Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Chinese-Born International Students' Transition Experiences from Study to Work in New Zealand

A growing number of Chinese-born international students are seeking permanent residency and paid employment in New Zealand after graduation. As yet, little is known about their post-study transitions to permanent residency and paid employment. This article reports on research investigating the transition experiences of 10 Chinese-born international students. The theoretical framing is provided by accounts of Chinese cultural values, experiences of Chinese-born skilled migrants and aspects of adult career development. Data were collected using a thematic interview guide focusing on occupational choice, organisational entry and early career experiences. The participants used a variety of techniques described in traditional career development models to find employment and to develop their early career. The students attributed their success in gaining employment to obtaining permanent residency before seeking work, language proficiency, networks developed during their study years, and having a recognised New Zealand qualification.
Working knowledge as performance: on the practical understanding of machines

This article uses perspectives from science and technology studies to understand the working knowledge used by operators to understand and handle machines. Industrial production is seen as a heterogeneous assemblage of sociomaterial practices, where machines and humans interact in processes of mutual inscription and modification. Working knowledge is analysed as situated practices of knowing, or performances.This perspective is used in a meta-interpretation of earlier ethnographic research and other accounts of manual, industrial work, focusing on the mental, bodily and emotional understanding employed in crucial situations, as when learning to work, localizing machines, or coping with difficult or recalcitrant machines.
Classifying Hepatitis B Virus Genotypes

In 1988, hepatitis B virus (HBV) was classified into four genotypes by a sequence divergence in the entire genome exceeding 8%, and designated by capital letters of the alphabet from A to D. There are seven genotypes of HBV (A–G) at present, and an eighth is on the horizon. They have an uneven geographical distribution, and only a few of them are prevalent in a given area of the world. Thus genotype A is frequent in northwest Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, India and the North, Central and South America, B as well as C are common in Southeast Asia and Oceania, and D is prevalent in the Mediterranean area, Central Asia and South America. Genotype E is restricted to West Africa, and F is localized in Central and South America. The distribution of genotype G added to the alphabet list very recently has yet to be determined. Coinfection with HBV of distinct genotypes is not infrequent and found in about 10% of infected individuals, and is responsible for intertypic recombination of HBV genomes. The mutation for a stop codon in the precore region (G1896A) for aborting the translation of hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) is prohibited in HBV genomes of genotype A, as well as some of genotypes C and F, because they possess C at position 1858 that makes a Watson-Crick pair with G at position 1896. Hence, seroconversion to antibody to HBeAg is forbidden or delayed in individuals who carry them. Evidence is accumulating as regards the influence of HBV genotypes on the progression of chronic hepatitis B and response to antiviral therapies. HBV isolates even of the same genotype can differ in virological and clinical characteristics, and therefore, the genotype needs to be classified further into subtypes, especially if they are clinically relevant.
“Coming Into My Own as a Teacher”: Identity, Disequilibrium, and the First Year of Teaching

This study examines the experiences of ten first-year English teachers in various school contexts in two Northeastern states. Through a phenomenological approach to in-depth interviewing, teachers were interviewed at the end of their first year of teaching. Commonalities in teachers' experiences include former teachers' influences on their teacher personae, negotiating their authoritative role in the classroom, understanding how and why to set boundaries with students, and demonstrating resilience and resolve in the face of multiple challenges. Implications for teacher education and induction programs are to address the disequilibrium of the self in early teaching experiences and to model habits of mind that promote “productive disequilibrium. ”
Implementation of HACCP in the risk management of medical waste generated from endoscopy

Medical waste poses health hazards, increases the environmental load and is costly to dispose of. To solve the above problems, we applied the hazard analysis and critical control point system (HACCP) to the management of wastes generated from endoscopy. First, the wastes in three hospitals were quantified. The number and weight of waste per case differed significantly among the three hospitals. Second, HACCP was applied to the endoscopy unit of Hospital X for a year. Wastes were segregated into five types and weighed. We found that 25.8% of ‘infectious waste’ was in fact ‘non‐infectious waste’ and ‘non‐infectious plastic waste’. The numbers of needles and needle caps did not correspond in two occasions (needle‐loss rate: 0.42%). Bacterial counts of the waste container were determined to investigate infection hazard. The counts were 0 cfu/cm2 in all examinations except one occasion. The waste control manifests were reviewed, and all entries were consistent with the waste sent for disposal. In Hospital X where implementation of HACCP was attempted, reduction of environmental load and cutting of disposal cost are anticipated by changing the categories of waste segregation. The results suggest that hospital wastes should be managed more safely by HACCP.
Social phobia and perceptions of early parental and personal characteristics

Abstract Research on the etiology of social phobia is virtually nonexistent in part because relevant theories about family and childhood antecedents have not been advanced. The present study was designed to assess the relevance of Buss' (1980) formulations regarding antecedents of social evaluative fears for understanding the development of social phobia. Social phobic patients' perceptions of early parental and childhood characteristics presumed to be associated with social evaluative concerns were compared to those of agoraphobic patients. Social phobics perceived their mothers as more avoidant of social phobic situations, their parents as seeking to isolate them, their parents as overemphasizing the opinions of others, and their parents as deemphasizing family sociability. Social phobics also reported greater self-consciousness and fewer dating partners during adolescence. A discriminant function analysis revealed that these criterion variables accurately classified 91% of social phobics and 77.3% of a.
Online information, extreme communities and internet therapy: Is the internet good for our mental health?

Background: Questions have been raised about the internet's effect on mental health, although no principled review has yet tackled the issue. Aims: To examine the effect of the internet on mental health. Method: Literature review. Results: The internet is typically discussed as if it were a set of activities when it is actually a medium upon which various activities can occur. It is, therefore, neither “good” nor “bad” for mental health, although specific activities may have an influence. The standard of mental health information on the internet is probably equivalent to the mainstream media, although overall it still remains poor. The concept of “internet addiction” looks increasingly invalid, although it is likely that depressed or isolated individuals are more likely to focus on certain activities to excess. A number of “extreme communities” have formed online, such as pro-anorexia, pro-suicide, pro-amputation and likely-psychotic groups. These serve to provide support, outside a medical and social mainstream that finds their beliefs and behaviours unacceptable. A review of preliminary randomized controlled trials shows online therapy to be effective for many disorders. Conclusions: Mental health professionals are advised to lead the creation of online treatments and information. Clinical recommendations for the use of the internet are offered. Declaration of interest: None.
Effects of Exercise on Growth, Resting Metabolism, and Body Composition of Fischer Rats 1

Summary Young Fischer rats allowed to exercise grow at a faster rate than litter mates confined to small quarters. The bodies of both groups of rats contain the same amount of water. The growth of the parts studied is proportional to body size except for the adrenal glands and the quadriceps-femoris group of muscles. These grow at a greater rate than the body as a whole. The basal metabolism in the rats allowed to exercise is higher than that of the controls.
Rapid intermittent compression increases skin circulation in chronically ischemic legs with infra-popliteal arterial obstruction.

BACKGROUND Intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) has been shown, by duplex, to increase popliteal artery flow in normal legs and in legs with superficial femoral artery occlusion. The objective of this study was to see if IPC improves distal circulation in legs with severe infra-popliteal disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS Sixteen chronically ischemic legs with arteriographically demonstrated crural or pedal disease were studied during compression with an ArtAssist compression-device. This device delivers rapid compression of the foot and calf. Cutaneous laser-Doppler flux was measured continuously at the dorsal aspect of the distal forefoot. The findings were compared to those in thirteen normal controls of similar age. RESULTS In ischemic legs, the spontaneous changes in skin-flux are minimal: mean resting flux in sitting position was 0.87 +/- 0.46 AU (Arbitrary Units). Upon activation of the compression device the maximum flux increased to 4.55 +/- 1.35 AU. The difference was statistically significant (p < 0.001). This response was similar to that in normal controls. CONCLUSION Arterial flow augmentation upon compression is associated with increased skin-flux. This response remains present in severe disease of the crural outflow-arteries. Further investigation to define the role of intermittent compression for management of chronic arterial disease is warranted.
Wildfire disturbance and productivity as drivers of plant species diversity across spatial scales

Wildfires influence many temperate terrestrial ecosystems worldwide. Historical environmental heterogeneity created by wildfires has been altered by human activities and will be impacted by future climate change. Our ability to predict the impact of wildfire-created heterogeneity on biodiversity is limited because few studies have investigated variation in community composition (beta-diversity) in response to fire. Wildfires may influence beta-diversity through several ecological mechanisms. First, high-severity fires may decrease beta-diversity by homogenizing species composition when they create landscapes dominated by disturbance-tolerant or rapidly colonizing species. In contrast, mixed-severity fires may increase beta-diversity by creating mosaic landscapes containing habitats that support species with differing environmental tolerances and dispersal traits. Moreover, the effects of fire severity on beta-diversity may change depending on site conditions. Disturbance is hypothesized to increase local species richness at higher productivity and decrease local species richness at lower productivity, a process that can have important, but largely unexamined, consequences on beta-diversity in fire-prone ecosystems. We tested these hypotheses by comparing patterns of beta-diversity and species richness across 162 plant communities in three sites that span a large-scale gradient in climate and productivity in the Northern Rockies of Montana. Within each site, we used spatially explicit fire-severity data to stratify sampling across unburned forests and forests burned with mixed- and high-severity wildfires. We found that beta-diversity (community dispersion) of forbs was higher in mixed-severity compared to high-severity fire, regardless of productivity. Counter to our predictions, local species richness of forbs was higher in burned landscapes compared to unburned landscapes at the low-productivity site, but lower in burned landscapes at the high-productivity site. This pattern may be explained by rapid regeneration of woody plants after fire in high-productivity forests. Moreover, forbs and woody plants had disproportionately higher overall species richness in mixed-severity fire compared to high-severity fire, but only at the low-productivity site. These patterns suggest that mixed-severity fires promote higher landscape-level biodiversity in low-productivity sites by increasing species turnover across landscapes with a diverse mosaic of habitats. Our study illustrates the importance of understanding the mechanisms by which patterns of wildfire severity interact with environmental gradients to influence patterns of biodiversity across spatial scales.
Moderating effects of social support in shiftworking and non-shiftworking nurses

Abstract The effects of social support on the job stress (role ambiguity)-strain (job dissatisfaction, intent-to-turnover, health problems) relationship were investigated in shiftworking (second and third shifts) and non-shiftworking (first shift) groups of nurses (N = 191). Previous research indicates that shiftworkers frequently report problems of social integration as a negative aspect of their jobs. Additionally, shiftworkers demonstrate a number of stress-related illnesses. Social support has been hypothesized to show its strongest stress-buffering (i.e. moderating) effects in high stress environments. In other words, persons with higher levels of social support are less likely to be negatively affected by high stress environments. It was hypothesized that individuals working on shiftwork would demonstrate stronger moderating effects of social support on the job stress-strain relationship than non-shiftworkers because of the stressful nature of shiftwork and the importance of social integration diffi.
Facilitating Democratic Praxis: A Review of The Civically Engaged Reader

There is a moment described in an introductory passage of The Civically Engaged Reader that highlights the importance of reflection and dialogue about civic engagement. An Americorps volunteer is painting in an inner-city school on Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, and two ninth grade boys come up to ask her what she is doing. She explains to them that she is “serving.making a difference. ” “Who are you helping? ” the students ask. “You,” she answers. The boys walk away with a caustic “Well, happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day”(85). The scene makes one wonder if Martin Luther King Jr. would have wanted a day of service named after him, when many of the acts of service that occur neither address the underlying causes of decrepit inner-city schools and neighborhoods nor, perhaps still more critical, promote democratic relationships across race and neighborhood lines. The painful mismatch between the volunteer’s good intentions and the socially divisive impact of her matter-of-fact statement is a familiar one in the domain of service learning. To me, it is such moments as these—which may cause more harm than good—that demand that the field of “service” be carefully circumscribed and the field of democratic relationships substantially widened. I think it is vital to ask how the terms of this scene might be recast in such a way as to promote dignity, respect, and justice in a manner worthy of Dr. King? I suggest that the Americorps volunteer would serve the needs of the students—and herself and democratic society—more fully by sitting
Clinical Features and Management Outcomes of Severe Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease

Objective: This study was designed to describe the clinical features and management outcomes of severe hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). Subjects and Methods: Data on 147 severe HFMD patients during an outbreak in 2009 were analyzed. Results: Most patients were under 3 years of age; 102 (69.4%) were boys. All had skin rashes and fever of ≥38°C. All (n = 147, 100%) showed signs of central nervous system involvement, such as lethargy (n = 124, 84.4%), myoclonic jerks (n = 76, 51.7%), or drowsiness (n = 34, 23.1%). Respiratory symptoms were mainly tachypnea (n = 112, 76.2%) or bradypnea (n = 21, 14.3%). Common cardiovascular symptoms included tachycardia (n = 134, 91.2%) and hypertension (n = 23, 15.5%). Chest X-ray showed increased markings in 76 (51.7%) or consolidation in 44 (29.9%). Hyperglycemia and elevated blood lactic acid levels were found in 127 (86.4%) and 130 (88.4%), respectively. Positive enterovirus EV71-PCR was found in 113 (76.9%). All patients were treated with mechanical ventilation for 61.2 ± 12.8 h (range, 40–96 h), as well as mannitol, dexamethasone, gamma globulin and ribavirin. Dopamine, dobutamine or amrinone was administered in 58.5, 51.0 and 21.8%, respectively. Three patients (2%) died during hospitalization. All others had a full recovery and were discharged after 14.2 ± 1.6 days (range, 12–17 days). Conclusion: Central nervous and cardiorespiratory systems were involved in the patients with severe HFMD. Fasting blood glucose and lactic acid levels increased in the majority of patients. Mechanical ventilation and supportive pharmacotherapy were associated with a good clinical outcome in these patients.
HOUSEHOLD ACCOUNTING AS AN INTERFACE ACTIVITY: THE HOME, THE ECONOMY AND GENDER

Abstract Accounting is an interface activity, an endeavour that allows objects and artefacts to attain value (in use or exchange) across the boundaries of different domains. Accounting achieves this transferability for objects; the concept of accountability does the same for people, as peoples' levels of accountability and responsibility are implicated in assessments of their value and in whether this value is recognised in different spheres of life. The focus of the paper is on accounting and accountabilities at home, through exploring their impact on the interfaces between gender, the home and the economy. This exploration is conducted through an analysis of instructional texts on financial management in the home. It is argued that practices of accounting and accountability are deeply implicated in gender relations, in the ideology of the home and in maintaining the separation between the private and the public realms of activity.
The Role of Identifiability in the Reduction of Interindividual-Intergroup Discontinuity

Abstract Interindividual-intergroup discontinuity is the tendency, in mixed-motive situations, for groups to interact more competitively, or less cooperatively, than individuals. In order to assess whether the discontinuity effect is partially driven by the individual anonymity inherent in group decisions, a laboratory experiment was conducted in which group members′ votes for the choices on a PDG-Alt matrix were, or were not, to be known by the members of the other group. The results indicated that group members who anticipated that their votes would be identified by the other group made fewer competitive choices and more cooperative choices. A number of different possible theoretical interpretations of these results were discussed. Separate results from a variety of assessments provided evidence for the fear and greed interpretation of discontinuity. It was found, for example, that discussions between groups contained more distrust and greed statements than did discussions between individuals.
School Effectiveness for Language Minority Students

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External Auditory Canal Closure in Cochlear Implant Surgery

Objective To evaluate surgical techniques and complications associated with external auditory canal (EAC) closure in cochlear implant surgery. Study Design Retrospective case review. Setting Tertiary referral center with a large cochlear implant program. Patients Twenty-eight patients (8 adults and 20 children) underwent multichannel cochlear implantation with EAC closure. The follow-up periods ranged between 1 and 10 years. Closure of the EAC was performed in conjunction with implantation of ears with chronic suppurative otitis media or cochlear drill-out procedures for ossification, or for access to the cochlea in patients with abnormal temporal bone anatomy. A modified Rambo technique was used for EAC closure in all but one case. Interventions Cochlear implantation with EAC closure and subsequent clinical and radiologic follow-up. Main Outcome Measures Postoperative complications or the development of cholesteatoma in the implanted ear. Results Cholesteatoma developed in the implanted ear in two patients. Breakdown of EAC closure occurred in one of these patients. The details of these patients are reviewed. Conclusion Closure of EAC can be done with relatively low risk. Close and careful follow-up is required for early detection of a developing cholesteatoma.
Geometric local theta correspondence for dual reductive pairs of type II at the Iwahori level

In this paper we are interested in the geometric local theta correspondence at the Iwahori level for dual reductive pairs $(G,H)$ of type II over a non-Archimedean field of characteristic $p\neq 2$ in the framework of the geometric Langlands program. We consider the geometric version of the $I_{H}\times I_{G}$-invariants of the Weil representation $\mathcal{S}^{I_{H}\times I_{G}}$ as a bimodule under the of action Iwahori-Hecke algebras $\mathcal{H}_{I_{G}}$ and $\mathcal{H}_{I_{H}}$ and we give some partial geometric description of the corresponding category under the action of Hecke functors. We also define geometric Jacquet functors for any connected reductive group $G$ at the Iwahori level and we show that they commute with the Hecke action of the $\mathcal{H}_{I_{L}}$-subelgebra of $\mathcal{H}_{I_{G}}$ for a Levi subgroup $L$.
Measuring the thermal properties of green wood by the transient plane source (TPS) technique

Abstract The thermal properties of wood in the green state have been determined by the transient plane source (TPS) technique. Data are presented on thermal conductivity (λ), heat capacity (C), and thermal diffusivity (κ) at moisture contents (MCs) above the fiber saturation point, which are based on measurements using the HotDisk® apparatus. Four wood species (Douglas fir, beech, birch, and spruce) were tested, and the results are compared with literature data and those obtained by the flash method. A linear relationship was found between the thermal properties λ, C, and κ on the one hand and MC on the other. Equations predicting the thermal values as a function of MC and wood anisotropy are presented. Wood C and λ increase with MC, but wet wood diffuses heat more rapidly than dry wood.