Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Women's Experience of Giving and Receiving Emotional Abuse

Relationships among attachment styles and the infliction and receipt of emotional abuse among college students in romantic relationships were examined. Both self-report and interview measures were collected. The self-reports were administered to a sample of 427 college students, 61 (42 women and 19 men) of whom were interviewed. For women (but not for men), the interview and self-report measures of emotional abuse converged, with r's ranging from . 39 to . 74. The predicted patterns of relationship between attachment styles and abuse held most strongly when interview measures of each were examined. Women high in attachment security were less likely to both inflict and receive emotional abuse. Those high in preoccupied (anxious) attachment were likely to both inflict and receive abuse. A similar but nonsignificant trend held for fearful women. A partial correlational analysis was conducted that refined and extended these findings.
Monumentally Queer: Solemnity and Beat Convenience on Remembrance Driveway

The Remembrance Driveway Committee proudly boasts, on a plaque outside the Australian War Memorial, that Australia has more war memorials than any other nation on Earth. This boast is extraordinary given there is barely any official commemoration of the only actual and sustained, although never declared, war on Australian soil: the process of colonization and dispossession. The boast of more memorials than any other nation on Earth is made without apparent selfconsciousness or embarrassment. In many ways, Australia is a nation of almost bests: fourth on the medal tally at the 2004 Athens Olympics (ABC Online, 2006) or ‘the largest Ikea store in the Southern Hemisphere’ (Mirvac, 2005). In the field of memorialization, the nation-state of Australia shines, if only by declaration. Somewhat in contrast to the Remembrance Driveway Committee, Kenneth Inglis makes a modest estimate of ‘more than four thousand’ Australian memorials, as compared to 30,000 monuments aux morts on the French landscape (Inglis, 1998, p. 7). Inglis makes this guess with no explanation. Does his estimate, for example, only include official municipal and state-sponsored memorials, like the Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion and RSL Memorial on Thursday Island, with 14 granite tablets each engraved with the name of 50 or so dead Islanders? Would his count include a tiredlooking RSL memorial shopping arcade, established in the somewhat forgotten high street of Queanbeyan in New South Wales or the kitsch carving of the Legacy movement’sWidow and Children (this time with dog) etched out of the base of a felled tree on the Princes Highway at Lakes Entrance Victoria? What of the Honour Rolls
Purification and proteomic characterization of plastids from Brassica napus developing embryos

Plastids are functionally and structurally diverse organelles responsible for numerous biosynthetic reactions within the plant cell. Plastids from embryos have a range of properties depending upon the plant source but compared to other plastid types are poorly understood and therefore, we term them embryoplasts. Isolating intact plastids from developing embryos is challenging due to large starch granules within the stroma and the prevalence of nonplastid, storage organelles (oil bodies and protein storage vacuoles) which compromise plastid integrity and purity, respectively. To characterize rapeseed embryoplasts it was necessary to develop an improved isolation procedure. A new method is presented for the isolation of intact plastids from developing embryos of Brassica napus seeds. Intactness and purity of embryoplast preparations was determined using phase‐contrast and transmission electron microscopy, immunoblotting, and multidimensional protein identification technology (MudPIT) MS/MS. Eighty nonredundant proteins were identified by MudPIT analysis of embryoplast preparations. Approximately 53% of these proteins were components of photosystem, light harvesting, cytochrome b/f, and ATP synthase complexes, suggesting ATP and NADPH production are important functions for this plastid type.
The J Domain of Simian Virus 40 Large T Antigen Is Required To Functionally Inactivate RB Family Proteins

ABSTRACT Transformation by simian virus 40 large T antigen (TAg) is dependent on the inactivation of cellular tumor suppressors. Transformation minimally requires the following three domains: (i) a C-terminal domain that mediates binding to p53; (ii) the LXCXE domain (residues 103 to 107), necessary for binding to the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor protein, pRB, and the related p107 and p130; and (iii) an N-terminal domain that is homologous to the J domain of DnaJ molecular chaperone proteins. We have previously demonstrated that the N-terminal J domain of TAg affects the RB-related proteins by perturbing the phosphorylation status of p107 and p130 and promoting the degradation of p130 and that this domain is required for transformation of cells that express either p107 or p130. In this work, we demonstrate that the J domain of TAg is required to inactivate the ability of each member of the pRB family to induce a G1arrest in Saos-2 cells. Furthermore, the J domain is required to override the repression of E2F activity mediated by p130 and pRB and to disrupt p130-E2F DNA binding complexes. These results imply that while the LXCXE domain serves as a binding site for the RB-related proteins, the J domain plays an important role in inactivating their function.
Analysis of dental erosion induced by different beverages and validity of equipment for identifying early dental erosion, in vitro study.

OBJECTIVE To understand early dental erosion induced by different beverages and the equipment for its detection. METHODS The study was conducted at the University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from June to September 2014, and comprised single-rooted, unpolished teeth divided into six groups. Electron micrographs and other baseline readings for further analyses were taken before and after the exposure to different beverages. The teeth were exposed to the beverages using a modified Nordini's artificial mouth model. The positioning of the teeth on the motorised stage of the equipment was standardised. RESULTS Of the several beverages used, CocaCola had the lowest pH value of 2.53, while tap water had the highest pH of 5.4. Deionised distilled water, which was used as a reference, had a pH near to neutral /alkaline of 7.3. The fluoride content ranged between 9.38ppm in tea and 0.005ppm in orange juice. Teeth exposed to beverages with low pH and considerably high fluoride underwent slight remineralisation (roughness increase 8% from tea), while beverages with no fluoride content and low pH roughened the enamel surface (Coca Cola roughened upto 37%). Quantitative analyses of tooth erosion, micro-hardness, surface-roughness, and surface-height showed that all beverages exhibited positive erosive effect on the tooth enamel surface (p<0.005). CONCLUSIONS CocaCola was found to be the most erosive agent among both hot and cold beverages (37%), while coffee was more erosive among the hot beverages (29%).
Imatinib-induced Gastrointestinal Vascular Ectasia in a Patient with Advanced GIST: Case Report and Literature Review.

BACKGROUND Imatinib is generally well tolerated in the treatment of advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST). Gastrointestinal vascular ectasia (GIVE) and gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE), while rare, are significant under-reported complications of imatinib therapy. CASE REPORT We present one patient with GIVE complicating imatinib therapy with a literature review of this rare side-effect. RESULTS A 68-year-old woman was diagnosed with advanced GIST, wild-type CKIT. After 3 months of treatment with imatinib, she had partial response. However, she was diagnosed with GAVE and, later, also with GIVE. During her 3-year imatinib treatment, she suffered from severe anemia and required blood transfusions. Conservative treatments were not helpful and the ectatic lesions resolved only with cessation of imatinib. CONCLUSION This confirms a causal relationship between GIVE and imatinib. GIVE and GAVE should be considered possible causes of anemia and upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients receiving imatinib therapy.
Psychometric Properties of the Fisher Divorce Adjustment Scale in a Turkish Divorced Sample

Abstract The main purpose of the present study was to investigate psychometric properties of Fisher Divorce Adjustment Scale (FDAS; Fisher, 1978) in a Turkish sample. One hundred and twenty-nine Turkish divorced individuals participated in the current study. In general, the findings of the reliability and validity analyses supported the usage of the FDAS in a Turkish sample. Instead of the six as in the original FDAS, the Turkish version of the scale revealed five subscales as grief reaction, disentanglement from relationship, self-worth, anger, and trust and intimacy. Reliability analysis indicated that FDAS and its factors had adequate internal consistencies and split-half reliability coefficients. Consistent with the expectations, FDAS scores were found to be significantly and positively correlated with psychological distress and negatively associated with perceived social support and general life satisfaction measures.
Waiting Lists, Waiting Times and Admissions: An Empirical Analysis at Hospital and General Practice Level

We report an empirical analysis of the responses of the supply and demand for secondary care to waiting list size and waiting times. Whereas previous empirical analyses have used data aggregated to area level, our analysis focuses on the supply responses of a single hospital and the demand responses of the GP practices it serves, and distinguishes between first outpatient visits, inpatient admissions, day-case treatment and emergency admissions. The results are plausible and in line with the theoretical model. For example: the demand from practices for first outpatient visits is negatively affected by waiting times and distance to the hospital. Increases in waiting times and waiting lists lead to increases in supply; the supply of elective inpatient admissions is affected negatively by current emergency admissions and positively by lagged waiting list and waiting time. We use the empirical results to investigate the dynamic responses to one off policy measures to reduce waiting times and lists by increasing supply.
Clinical significance of differentiation of Mycobacterium massiliense from Mycobacterium abscessus.

RATIONALE Mycobacterium massiliense has been recognized as a separate species from Mycobacterium abscessus; however, little is known regarding the clinical impact of this differentiation. OBJECTIVES To compare clinical features and treatment outcomes between patients with M. abscessus lung disease and those with M. massiliense lung disease. METHODS We performed molecular identification of stored clinical isolates of M. abscessus complex and compared clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes between 64 patients with M. abscessus lung disease and 81 patients with M. massiliense lung disease. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS The clinical and radiographic manifestations of disease caused by each species were similar. Standardized combination antibiotic therapy, including a clarithromycin-containing regimen in combination with an initial 4-week course of cefoxitin and amikacin, was given to 57 patients (24 with M. abscessus and 33 with M. massiliense) for more than 12 months. The proportion of patients with sputum conversion and maintenance of negative sputum cultures was higher in patients with M. massiliense infection (88%) than in those with M. abscessus infection (25%; P < 0.001). Inducible resistance to clarithromycin (minimal inhibitory concentrations ≥ 32 μg/ml) was found in all tested M. abscessus isolates (n = 19), but in none of the M. massiliense isolates (n = 28). CONCLUSIONS Treatment response rates to combination antibiotic therapy including clarithromycin were much higher in patients with M. massiliense lung disease than in those with M. abscessus lung disease. The inducible resistance to clarithromycin could explain the lack of efficacy of clarithromycin-containing antibiotic therapy against M. abscessus lung disease.
The relationships of competitive orientations and self-efficacy to goal importance, thoughts, and performance in high school distance runners

Abstract The current study examined 2 expectancy-value models of athletic performance suggested by research (Martin & Gill, 1991; Martin & Gill, in press; Vealey, 1986). Both models hypothesized that competitive orientations, goal importance, self-efficacy, and goal thoughts would predict performance. Path analyses of data from 86 high school runners indicated a model examining win orientation and normative based cognitions explained 29% of the variance in race place whereas a model examining goal orientation and self-referenced based cognitions explained only 3% of the variance in race time. Specific path coefficients supported hypothesized relationships among win and goal orientations and goal importance and between self-efficacy and performance. For example, runners with a strong win orientation chose important place goals and had strong place self-efficacy. Furthermore, runners with strong place self-efficacy thought about their place goals during races and placed high relative to runners with lower p.
Reciprocal relationships between value orientation and motivational interference during studying and leisure.

BACKGROUND Motivational interference is defined as the amount of impairment in a target activity due to the incentives of a non-chosen attractive alternative. The amount to which pupils experience motivational interference while studying or while performing a leisure activity in a school-leisure conflict situation is seen as depending on the values they attach to achievement and well-being. At the same time, values may also be effects of frequent experience of motivational interference in the respective areas. AIMS The study is aimed at investigating the reciprocal relationship between personal value orientations and the experience of motivational interference during studying and leisure. SAMPLE A total of 363 pupils (sixth to eighth graders at the time of first measurement) completed the same questionnaire twice in a 2-year interval. METHOD The questionnaire included measures of achievement and well-being value orientation and the experience of motivational interference during studying and during leisure in school-leisure conflicts. For this, two scenarios were created. In regression analyses, achievement and well-being value orientations as well as their interaction terms were used as predictors for experience of motivational interference at t(2) while controlling for experience of motivational interference at t(1), and vice versa. Additionally in path models, these relations were tested in an integrative way. RESULTS Pupils' achievement value orientations were connected to differential changes in experiencing motivational interference during leisure and during studying in one scenario but only for pupils low or medium in well-being value orientation. Conversely, experience of motivational interference at t(1) was related to changes in value orientations 2 years later. High motivational interference during studying led to an increase in well-being value orientation, while high motivational interference during leisure was followed by a decrease in well-being value orientation and an increase in achievement value orientation. Overall, path models supported these results. CONCLUSIONS The results are discussed in terms of value change and are linked to self-control and motivation research.
‘Endless patience and a strong belief in what makes a good teacher’: teacher educators in post-compulsory education in England and their professional situation

This research explores the professional situation of teacher educators in post-compulsory education. The article reports on a project that included the largest online survey of this particular group to date, and the results provide rich insights into their values, experiences and particular working context. The results significantly extend our understanding of the characteristics and beliefs of this under-researched professional community, and they have a powerful resonance as we move into a new era for UK teacher education.
The Sense of Well-Being Inventory as a Quality of Life Measure for People With Spinal Cord Injury

Abstract The purpose of this study was to validate the Sense of Well-Being Inventory (SWBI), a quality of life measure, for people with spinal cord injury. Four hundred and five participants were recruited from the Canadian Paraplegia Association for this study. The participants were asked to complete a research packet containing a demographic questionnaire, the SWBI, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and the Acceptance of Disability Scale. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of the SWBI and correlational analyses of the SWBI factors with other psychosocial variables were conducted. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses validated a four-factor structure (financial, family and social, psychological, and physical wellbeing) for the SWBI. SWBI factors are positively related to self-esteem and disability acceptance. With continuing research to document reliability and validity, the SWBI appears to have great potential as a vocational rehabilitation outcome measurement for people with spinal cord injury.
Source (or Part of the following Source): Type Article Title Emotional Signals from Faces, Bodies and Scenes Influence Observers' Face Expressions, Fixations and Pupil-size Author(s) Emotional Signals from Faces, Bodies and Scenes Influence Observers' Face Expressions, Fixations and Pupil-size

Copyright It is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content licence (like Creative Commons). UvA-DARE is a service provided by the library of the University of Amsterdam (http://dare.uva.nl) We receive emotional signals from different sources, including the face, the whole body, and the natural scene. Previous research has shown the importance of context provided by the whole body and the scene on the recognition of facial expressions. This study measured physiological responses to face-body-scene combinations. Participants freely viewed emotionally congruent and incongruent face-body and body-scene pairs whilst eye fixations, pupil-size, and electromyography (EMG) responses were recorded. Participants attended more to angry and fearful vs. happy or neutral cues, independent of the source and relatively independent from whether the face body and body scene combinations were emotionally congruent or not. Moreover, angry faces combined with angry bodies and angry bodies viewed in aggressive social scenes elicited greatest pupil dilation. Participants' face expressions matched the valence of the stimuli but when face-body compounds were shown, the observed facial expression influenced EMG responses more than the posture. Together, our results show that the perception of emotional signals from faces, bodies and scenes depends on the natural context, but when threatening cues are presented, these threats attract attention, induce arousal, and evoke congruent facial reactions.
Signal Propagation in Protein Interaction Network during Colorectal Cancer Progression

Colorectal cancer is generally categorized into the following four stages according to its development or serious degree: Dukes A, B, C, and D. Since different stage of colorectal cancer actually corresponds to different activated region of the network, the transition of different network states may reflect its pathological changes. In view of this, we compared the gene expressions among the colorectal cancer patients in the aforementioned four stages and obtained the early and late stage biomarkers, respectively. Subsequently, the two kinds of biomarkers were both mapped onto the protein interaction network. If an early biomarker and a late biomarker were close in the network and also if their expression levels were correlated in the Dukes B and C patients, then a signal propagation path from the early stage biomarker to the late one was identified. Many transition genes in the signal propagation paths were involved with the signal transduction, cell communication, and cellular process regulation. Some transition hubs were known as colorectal cancer genes. The findings reported here may provide useful insights for revealing the mechanism of colorectal cancer progression at the cellular systems biology level.
Editor Note

Malnutrition or nutritional disorders are the dark side of unequal socioeconomic growth in the world. Generally, the disorder is defined by the insufficient intake of food and certain nutrients or inability of the body to absorb and use nutrients, which ultimately drags the sufferer towards death. Most of the underdeveloped countries are the victim of such disorder, especially; sub-Sahara African countries are the predominant sufferer from malnutrition. Even in India, more than one million case of malnutrition has been reported [1]. In African perspective, several evolutionary changes have been found to act among the sufferers of malnutrition; ‘Lactase Persistence’ is the most notable among them [2]. Large scale helps in the form of medicinal support and food relief has been initiated by World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Though, conclusive abolishment of malnutrition is still an unachieved goal in human civilization. To highlight the timely information on nutritional disorder, the Journal of Nutritional Disorders & Therapy is providing a platform for communication.
Alcohol-Related Neurodegeneration and Recovery

Human studies have found alcoholics to have a smaller brain size than moderate drinkers; however, these studies are complicated by many uncontrollable factors, including timing and amount of alcohol use. Animal experiments, which can control many factors, have established that alcohol can cause damage to brain cells (i.e., neurons), which results in their loss of structure or function (i.e., neurodegeneration) in multiple brain regions, similar to the damage found in human alcoholics. In addition, animal studies indicate that inhibition of the creation of neurons (i.e., neurogenesis) and other brain-cell genesis contributes to alcoholic neurodegeneration. Animal studies also suggest that neurodegeneration changes cognition, contributing to alcohol use disorders. Risk factors such as adolescent age and genetic predisposition toward alcohol consumption worsen neurodegeneration. Mild impairment of executive functions similar to that found in humans occurs in animals following binge alcohol treatment. Thus, animal studies suggest that heavy alcohol use contributes to neurodegeneration and the progressive loss of control over drinking. Despite the negative consequences of heavy drinking, there is hope of recovery with abstinence, which in animal models can result in neural stem-cell proliferation and the formation of new neurons and other brain cells, indicative of brain growth.