Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Systemic ecological illiteracy? Shedding light on meaning as an act of thought in higher learning

Research on ecological literacy often takes for granted that participants understand, and can construct the meaning within, the complex concepts involved, simply because they are able to use the appropriate terminology in a ‘fluent’ manner and/or can select the correct option on multiple choice tests. In this study, and in the larger two-year study it is part of, a trend has been unearthed regarding the ecological literacy of university students entering into a Bachelor of Education program. An analysis of the meaning contained in participant definitions has revealed that the vast majority of teacher candidates, graduates of many different universities, are unable to explain the meaning of key integrating ecological concepts at even a minimal level of maturity, alluding to a possible systemic problem. The findings, though preliminary, suggest that until we inquire into the meaning that teachers possess for key concepts rather than accepting fluent but shallow use of these concepts, we may be taking too much for granted.
Cemento-ossifying fibroma of the petromastoid region: case report and review of the literature

Abstract The cemento-ossifying fibroma (COF) is a mesodermal, non-odontogenic tumour of ectopic multipotential periodontal membrane blast cells. It is aggressive, locally destructive, and has a high recurrence rate. A case report of COF of the petromastoid region is presented. This location has not been described until now. Trauma may act as a trigger to sudden growth of the atopic periodontal tissue. Due to the aggressive behaviour of this tumour and its frequent recurrence radical surgery is needed.
Statin-Induced Proinflammatory Response in Mitogen-Activated Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells through the Activation of Caspase-1 and IL-18 Secretion in Monocytes1

Statins, which inhibit 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl CoA reductase, have been shown recently to promote proinflammatory responses. We show in this study that both atorvastatin and simvastatin induced proinflammatory responses in mitogen-activated PBMCs by increasing the number of T cells secreting IFN-γ. This is abolished by the presence of mevalonate, suggesting that statins act specifically by blocking the mevalonate pathway for cholesterol synthesis to promote the proinflammatory response. Both statins at low concentrations induced a dose-dependent increase in the number of IFN-γ-secreting T cells in mitogen-activated PBMCs, whereas at higher concentrations the effect was abolished. The proinflammatory effect of statins was not seen in purified T cells per se activated with mitogen. However, conditioned medium derived from statin-treated PBMCs enhanced the number of IFN-γ-secreting cells in activated purified T cells. This effect was not blocked by mevalonate, but was abolished by neutralizing Abs to IL-18 and IL-12. Similarly, the up-regulation of IFN-γ-secreting T cells in PBMCs costimulated with statins and mitogens was blocked by the neutralizing anti-IL-18 and anti-IL-12. We showed that simvastatin stimulates the secretion of IL-18 and IL-1β in monocytes. Active caspase-1, which is required for the processing and secretion of IL-18 and IL-1β, was activated in simvastatin-treated monocytes. This was blocked by mevalonate and the caspase inhibitor benzyloxycarbonyl-Val-Ala-Asp (OMe) fluoromethylketone. Taken together, the proinflammatory response mediated by statins in activated PBMCs is mediated mainly via the activation of caspase-1 and IL-18 secretion in the monocytes and to a lesser extent by IL-12.
Adolescents’ attitudes to prayer

Contemporary attitudes to prayerand prayer habits are explored among 900 adolescents attending non‐denominational secondary schools in Dundee, Scotland. The results reveal that a high proportion of the sample never pray. This paper looks at some possible explanations for this, including the difficulties found with petitionary prayer. It examines the impact of sex, age and church attendance on the responses of the pupils.
Getting a Job: A Study of Contacts and Careers

Preface to the Second Edition Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Pt. 1: Toward Causal Models Ch. 1: "Job Search" and Economic Theory Ch. 2: Contacts and Their Information Ch. 3: The Dynamics of Information Flow Ch. 4: The Dynamics of Vacancy Structure Ch. 5: Contacts: Acquisition and Maintenance Ch. 6: Career Structure Ch. 7: Some Theoretical Implications Pt. 2: Mobility and Society Ch. 8: Mobility and Organizations Ch. 9: Comparative Perspectives Ch. 10: Applications Afterword 1994: Reconsiderations and a New Agenda Appendix A: Design and Conduct of the Study Appendix B: Coding Rules and Problems Appendix C: Letters and Interview Schedules Appendix D: Economic Action and Social Structure: The Problem of Embeddedness References Index
Susceptibilities of Mycobacteriummarinum to Gatifloxacin, Gemifloxacin, Levofloxacin, Linezolid, Moxifloxacin, Telithromycin, and Quinupristin-Dalfopristin (Synercid) Compared to Its Susceptibilities to Reference Macrolides and Quinolones

ABSTRACT The susceptibility pattern of Mycobacteriummarinum was determined. Quinupristin-dalfopristin and telithromycin were less active than clarithromycin. Linezolid showed good antimicrobial activity at clinically achievable concentrations. Gatifloxacin, levofloxacin, and moxifloxacin displayed activities similar to those of ciprofloxacin. Gemifloxacin was less active. The Etest method showed variable agreement with the reference method.
Long-Term Neurotoxicity of Chemotherapy in Adolescents and Young Adults Treated for Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas

Purpose. To study the long-term neurotoxicity of chemotherapy in adolescents and young adults treated for bone and soft tissue sarcomas. Patients and Methods. Thirty-six adolescents and young adults (median age 17 years) were examined following chemotherapy for bone and soft tissue sarcomas. Twenty-nine (29/36) had received cisplatin (median 400 mg/m2), 15/36 ifosfamide (median 20 g/m2), and 12/36 vincristine (median 16 mg). Neurotoxicity was assessed at a median of 8 months (range, 1–54 months) after completion of chemotherapy by clinical examination, nerve conduction studies, audiograms and autonomic function tests. The same nerve conduction studies were carried out in 20 normal volunteers to define normal ranges in this age group. Results. Sixteen patients (44%) had a significant reduction in deep tendon reflexes, and this clinical parameter correlated well with abnormalities detected in nerve conduction studies. Vibration perception threshold (VPT) was raised in 20/36 patients (55%) and this was the most sensitive single test in the assessment of neuropathy. There was a significant correlation between VPT and cumulative cisplatin dose received in mg/m-2 (r=0.607, p<0.01). Ten of 29 patients (35%) had abnormal nerve conduction studies with a pattern characteristic of sensory axonal neuropathy. No patient complained of auditory symptoms, but minor high tone hearing loss was detected by audiograms in 5/28 patients who had received cisplatin. No patients had symptoms of autonomic neuropathy, but autonomic function tests showed minor abnormalities in 4/22 patients tested, and all had received cisplatin. Conclusions. This study demonstrates significant, although asymptomatic, long-term neurotoxicity of cisplatin in adolescents and young adults receiving chemotherapy for bone and soft tissue sarcomas. Follow-up studies are planned to assess whether these neurological deficits improve with time.
Lasting effects of elementary school.

The causes of long-term continuity in the level of children's school performance are not completely understood. Some of the continuity undoubtedly stems from the persistence of cognitive status. But this article, which reports on a follow-up study of schoolchildren in Baltimore, shows that it can also be related to the child's early social environment. That is, the influences of parents and teachers on children in Grades 1-3 were linked to the children's reading and mathematics performance four to nine years later. The reasons for this persistence are explored, including the maintenance of higher achievement levels originally fostered by teachers and parents, the continuance of a pattern of social dependence, and the reliance of parents and teachers on the child's cumulative record.
Emerging learning environments in higher education: Implications for institutional change and academic developers

Abstract Wright and O'Neil's (1995) international survey of promising teaching improvement practices in higher education (HE) placed the existence of teaching support centres close to the top of the thirty‐six item scale. One conclusion that may be drawn from their findings is that many of the responding institutions see the role of academic developer as significant in helping to monitor trends and planning activities that can lead to quality of educational provision. This paper outlines several scenarios relating to learning environments potentially emerging in HE, describes implications for institutional change, and defines key assumptions for bringing about a development culture. Additionally, the paper reviews how these contextual factors may impact on the role of academic developer and concludes with a suggestion for a ‘developers’ curriculum’ that may merit consideration by members of the International Consortium for Educational Development in Higher Education (ICED).
Prevalence and clinical characteristics of adult-onset atopic dermatitis with positive skin prick testing to mites.

BACKGROUND The clinical role of house dust mite (HDM) in atopic dermatitis (AD) is still controversial. OBJECTIVE The aim of the study is to assess the prevalence, clinical relevance and characteristics of adult-onset AD patients with positive skin prick tests (SPT) to mites. METHODS The case record forms of adult-onset AD patients who underwent SPT at the Skin Allergy Clinic, Siriraj Hospital were reviewed. RESULTS Forty-one of 62 patients (66.1%) had positive SPT to mites. The frequency of intrinsic AD among adult-onset AD was 4.8% (3/62). SPT to HDM tended to be positive in patients who had personal or family history of atopy, positive SPT to several specific antigens or who presented with elevated serum IgE, chelitis, recurrent conjunctivitis and perifollicular accentuation, respectively. CONCLUSION The prevalence of adult-onset AD patients with mite sensitivity was high. There were some notable features that tended to be present in mite sensitive adult-onset AD patients.
Discussion Papers in Economics

Exponential regressions are frequently used when outcomes are non-negative. They are attractive because they are easy to interpret and to estimate, using pseudo maximum likelihood (PML). However, the validity of these methods depends on the correct speci cation of the conditional expectation, and little is known regarding their properties when the conditional expectation is misspeci ed. We show that PML estimators of misspeci ed exponential models provide optimal approximations to the conditional expectation, in a weighted mean squared error sense
Adolescent Competence and the Shaping of the Life Course

The life course is shaped by the interaction of cultural and social structural features with physical and psychological attributes of the individual and by the commitments and purposive efforts of the individual. In modern society, rationality and functionality have replaced tradition as determinants of individual choices in the transition to adulthood. Adolescent competence should lead to thinking through career and marital choices and inhibiting tendencies to make unwise choices. Therefore, competent adolescents should have more stable careers and marriages, and, because they will more often be rewarded for their attributes than will less competent ones, they should experience less personality change over the adult years. These hypotheses are largely confirmed with data from a longitudinal cohort studied for more than 50 years.
[Surgery of complicated gastroduodenal ulcers: outcome at the millennium].

INTRODUCTION Complications of gastroduodenal ulcers such as bleeding and perforation have been afflicted with a mortality of up to 40 % in the past. Altered ulcer manifestation by improvement of medical treatment as well as advances in surgical techniques and intensive care medicine might currently have improved the outcome of these severely ill patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS A retrospective analysis of 73 patients with emergency operation for bleeding or perforated gastric (n = 50) and duodenal ulcer (n = 23) between 10/1994 and 7/2001 was performed. RESULTS The median age was 58 years (17-90 years) with 30 % of patients exceeding the age of 70 years. Eighty-one percent of patients had perforation, 19 % had bleeding. Factors predisposing for gastroduodenal ulcers were present in 88 %. Five percent of gastric perforations were due to gastric malignancies. Diagnosis of perforation was made in 88 % by conventional X-rays, in 12 % of perforations no free abdominal gas was detectable. A local surgical procedure (excision of ulcer and sutures/pyloroplasty) was performed in 64/73 patients (88 %), partial gastroduodenal resection was necessary in 9 patients (12 %). Histologic examination for helicobacter pylori was positive in 30/39 specimens (77 %). In-hospital mortality was 14 %, both for patients with bleeding and perforated ulcers. Surgical complications were 12 %. DISCUSSION Altered ulcer manifestation, minimized surgical therapy and improved intensive care medicine led to a recent reduction in postoperative mortality of patients suffering from perforated or bleeding gastroduodenal ulcer. A further reduction of this still high mortality might be expected by improvement of surgical training and/or restriction of therapy to a limited number of surgeons.
Early Head Start: Factors Associated with Caregiver Knowledge of Child Development, Parenting Behavior, and Parenting Stress.

This study investigates the role of socioeconomic status, parental mental health, and knowledge of child development on parenting styles and perceived parenting stress in caregivers of children, ages 3 months to 3 years, enrolled in Early Head Start (EHS). Caregivers of EHS students were interviewed using the Knowledge of Infant Development Inventory, Psychiatric Symptom Index, Parenting Style Expectations Scale to measure optimal parenting behavior, and Parenting Stress Index. Caregivers (n = 125) in this study were primarily African American (95.2%) women (94.6%). Mean psychiatric symptom severity scores for this population of EHS caregivers were in the top 15% of the normative population. Caregivers with more knowledge of child development had more optimal parenting behavior. In addition, more knowledge of child development was associated with lower parent child dysfunctional interaction and lower perceived parenting stress. Household income was positively associated with improved knowledge of child de.
Radiofrequency radiation at 1950 MHz (UMTS) does not affect key cellular endpoints in neuron‐like PC12 cells

In this study, rat pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells were exposed, as a model of neuron‐like cells, to 1950 MHz radiofrequency (RF) radiation with a signal used by the 3G wireless technology of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) to assess possible adverse effects. RF exposure for 24 h at a specific absorption rate (SAR) of 10 W/kg was carried out in a waveguide system under accurately controlled environmental and dosimetric parameters. DNA integrity, cell viability, and apoptosis were investigated as cellular endpoints relevant for carcinogenesis and other diseases of the central nervous system. Very sensitive biological assays were employed to assess the effects immediately after RF exposure and 24 h later, as demonstrated by the cellular response elicited in PC12 cells using positive control treatments provided for each assay. In our experimental conditions, 24 h of RF exposure at a carrier frequency and modulation scheme typical of a UMTS signal was not able to elicit any effect in the selected cellular endpoints in undifferentiated PC12 cells, despite the application of a higher SAR value than those applied in the majority of the studies reported in the literature. Bioelectromagnetics 33:497–507, 2012. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Effects of mutations in mitochondrial dynamics-related genes on the mitochondrial response to ultraviolet C radiation in developing Caenorhabditis elegans

We recently found that genes involved in mitochondrial dynamics and autophagy are required for removal of UVC-induced mitochondrial DNA damage. However, drp-1 and pink-1, unlike the autophagy and fusion genes tested, were not necessary for larval development after exposure. We hypothesized that increased fusion resulting from mutations in these genes facilitated recovery of mitochondrial function. In this work, we investigated this hypothesis by studying the effects of fis-1, fis-2, drp-1 and pink-1 mutations on mitochondrial responses to UVC exposure including ATP levels, mitochondrial DNA copy number, larval development and mitochondrial morphology. Our results suggest that mutations that promote highly networked mitochondria have the capacity to lessen the effects of mitochondrial genotoxicants on the function of this organelle.
Could Immigrants Care Less about the Environment? A Comparison of the Environmental Values of Immigrant and Native-Born New Zealanders

The potential negative environmental impact of immigration has been raised in a number of receiving countries. In New Zealand there has been a debate questioning whether or not immigrants share the same environmental values as native-born residents. This article reports on a study of the environmental values of immigrants and native-born residents of New Zealand (n = 427). The research employed a survey instrument known as the New Environmental Paradigm to examine the environmental worldviews of the subjects. The informing literature for the study is drawn from postmaterialist and social exclusion theory, and the study also considers the role of acculturation in modifying environmental attitudes. The main finding of the study is that there was no significant difference in the environmental worldviews of immigrants and native-born New Zealanders. Both groups held mildly ecocentric views. The level of immigrants’ acculturation was found to be unrelated to their environmental attitudes.
Emotional use of music by African American adolescents.

The music industry and the media have painted a biased, monolithic, negative picture of African American adolescents, their music choices, and emotional uses of music. To further investigate this media bias and understand this relationship, African American adolescents (n = 176) were surveyed as to their emotions associated with music and their mood management uses of music, especially their favorite types of music—rap, R&B/soul, and jazz. Positive emotions, rather than negative emotions, were associated with overall music preference. Rap evoked emotions of happiness and excitement. It was used to “get pumped up. ” R&B/soul was most related to grief, anger, and pride. Jazz evoked similar emotions with the addition of pride, hope, and confidence. Jazz was also used to strengthen moods and was related to age. A model of music use for mood management is suggested.
Identifying Patterns and Pathways of Offending Behaviour

This study presents a new approach to developing a typology of criminal activity. The distinguishing feature of the analysis is that it concentrates on determining types of activity rather than the amounts of activity over the life course. The methodology involves investigating criminal activity in a succession of five-year periods rather than the conventional approach of summarizing a ‘lifetime’ of crime. This provides scope for assessing changes and pathways of criminal activity as offenders grow older, and gives new insight into the concepts of specialization and versatility. The Home Office Offenders Index birth cohort for 1953 provided official conviction histories up to 1993 (age 40), and latent class analysis identified a fixed number of types of criminal behaviour separately for males and females. The patterns of offending varied markedly between males and females. Male offending (with nine identified types) showed greater diversity than female offending (with three identified types). For the males, each type of offending had a distinct age profile, but this was not evident with the females. A new definition of offending specialization is given, and is shown to increase for males as offenders grow older. A case study on one of the male offending types illustrates the potential for identifying pathways of crime.
The role of parietal cortex in the formation of color and motion based concepts

Imaging evidence shows that separate subdivisions of parietal cortex, in and around the intraparietal sulcus (IPS), are engaged when stimuli are grouped according to color and to motion (Zeki and Stutters, 2013). Since grouping is an essential step in the formation of concepts, we wanted to learn whether parietal cortex is also engaged in the formation of concepts according to these two attributes. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and choosing the recognition of concept-based color or motion stimuli as our paradigm, we found that there was strong concept-related activity in and around the IPS, a region whose homolog in the macaque monkey is known to receive direct but segregated anatomical inputs from V4 and V5. Parietal activity related to color concepts was juxtaposed but did not overlap with activity related to motion concepts, thus emphasizing the continuation of the segregation of color and motion into the conceptual system. Concurrent retinotopic mapping experiments showed that within the parietal cortex, concept-related activity increases within later stage IPS areas.
ACTION POTENTIALS OF MUSCLES IN ATHETOSIS AND SYDENHAM'S CHOREA

In the present report an attempt will be made to analyze the action potentials of muscles during involuntary movements of patients suffering from athetosis, dystonia and chorea. It has been possible to understand certain features of normal motor innervation by a similar analysis already reported. 1 Subsequently, the management of disturbed movement in "spasticity" 2 was studied. Next, "rigidity" with or without tremor, as in Parkinson's disease, and other forms of rigidity and tremor 3 were investigated by the same method. METHODS AND MATERIAL The method of recording and the instruments used have been described in detail. 1 Potentials were traced from the surface of whole muscles by suitable flat metal electrodes and from single motor units or small groups of units by coaxial needle electrodes. In a few instances a large Cambridge string galvanometer was used for direct recording. In the majority of cases the potentials were highly amplified
A fluxless bonding process using AuSn or Indium for a miniaturized hermetic package

In the field of high speed data transmissions or in the industrialisation of MEMS devices a hermetic package is often required. However this technological achievement represents an important part of the package price and usually limits the freedom of design and miniaturization. In this paper we propose a localized hermetic sealing method adapted to batch process, that uses either Eutectic AuSn (AuSn20) or pure Indium for the seal ring. A novel fluxless controlled thermocompression process is developed to achieve simultaneously a hermetic bonding and interconnection of I/Os located within the sealing ring through the capping part. Different designs are tested using a standard He aspersion leak test and additionally some reliability tests are performed. Leak rate ≪5.10−8 mbar l/s are obtained with both AuSn20 and In seal rings.