Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Mobilizing Anger for Social Justice: The politicization of the emotions in education

In this paper, I use feminist and poststructuralist discourses to suggest that the politicization of anger in education is not only inevitable but also desirable. In particular, an analysis of anger in education may offer certain critical advantages, including a better understanding of the importance of being angry in political terms. As various educational approaches nowadays seek indiscriminately to silence anger in the name of ‘emotional intelligence’—and thus, de‐politicizing it—an attention to the political aspects of emotions in education is extremely valuable. Thus, I argue that emotions, and particularly anger, are central to the exercise of power relations in the classroom, and challenge the dominance of instrumental/rational accounts about anger replacing them with the recognition of anger as political. Also, I clarify some of the conditions that generate angry feelings as ambivalence and explore the transformative possibilities that this ambivalence creates. This work is important because there has been little attention to anger in relation to educational politics and social justice education.
Topology of non-linear structure in the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey

We study the evolution of non-linear structure as a function of scale in samples from the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey, constituting over 221 000 galaxies at a median redshift of z = 0.11. The two flux-limited galaxy samples, located near the Southern Galactic Pole and the Galactic equator, are smoothed with Gaussian filters of width ranging from 5 to 8 h -1 Mpc to produce a continuous galaxy density field. The topological genus statistic is used to measure the relative abundance of overdense clusters to void regions at each scale; these results are compared with the predictions of the analytic theory, in the form of the genus statistic for (i) the linear regime case of a Gaussian random field and (ii) a first-order perturbative expansion of the weakly non-linear evolved field. The measurements demonstrate a statistically significant detection of an asymmetry in the genus statistic between regions corresponding to low- and high-density volumes of the Universe. We attribute the asymmetry to the non-linear effects of the gravitational evolution and biased galaxy formation, and demonstrate that these effects evolve as a function of scale. We find that neither analytic prescription satisfactorily reproduces the measurements, though the weakly non-linear theory yields substantially better results at some scales, and we discuss the potential explanations for this result.
Joint and Sole Custody Mothers: Implications for Research and Practice

The authors evaluated the ability of a conceptual model encompassing variables related to parenting, father involvement, and mother's resources to predict custody type for divorced mothers. Findings revealed that parenting stress, coparental relationship quality, custody satisfaction, and age of children in the house hold were predictive of custody type. Results indicated that mothers with joint custody re ported lower levels of parenting stress, better coparental relations, and had older children than did solecustody mothers. Of particular interest was the finding that higher levels of custody satisfaction were associated with solecustody status. The psychological meanings parents attach to legal custody status are explored along with how the organizational properties of custody status might differ for mothers and fathers. Implications for clinical practice are discussed.
Maya Medicine in the Biological Gaze

The relationship of human societies to territory and natural resources is being drastically altered by a series of global agreements concerning trade, intellectual property, and the conservation and use of genetic resources. Through a characteristic style of collective appropriation of their tropical ecosystems, Maya societies have created local institutions for governing access to their common resources. However, new mechanisms of global governance require access to Maya biodiversity for world commercial interests. The Chiapas Highland Maya already face this prospect in the International Cooperative Biodiversity Group drug discovery project, which proposes to use Maya medical knowledge to screen plants for potential pharmaceuticals. The ethnobiological focus of the project emphasizes the naturalistic aspects of Maya medicine, primarily the use of herbal remedies. This biological gaze decontextualizes the situated knowledge of Maya healers, ignoring the cultural context in which they create and apply that knowledge. The search for raw materials for the production of universal medical technology results in symbolic violence to the cultural logic of Maya peoples. Only the full recognition of Maya peoples collective rights to territory and respect for their local commonresource institutions will provide ultimate protection for their cultural and natural patrimony.
Building the Alphabetic Principle in Young Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.

Acquisition of phoneme-grapheme correspondences, a key concept of the alphabetic principle, was examined in young children who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) using a semantic association strategy embedded in two interventions, the Children’s Early Intervention and Foundations for Literacy. Single-subject design experiments using multiple baselines across content were used to examine the functional relationship between student outcomes and the intervention provided. Only students who were able to identify spoken words were included in the studies. Study One was conducted with 5 children 3.10–7.10 years of age in oral or signing programs. Study Two was conducted with 5 children 3.10–4.5 years of age in an oral program. All children acquired taught phoneme-grapheme correspondences. These findings provide muchneeded evidence that children who are DHH and who have some speech perception abilities can learn critical phoneme-grapheme correspondences through explicit auditory skill instruction with language and visual support.
Lessons from Hull House for the Contemporary Urban University

This article presents a rationale for reinventing the American university to become once again a mission-oriented institution. With particular attention to social work and the social sciences, we trace the origins of that rationale to Jane Addams and her colleagues in Chicago. Historical analysis not only indicates that progressive change can occur, but it also is useful in revealing and clarifying deeply embedded impediments to change. We also describe a general strategy of organizational structures, activities, and mechanisms being developed at the University of Pennsylvania to help enable the "neo-Progressive" reconstruction of the university through academically based community service.
Effect of inversion and ankle bracing on peroneus longus Hoffmann reflex

This study examined peroneus longus (PL) Hoffmann reflex (H‐reflex) during sudden inversion perturbation of the ankle/foot complex under an ankle brace and non‐brace condition. Ten healthy subjects volunteered. H‐reflexes were tested on the up‐sloping portion of the recruitment curve, utilizing a control trial M‐wave above motor threshold to maintain consistency between subjects and conditions. The PL H/maximum M‐wave (Mmax) ratio was established using the PL H‐reflex and PL Mmax peak‐to‐peak measures. The mean ratio across five trials for each subject under each ankle brace (brace, no brace) and surface (flat, inversion) conditions was utilized for analysis. The 1 × 4 repeated measures ANOVA revealed a significant main effect for treatment condition (P<0.0001). The PL H/Mmax ratio significantly increased during sudden inversion‐no ankle brace condition compared with the flat surface no‐ankle brace condition (P=0.04). Application of an ankle brace had no effect on PL H/Mmax ratio during inversion (P=0.78). During this study PL H/Mmax ratios increased during an inversion perturbation in healthy ankles. This is believed to occur due to heightened sensorimotor demand placed on the nervous system during this motion. Moreover, application of an ankle brace during inversion does not appear to affect PL H/Mmax ratio.
Research Update: The Community College Survey of Student Engagement

The Community College Survey of Student Engagement, established in 2001 and administered by the Community College Leadership Program at the University of Texas at Austin, provides systematically collected data on the experiences of community college students. This article describes what has been learned through the survey to date and notes plans for the future, including the development of the Survey of Entering Student Engagement (SENSE) for community colleges.
Impact of Measurement Error in the Analysis of Bone Tunnel Enlargement after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Background Radiographic bone tunnel enlargement after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction is frequently reported. The error associated with measuring tunnels on radiographs has not been established and may be substantial. Hypothesis Measurement error influences interpretation of bone tunnel enlargement. Study Design Cohort study (Diagnosis); Level of evidence, 2. Methods Radiographs and clinical outcomes were obtained from 76 subjects who had undergone hamstring tendon anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Tunnel enlargement was determined by measuring the widths of the femoral and tibial tunnels with a digital caliper in lateral and anteroposterior radiographs. Measurements were corrected for magnification; the percentage change in tunnel widths was recorded relative to the diameters drilled at surgery. One examiner measured all radiographs and repeated the procedure for 20 randomly selected radiographs 12 months later. A second examiner measured the same 20 radiographs. Intraclass correlation coefficients and 95% confidence intervals for intrarater and interrater measurement errors were calculated. Confidence intervals were used to divide subjects into 2 groups according to whether bone tunnel enlargement was within (unenlarged tunnel group) or greater than (enlarged tunnel group) the 95% confidence interval for measurement error; clinical comparisons between these groups were made for each view of tibial and femoral tunnels. Results Measurement errors for tunnel enlargement ranged from 17% to 26% for intrarater measurements and 24% to 38% for interrater measurements. For the lateral view of the tibial tunnel, there was a significant positive association between tunnel enlargement and anterior knee laxity. There was no relationship between femoral tunnel enlargement and anterior knee laxity. Conclusion There was considerable error associated with bone tunnel measurement. A relationship between tibial tunnel enlargement on the lateral radiograph and anterior knee laxity was evident once enlargement was defined as a change that exceeded measurement error. Clinical Relevance Measurement of bone tunnels on radiographs is useful for interpreting large changes; caution should be used when small changes are observed.
The Effect of Service Quality on Customer Satisfaction in the Utility Industry - A Case of Vodafone (Ghana)

This paper sought to examine the relationship between service quality and customer satisfaction in the utility industry (telecom) in Ghana The study adapted the SERVQUAL model as the main framework for analyzing service quality. Multiple regression analysis was used to examine the relationships between service quality variables and customer satisfaction. The results showed that all the service quality items were good predictors of customer satisfaction. For managers, this finding has important implications with regard to brand building strategies. Indications of a successful brand building strategy are found when companies provide quality services relative to other companies within the same industry. It is imperative for Vodafone (Ghana) and other telecom firms, therefore, to improve customer services by giving customers what they want and at the right time. Thus, identifying and satisfying customers’ needs could improve network services because what is offered can be used to separate the company’s services from competitors’.
Corruption in Kyrgyzstan: the facts, causes and consequences

Despite the continuing efforts and the introduction of economic policies stable growth rates in the developing countries have not been sustained for decades. Although wealth has improved when compared to the earlier years, the welfare gap between developing and developed countries either has remained the same or worsened. Developing countries blame market-oriented policies and international organisations, which impose these policies for their poor performance. On the other hand, developed countries hold politicians and bureaucrats in developing countries responsible as they are the entities in charge of the application of policies in place. According to the latter view, bad governance in developing countries is the chief cause of the misallocation of resources, which ultimately results in the deviation of policies from their targets. In particular, bad governance is attributed to politicians and bureaucrats, who use public power for private gains. This view is supported by voluminous studies on the effects of corruption on the economic performance of countries, in recent years. Despite the ongoing discussion on the merits of capitalism and market economy in the capitalist world, with the collapse of the Socialist regimes in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, these newly independent states decided to choose a new development model based on capitalism and market economy. When scholars realised differences in the economic performances among the former Socialist countries a decade after the transition process, the discussion on the relation between corruption and economic performance broadened. This paper aims to make a contribution on this discussion by evaluating the causes and consequences of corruption in one of the former Soviet republics, Kyrgyzstan. This paper is divided into five sections. Following this introduction the next section examines the causes and consequences of corruption based on previous studies in the field. Scholarly studies show that some common and countryspecific factors promote corruption and, in turn, corruption weakens economic
Down by the riverside: urban riparian ecology

Riparian areas are hotspots of interactions between plants, soil, water, microbes, and people. While urban land use change has been shown to have dramatic effects on watershed hydrology, there has been surprisingly little analysis of its effects on riparian areas. Here we examine the ecology of urban riparian zones, focusing on work done in the Baltimore Ecosystem Study, a component of the US National Science Foundation’s Long Term Ecological Research network. Research in the Baltimore study has addressed how changes in hydrology associated with urbanization create riparian “hydrologic drought” by lowering water tables, which in turn alters soil, vegetation, and microbial processes. We analyze the nature of past and current human interactions with riparian ecosystems, and review other urban ecosystem studies to show how our observations mirror those in other cities.
Twin studies demonstrate a host cell genetic effect on productive human immunodeficiency virus infection of human monocytes and macrophages in vitro

Biological and genetic variability is a prominent feature of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) strains, especially in tropism, syncytium formation, and replicative capacity. To determine whether there were variable host cell effects on HIV replication in monocytes, three different strains of low-passage-number monocytotropic blood isolates of HIV and the laboratory-adapted strain Ba-L were inoculated into panels of adherent monocytes drawn from 44 different donors, and peak extracellular HIV p24 antigen titers were compared. The clinical HIV strains showed patterns of either moderate or low-level replication in most donor monocytes (20 to 4,000 pg/ml). However, within this range there was marked variation in peak titers in most donors. HIV type 1 Ba-L replicated in all donor monocytes to much higher levels with less variability (30 to 40 ng/ml). Furthermore, replication of 21 clinical blood-derived strains of HIV in blood monocytes and monocyte-derived macrophages (MDM) from pairs of identical twins and age-matched unrelated donors (URD) of the same sex were compared. In all of the seven pairs of identical twins, the kinetics of replication (measured by extracellular HIV p24 antigen) of panels of four clinical HIV type 1 isolates in monocytes were similar within pairs. However, marked and significant differences in kinetics of HIV production occurred within 10 of the 12 unrelated donor pairs (P = 0.0007). The remaining two URD pairs showed similar kinetic patterns, but only one pair had the same HLA-DR genotype. Similar results were observed with monocytes/MDMs obtained from a second bleed of the same donor. Hence, discordant patterns of HIV replication kinetics between URD monocyte pairs contrasted with concordant patterns in identical twin monocytes. These data strongly suggest a host cell genetic effect on productive viral replication in monocytes and MDMs. So far, no consistent genetic linkage of HIV replication pattern with HLA-DR genotype has been observed.
The personality structure of affect.

We examined the organization of individual differences in pleasant affect, unpleasant affect, and six discrete emotions. We used several refinements over past studies: a) systematic sampling of emotions; b) control of measurement error through the use of latent traits; c) multiple methods for measuring affect; d) inclusion of only affects that are widely agreed to be emotions; e) a statistical definition of independence; and f) a focus on the frequency and duration of long-term affect. There was strong convergence between the two pleasant emotions (love and joy) and between the four unpleasant emotions (fear, anger, sadness, and shame). The results indicated, however, that individual differences in the discrete emotions cannot be reduced to positive and negative affect. The latent traits of pleasant and unpleasant affect were correlated -. 44, and a two-factor model accounted for significantly more variance than a one-factor model. This finding indicates that long-term pleasant and unpleasant affect are not strictly orthogonal, but they are separable.
Exploring the Articulatory Loop

A series of five experiments explore the influence of articulatory suppression on immediate memory for auditorily presented items with a view to testing the revised concept of an articulatory loop. Experiments 1, 2 and 3 demonstrate that the phonological similarity effect is not abolished by articulatory suppression, whether this occurs only at input or at both input and recall. Experiments 4 and 5 show that the tendency for long words to be less well remembered than short is abolished by articulatory suppression, even when presentation is auditory, provided suppression occurs during both input and recall. These results are consistent with the concept of a loop comprising a phonological store, which is responsible for the phonological similarity effect, coupled with an articulatory rehearsal process that gives rise to the word length effect.
Negotiating cultural and academic expectations in a minority language school: the inclusive and exclusive effects of a principal’s vision

This paper shares the results of an ethnographic case study into the role a principal had in maintaining a growing minority language school while implementing an inclusive policy for students with learning and physical difficulties. The principal was very aware of the reputation and image of the school in the public eye. Maintaining a distinct identity was key to the school’s success, and the principal extended this demand for independence to students, including those with disabilities, and their teachers. This led to specific policies and practices regarding language and ability grouping and the school’s resource teaching model. This article contributes to the research on leadership by exploring how a principal can shape the inclusive and exclusive policies and practices of a school that is competing for students.
Consultee and Client Remedial and Preventive Outcomes Following Consultation: Some Mixed Empirical Results and Directions for Future Researchers

A multiple baseline across-subjects design was used to study consultee and client remedial and preventive behavior change in live school-based consultations. Three second-grade teachers served as consultees while a target student exhibiting excessive off-task behavior in each of their classes served as clients. Behavioral observations were gathered along with measures of consultee brainstorming skills and data from structured teacher interviews. Results indicated improvements in children's on-task behavior ranging from 2% to 143% during consultation versus baseline phases. Although all three teachers reported that they implemented the planned intervention, observational data cast serious doubt on this conclusion. Generalization of the planned intervention to nontarget students and improvements in consultee brainstorming skills were not found. Factors believed to have influenced the outcomes of these consultation cases are reviewed, along with implications for future research and practice.
Constant Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) Circulation in Wild Boar and Red Deer in Spain: An Increasing Concern Source of HEV Zoonotic Transmission.

Hepatitis E is a viral zoonosis that affects multiple hosts. The complete dynamics of infection in wildlife are still unknown, but the previous fact facilitates the maintenance and circulation of the virus, posing a risk to human health in the case of meat consumption from susceptible animals. In Spain, it has been shown how domestic pigs, cattle and wildlife (i.e. wild boar and red deer) clearly interact in hunting farms, generating a complex epidemiological situation in terms of interspecies pathogen transmission. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to (i) evaluate the circulation of the virus in geographically close domestic (Iberian pigs) and wild animals (wild boar and deer) living in hunting areas from central Spain over an 8-year period (2003-2010) and (ii) to determine whether HEV could be used as a marker of domestic-wildlife contact. For these purposes, a longitudinal analysis of Iberian pig, wild boar and red deer samples (n = 287) through virological and serological tests was conducted to shed light upon the circulation events of HEV. Regarding HEV RNA detection by real-time RT-PCR, 10.12% samples (95% CI: 5.44-14.8) from wild boar and 16.05% samples (95% CI: 8.06-24.04) from red deer were positive. As for the Iberian pigs, none of the 48 samples was positive for HEV RNA detection. In the serological analysis, 43.75% (95% CI: 29.75-57.75) from Iberian pig, 57.40% (95% CI: 48.10-66.70) from wild boar and 12.85% (95% CI: 5.01-20.69) samples from red deer presented anti-HEV antibodies. Positive samples were distributed among all study years (2003-2010). These results depict the urgent need to improve the inspection and surveillance of these species and their products. In the case of HEV, it is clear that the stable and constant presence of the virus in wildlife and its contact with Iberian pigs pose a risk for human health as they are all destined for human consumption.