Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Workplace writing in English: insights from Malaysian bank managers.

This paper discusses the findings of a series of interviews with three local commercial bank managers, describing workplace writing among Malaysian bank executives as writers of English as a second language (ESL). Existing studies on workplace writing are found to be limited in number, particularly those that investigate writing among bank executives. In addition, the status of English as a second language (L2) poses an inherent linguistic challenge for Malaysians and, thus, results in a different set of writing needs than for native writers of English. These factors illustrate the need for an in-depth investigation of the Malaysian banking institutions context. This study is part of a larger research, and data from this study was collected through semi-structured interviews, involving three managers as experienced informants. Their feedback was divided into four categories: the language of correspondence, the writing responsibilities at each bank, the roles of computers and writing software to assist in writing tasks, and the future of writing software programs in Malaysia. The findings can be summarized as follows: 1) English was the correspondence language in two out of the three banks; 2) writing was a frequent responsibility among most of the executives; 3) the executives were generally not provided any assistance with regard to writing; and, 4) a writing software program tailored for ESL writers was deemed a necessary form of assistance in consideration of the multiple tasks that need to be performed by the bank executives.
Efficacy and Safety of Statin Therapy in Children With Familial Hypercholesterolemia: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial With Simvastatin

Background—A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was conducted to evaluate LDL cholesterol–lowering efficacy, overall safety, and tolerability and the influence on growth and pubertal development of simvastatin in a large cohort of boys and girls with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (heFH). Methods and Results—A total of 173 heFH children (98 boys and 75 girls) were included in this study. After a 4-week diet/placebo run-in period, children with heFH were randomized to either simvastatin or placebo in a ratio of 3:2. Simvastatin was started at 10 mg/d and titrated at 8-week intervals to 20 and then 40 mg/d. During a 24-week extension period, the patients continued to receive simvastatin (40 mg) or placebo according to their assignment. After 48 weeks of simvastatin therapy, there were significant reductions of LDL cholesterol (−41%), total cholesterol (−31%), apolipoprotein B (−34%), VLDL cholesterol (−21%), and triglyceride (−9%) levels. HDL cholesterol and apolipoprotein A-I levels were increased by 3.3% and 10.4%, respectively (not significant). No safety issues became evident. Except for small decreases in dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate compared with placebo, there were no significant changes from baseline in adrenal, gonadal, and pituitary hormones in either treatment group. Conclusions—Simvastatin significantly reduced LDL cholesterol, total cholesterol, triglyceride, VLDL cholesterol, and apolipoprotein B levels and was well tolerated in children with heFH. There was no evidence of any adverse effect of simvastatin on growth and pubertal development. Therefore, simvastatin at doses up to 40 mg is a well-tolerated and effective therapy for heFH children.
Improvement low-voltage ride-through control of DFIG during grid faults

This paper presents an improvement control to enhance Low-voltage Ride-through (LVRT) capability of a doubly fed induction generator (DFIG). The DFIG is very sensitive to grid fault. When voltage dip occurs, there are overvoltage and a transition of the current in rotor winding. In this case the rotor side converter (RSC) and the DC bus voltage can be damaged. In order to keep the DFIG connected to the grid, to protect the power converter, to limit rotor side over-currents and to smooth the output power fluctuations of the DFIG under faults, a fuzzy logic control is proposed which introduces an adequate coordination between the DC bus voltage control and battery energy storage systems (BESS) control. To validate our investigation, a model of the proposed control is developed in Matlab\Simulink.
Psychological benefits of sport participation and physical activity for adolescent females.

Recent research has suggested that the effects of sport on well-being are mediated by psychological characteristics such as physical self-concept, instrumentality and positive body images; in addition, sport was found to be related to these psychological benefits for high school girls. However, physical self-concept played a central role by mediating the sport -body image and sport instrumentality relationships. Positive body image and instrumentality, in turn, predicted greater psychological well-being. The purpose of this investigation was to replicate earlier studies, and to examine these relationships with non-sport physical activity. Sport and physical activity were expected to contribute to higher physical self-concept, which in turn, would contribute positively to instrumentality and body image. Further, instrumentality and body image would be positively related to psychological well-being. Participants were 355 9th (n = 170) and 10th (n = 193) graders and they completed measures of involvement in sport/physical activities, physical self-concept, instrumentality, body satisfaction, self-esteem, satisfaction with life, depression, and demographics. Structural equation modeling was utilized to analyze the data. Overall, for both sport and physical activity, the models fit the data well (sport model: NNFI=.95, CFI=.96, SRMR=.08, RMSEA=.09, physical activity model: NNFI=.96, CFI=.97, SRMR=.08, RMSEA=.09). Specifically, sport participation was positively related to physical self-concept (R2 = .47); physical self-concept related to body image (R2 = .30) and instrumentality (R2 = .23); Physical activity was positively related to physical self-concept (R2 = .61); physical self-concept related to body image (R2 = .30) and instrumentality (R2 = .26). For both models, positive body image and higher levels of instrumentality contributed to greater psychological well-being (R2 = 66). These results highlight the importance of developing physical competence for high school girls through sport participation and physical activity.
Universal School-based Approaches to Preventing Adolescent Depression: Past Findings and Future Directions of the Resourceful Adolescent Program

There is a strong need to find sustainable, cost-effective approaches to the prevention of adolescent depression, a major mental health concern with considerable adverse consequences. The Resourceful Adolescent Program (RAP) is a universal school-based programme designed to foster psychological resilience and prevent depression in adolescents aged 12-16 years. The efficacy and effectiveness of RAP have been systematically researched over the past eight years through a series of randomised controlled trials. This article provides an overview of the Resourceful Adolescent Program, considers the advantages of universal interventions for an adolescent population and summarises the findings of the RAP controlled trials. Results suggest that a universal approach to preventing adolescent depression provides advantages in terms of increased reach and can significantly reduce future depressive symptoms, and that these interventions are also effective in ‘the real world’, using sustainable resources. Directions for future research in the area of enhancing school connectedness are discussed.
THE EFFECT OF USING STAD TECHNIQUE ON THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ TENSE ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING SENTENCE AT SMPN 3 BALUNG IN THE 2011/2012 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract . Cooperative learning has been studied widely throughout the world as promising approach. In this chance, there is a crucial problem to solve dealing with the students’ tense achievement in writing sentence, particularly in foreign language context. This Research was intended to know the significant effect of STAD technique on the seventh grade students’ tense achievement in writing sentences at SMPN Balung. The research implementation of quasi experimental design by using nonequivalent-groups post-test only design has resulted effect of X on Y. The students who were treated by using STAD outperformed their counterparts inthe control class who were taught using lecturing method. This was likely due to the fact that the control class got the chance on cooperative learning ”the act of helping each other learning among students in which they promote each other’ssuccess” while their fellow counterparts did not. In concuision,the study shows that there is significant effect of using STAD technique on the seventh grade students’ tense achievement in writing sentence at SMPN Balung in the 2011/2012 academic year. Key Words: STAD, positive interdependence, individual accountability, face-to-face interaction development of social skill and group evaluation.
Drosophila Overexpressing Parkin R275W Mutant Exhibits Dopaminergic Neuron Degeneration and Mitochondrial Abnormalities

Mutations in the parkin gene are a predominant cause of familial parkinsonism. Although initially described as a recessive disorder, emerging evidence suggest that single parkin mutations alone may confer increased susceptibility to Parkinson's disease. To better understand the effects of parkin mutations in vivo, we generated transgenic Drosophila overexpressing two human parkin missense mutants, R275W and G328E. Transgenic flies that overexpress R275W, but not wild-type or G328E, human parkin display an age-dependent degeneration of specific dopaminergic neuronal clusters and concomitant locomotor deficits that accelerate with age or in response to rotenone treatment. Furthermore, R275W mutant flies also exhibit prominent mitochondrial abnormalities in their flight muscles. Interestingly, these defects caused by the expression of human R275W parkin are highly similar to those triggered by the loss of endogenous parkin in parkin null flies. Together, our results provide the first in vivo evidence demonstrating that parkin R275W mutant expression mediates pathogenic outcomes and suggest the interesting possibility that select parkin mutations may directly exert neurotoxicity in vivo.
Ultra-low voltage and low power ring oscillator for wireless sensor network using CMOS varactor

This paper presents two low-voltage and low-power CMOS voltage controlled ring oscillators (VCOs) for use in portable wireless sensor applications. The frequency is controlled using an inversion mode MOS voltage controlled capacitor (varactor) to generate a large tuning range between 166 MHz to 600 MHz for the first design and from 250 MHz to 850 MHz for the second one and consume only 151.2 μW and 146.19 μW respectively. The proposed three-stage VCOs are designed and simulated in TSMC 65nm technology. Both operate on a 0.6 V power supply.
Fostering Achievement Motivation in Health Education

Abstract Though HIV preventive and other health interventions in educational settings have often been grounded in health behavior theory, such interventions have rarely taken into account achievement motivation theory. The purpose of this article is to discuss how and why theories of both health behavior and achievement motivation have the potential to play an important part in the design and delivery of HIV preventive interventions in school settings. First, we briefly discuss health behavior theories, with a primary focus on their commonalties. Next, we discuss theories of achievement motivation and what is known about motivating students to learn and excel in the classroom, specifically applying these theories to safer sexual education. The complementary aspects of these theoretical perspectives are then considered. Finally, implications for improving the design of HIV preventive and other health interventions in school settings are discussed. Such interventions may be vastly improved if they pay greater attention to the motivational tenets of achievement motivation theories and their associated classroom dynamics.
Bacterially Induced Mineralization of Calcium Carbonate: The Role of Exopolysaccharides and Capsular Polysaccharides

Bacterially induced carbonate mineralization has been proposed as a new method for the restoration of limestones in historic buildings and monuments. We describe here the formation of calcite crystals by extracellular polymeric substances isolated from Bacillus firmus and Bacillus sphaericus. We isolated bacterial outer structures (glycocalix and parietal polymers), such as exopolysaccharides (EPS) and capsular polysaccharides (CPS) and checked for their influence on calcite precipitation. CPS and EPS extracted from both B. firmus and B. sphaericus were able to mediate CaCO3 precipitation in vitro. X-ray microanalysis showed that in all cases the formed crystals were calcite. Scanning electron microscopy showed that the shape of the crystals depended on the fractions utilized. These results suggest the possibility that biochemical composition of CPS or EPS influences the resulting morphology of CaCO3. There were no precipitates in the blank samples. CPS and EPS comprised of proteins and glycoproteins. Positive alcian blue staining also reveals acidic polysaccharides in CPS and EPS fractions. Proteins with molecular masses of 25–40 kDa and 70 kDa in the CPS fraction were highly expressed in the presence of calcium oxalate. This high level of synthesis could be related to the binding of calcium ions and carbonate deposition.
From "y as plus personne qui parle" to "plus personne ne dit rien": The variable use of the negative particle ne in synchronous French chat.

This study analyzes negative particle variation (i.e., the variable presence or absence of the negative particle ne) in synchronous French chat discourse within a labovian-inspired framework. Selected morphosyntactic, lexical, and phonological constraints are considered. Multivariate analyses performed by GoldVarb 2001 revealed that subject type (i.e., NP, [- overt] subject environment, pronoun) and the phonological environment preceding the position of neregardless of its presence or absenceare determining factors in the variation. In addition, discursive-pragmatic effect was explored in a sub-sample of data. The results indicate that ne is seldom present in verbal negation during explanatory discourse style, yet it is very likely to be retained in ludic, emphatic, and proverbial styles.
Design optimization of tri core PM linear generator using SA and FPA for wave energy conversion system in south coast of Java Island

Due to the significant high waves which usually occurred, the south coast of Java Island has a huge potential of ocean waves energy which can be used to generate electricity. Converting ocean waves energy using permanent magnet linear generator (PMLG) can replace linear to rotational motion converter usage which has large mechanical power losses. However, high power losses in the PMLG's winding can occur if it is not optimally designed. This paper presents optimization methods for designing tri core PMLG with low power losses in the winding. The objectives function are derived from a magnetical model of linear generator. To obtain the best design, simulated annealing (SA) and flower pollination algorithm (FPA) with several variables and constraints is performed. The power losses in the winding of PMLG were ideally minimized using both methods. Optimization results from SA method were compared with the results from FPA. Based on the simulation, each method had that own characteristic to find the global optimal solution, including each variables value, objectives function value, and execution time.
Reallocations in a Globalizing Economy ∗

We distill the main insights from recent trade models on firms’ responses to globalisation. Our primary aim is to assess the economic impact and the welfare implications of the resulting reallocation of resources across firms and countries. In so doing, we bring theory into life through the numerical implementation of a theoretical framework calibrated on European data, which encompasses aspects of economic geography, firm heterogeneity, and firms’ organizational choices. Our final purpose is to provide a comprehensive background for empirical investigations and to stimulate further theoretical research.
Travelers' ability to observe changes in traffic intensities and traffic light settings

Travel choice behavior is an important determinant in traffic and subject to human imperfection and bounded rationality. In decision-making processes travelers seldom act perfectly rational. Traffic models and traffic network management measure could become more realistic and effective, if travelers' (dis)abilities, reasoning and perception are better understood and taken into consideration. The aims of this study were: (1) to determine travelers' ability to detect changing traffic intensities and traffic light setting on their trip, and (2) to determine how travelers estimate the value of such changes. The survey results show that travelers are more sensitive to changes in traffic light settings than to changes in traffic intensities, but in general unable to observe all changes in traffic conditions. Besides, a relative large group of travelers perceive the opposite of what they actually experience.
The cultural content in EFL Textbooks and what teachers need to do about it

This article analyzes the cultural content in three communicative English as a foreign language textbooks that are used as main instructional resources in the English classroom. The study examined whether the textbooks include elements of surface or deep culture, and the findings indicate that the textbooks contain only static and congratulatory topics of surface culture and omit complex and transformative forms of culture. Consequently, the second part of the article suggests how teachers can address deep-rooted aspects of culture that might help English as a foreign language learners build more substantive intercultural competence in the language classroom.
Sequelae of child maltreatment: Vulnerability and resilience.

To grow into competent and productive adults, children must learn to regulate their emotions and their behavior, to form a coherent, positive sense of self, and toform and maintain relationships with other people. A substantial body of evidence indicates that consistent, responsive parenting contributes to children's ability to master these developmental tasks (Lord, Eccles, & McCarthy, 1994; Raver, 1996). In maltreating families, however, parental care does not meet children's basic needs for physical sustenance and protection, emotional security, and social interaction. Thus, maltreatment constitutes a significant deviation from the average expectable or species-typical environment, as defined by community norms and by medical, legal, and social scientific standards (National Research Council, 1993). Developmental theory on the influence of early caregiving predicts that such conditions predispose children to a variety of difficulties in adjustment and adaptation (Cicchetti & Lynch, 1995; Scarr, 1992). Empirical evidence supports this contention: Maltreatment during childhood is associated with an increased risk for internalizing problems, such as depression and anxiety (Lynch & Cicchetti, 1998; McGee, Wolfe, & Wilson, 1997; Toth, Manly, & Cicchetti, 1992), and externalizing problems including aggression, delinquency, and antisocial behavior (Herrenkohl, Egolf, & Herrenkohl, 1997; Widom, 1989). Maltreated children encounter more difficulties in developing autonomy and self-esteem (Egeland, Sroufe, & Erickson, 1983) and in relationships with others, including peers (Cicchetti, Lynch, Shonk, & Manly, 1992; Rogosch, Cicchetti, & Aber, 1995; Salzinger, Feldman, Hammer, & Rosario, 1993).
The relationship between working memory and cognitive control : the role of task complexity, organisational strategies and task-switching on the task-span procedure

Humans are capable of remembering information in an active, easily accessible form. However, this is a limited capacity system, which temporarily maintains and stores information, and supports human thought processes by providing an interface between perception, long-term memory, and action. Using the task-span procedure developed by Logan (2004), the current thesis aimed to examine some of the most salient features of working memory. Specifically how processing and storage interact with working memory, the influence of organisational factors on working memory and the relationship between task-switching and working memory.
Aggression and violence in South Africa : the role of antisocial personalities

Antisocial personalities have been strongly associated with aggression and violence. To determine whether the same findings apply to offenders in South Africa, a sample of 500 male maximum security offenders was assessed with the Psychopathic Personality Inventory-Revised (PPI-R); subscales representing antisocial and dissocial personality disorders from the DSM-IV and ICD-10 Personality Questionnaire (DIP-Q); and the Aggression Questionnaire. Independent t-test analyses indicated significant differences in aggression between individuals with and those without antisocial personality disorder and dissocial personality disorder respectively. A multivariate analysis of variance indicated that total aggression scores, verbal aggression, and especially anger differ significantly between offenders with various levels of psychopathy.
Assessing Publication for Tenure

A candidate’s publication record is an increasingly important criterion for awarding tenure in schools of social work. Yet suitable parameters have not been established in schools of social work for differentiating between the various forms of scholarly publication. This exploratory study shows that the following types of scholarly publication are most desirable for obtaining tenure: (1) work printed in peer-reviewed publications; (2) publications that focus on social work rather than non-social work scholarship; (3) single authorship or lead authorship of collaborative work; (4) articles in first-tier journals or other national and international publishing outlets.
Molecular marker expression in oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.

OBJECTIVE To determine the relative prognostic value of p53, cyclin D1, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in patients with oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. PATIENTS Fifty-six patients with oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma referred to the Department of Therapeutic Radiology at Yale-New Haven Hospital (Conn) between 1981 and 1992 who were treated with gross total surgical resection and postoperative external beam radiotherapy. RESULTS Archival tumor tissue was stained with monoclonal antibodies directed against these 4 oncoproteins and scored for staining intensity and percent distribution by a pathologist blinded to the patients' clinical outcomes. Frequency of marker expression was 48% for p53, 20% for cyclin D1, 64% for EGFR, and 41% for VEGF. In multivariate analysis, EGFR positivity was protective against locoregional relapse (relative risk [RR], 0.27; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.11-0.66; P =.002). In contrast, advanced N stage predicted poor locoregional relapse-free survival (RR, 1.94; 95% CI, 1.03-3.66; P =.04). Predictors of poor overall survival in multivariate analysis included VEGF positivity (RR, 3.53; 95% CI, 1.75-7.13; P<.001) and black race (RR, 2.48; 95% CI, 1.05-5.85; P =.04). Cyclin D1 and p53 expression were not significantly associated with prognosis in this cohort. CONCLUSIONS In oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma treated with surgery and postoperative radiotherapy, VEGF and EGFR expression may influence clinical outcome. If confirmed, these results have potential implications for the determination of patient prognosis and the development of biologically based pharmacotherapies.