risque etait reliee a l'impression qu'un tremblement de terre etait vraisemblable. Les etudiants avec un locus of control plutot interne presentaient une plus forte probabilite d'estimer que les degâts propres aux tremblements de terre pouvaient etre evites, tandis que les non-etudiants avec egalement un locus of control plutot interne presentaient une plus forte probabilite de fournir des explications complexes des destructions dues aux tremblements de terre. Ces resultats peuvent etre utilises pour ameliorer la preparation aux tremblements de terre et autre aleas.
Critical Assessment of Microarray Data Analysis: the 2001 challenge

UNLABELLED We initiated the Critical Assessment of Microarray Data Analysis (CAMDA) conference to stimulate and evaluate the development of advanced data analysis techniques for microarrays. A standard data set has been released for this data analysis challenge. The goal of this challenge is to assess the performance of different analytical methods and at the same time to determine how such methods should be evaluated. We hope this effort will catalyze the discussion of microarray data analysis among the research community of biologists, statisticians, mathematicians, and computer scientists. AVAILABILITY http://camda.duke. edu.
How Emotional Intelligence Mediates Emotional Labor in Public Service Jobs

Most public service jobs involve emotionally intense work demands. For this reason, the terms emotional intelligence and emotional labor have entered the lexicon of public service. The former refers to the ability to sense and regulate one’s own emotions as well as to sense others’ emotional state, while the latter refers to the exercise of emotive skills to get the job done. This study examines how emotional intelligence mediates emotional labor in the performance of work duties by using job satisfaction and burnout as criterion variables. Although findings are mixed with regard to job satisfaction, a statistically significant relationship exists in the mediation between emotional labor and burnout. Specifically, the ability to regulate one’s own emotions decreases burnout. Implications for training and development are discussed.
The locus of evaluation: becoming a professional counsellor

Students who register for counselling courses in higher education are mature adults who come from diverse disciplines. They are rich in experience and during the process of counselling education become proficient in adapting to changing circumstances, and working with personal and professional challenge. The requirements for studentship in the field of counselling demand stringent self-examination in group settings, and surpass those required for courses which require only subject knowledge and academic skills. Because of their willingness to pursue self-discovery, counselling students provide a rich source of data for researchers interested in lifelong learning from an holistic perspective of achieving UNESCO's vision of the ‘full development of the personality’ (cited in Darkenwald and Merriam 1982: 13). Student counsellors must demonstrate a willingness to work with uncertainty, an ability to develop personal learning goals and have the capacity to appraise personal development (Mearns 1997: 99). This study examines how student counsellors discover strategies for learning, and how they manage the personal/professional divide. Existing intimate partnerships are viewed as supportive, but suspicious of the learning process. The narratives of students indicate that ‘professionalism’ is about acceptance of self, as much as about qualifications and practice. Participants describe the process of becoming professional, alongside the process of struggling to fit in with the academic requirements of a university. Lifelong learning is described as lacking a framework for acceptance by others, and therefore seen merely as a diversion in the lives of adults. From a counselling perspective, learning requires opportunities for employment so that professional and personal development can continue. Such courses at present appear to offer only a short-term ‘permissive structure’, for learning to take place.
Spectrum of bone tumors in Chiang Mai University Hospital, Thailand according to WHO classification 2002: A study of 1,001 cases.

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to determine the spectrum, frequency and demographics of bone tumors. MATERIAL AND METHOD A retrospective study of the 1,001 bone tumor specimens from the files at the Pathology Department of the Chiang Mai University Hospital, Thailand from 2000 to 2004. RESULTS From the study, 41 were non-neoplastic mass lesions, and 960 were neoplastic, with 856 (89%) as primary and 104 (11%) as metastatic tumors. In the primary tumor group, 654 (76%) cases were of hematologic origin, and 202 (24%) were non-hematologic. The most common benign bone tumors were giant cell tumor (n = 37), osteochondroma (n = 25), and chondroma (n = 15). The most common malignant bone tumors were lymphoma-leukemia (n = 583), metastatic malignancy (n = 104), plasma cell myeloma (n = 71), and osteosarcoma (n = 58). CONCLUSION The present study showed a higher frequency of osteosarcoma (68%), lower frequencies of chondrosarcoma (12%) and Ewing sarcoma (4%) among primary non-hematologic malignant bone tumors when compared with similar studies based on Western patients. Whether these differences reflect differences in the ethnic population or in practice patterns remains to be determined
Adult age differences in the use of schematic and episodic information in making social judgments

Abstract Previous studies have suggested that older adults are more likely than younger adults to rely on schematic information in making various types of judgments. We explored the conditions under which age differences would occur in the use of schematic versus episodic information in making social judgments. We were specifically interested in examining performance when age differences in the availability of episodic information were minimal. No age effects were observed in judgment tasks where responses were biased toward exclusive reliance on one or the other type of information. However, in a situation where both types of information could be used, the responses of older adults were less likely than those of younger adults to be influenced by available episodic information.
Implementation of creative education policy in Russian higher education curricula

th , 2013; revised January 18 th , 2014; accepted January 25 th , 2014 An ongoing restructuring of Russian higher education prioritizes development of a "creative educational system" as one of its policy directions. Following this recent policy mandate, Russian universities have been introducing new curricular models, which they adopt from the Western academic school of teaching and learning. However, Western-designed curricular novelties and methodologies that support creative educa- tion policies have been criticized for lacking success in Russian HE due to key differences in traditional cul- tures of educational systems. How do faculty facilitate curricular changes in support of the creative educa- tion policy? This study addresses this question by exploring the implementation of a specific curricular module in the field of creative education—the Sustainability project in two Russian universities. The re- sulting descriptive model comprises antecedents, processes, and contents of the project implementation under three broad categories of the university restructuring: organization, environment, and relation. I discuss the findings in terms of the two important characteristics of the resulted curricular implementation model: (1) the culturally sensitive nature of creative education curricular adaptation in post-Soviet higher educa- tion, and (2) non-linearity of the curricular education policy enactment in Russian university classrooms.
‘Teaching is a co-learning experience’: academics reflecting on learning and teaching in an ‘internationalized’ faculty

This paper reports on a study that took place in a faculty of humanities and social sciences at a UK university. The institution had recently undergone a radical restructure and the vision for the future presented by the new senior management team highlighted internationalization as one of four major areas for growth. The internationalization agenda was largely focused on increasing recruitment, but provided an opportunity to engage the academic community in a discourse about what internationalization meant for them and the challenges and opportunities it presented. Emerging themes relate to experiences and understandings of internationalization, with implications for learning and teaching, and student induction and support. The value of discourse about pedagogical development and practical innovations and the sharing of best practice are suggested as means to achieve conceptual change and a broader vision of internationalization.