Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Invisible Disability Disclosure in an Employment Interview

This study investigated the impact of disclosure of invisible disabilities (physical and psychiatric) within the employment interview process. Both the type of disability and the extent of disclosure were manipulated in an analogue experimental design. Employers (N = 60) were exposed to a short interview vignette of a potential candidate and were then asked to make a hiring decision and rate the candidate's employability. The results indicate a significant effect for disability type, with employers rating the candidate with a physical disability significantly higher than the candidate with a psychiatric disability. The findings indicate no significant effects for extent of disclosure; for the interaction of disability and extent of disclosure on employability; and for type of disability, extent of disclosure, and the interaction of disability and extent of disclosure on hiring decision. Implications of the study findings for persons with disabilities and rehabilitation counselors are discussed.
Attitudes of Elite Athletes with Impairments Toward One Another: A Hierarchy of Preference

Hierarchies of preference by elite athletes with impairments toward other athletes with impairments were examined by administering the Athletes With Impairments Attitude Survey (AWIAS) to 138 members of the United States Disabled Sports Team as they were traveling to the 1992 Paralympic Games. The AWIAS uses 12 statements concerning social and sport relationships to measure social distance from a particular impairment group. Five groups of athletes participated—athletes with amputations, cerebral palsy, dwarfism or les autres, paraplegia or quadriplegia, and visual impairment—with each participant filling out a separate survey for the four impairment groups other than his or her own. For all groups combined, the participants’ responses toward other impairment groups, ordered from most to least favorable attitudes, were amputations, les autres, para/quadriplegia, visual impairment, and cerebral palsy. The preference hierarchies for individual groups were very similar to this overall pattern.
The exploration of memories in Gestalt reminiscence therapy

This paper explores the memories of older adults. The therapeutic approach, gestalt reminiscence therapy, is briefly outlined. Two transcripts from a 5-year ongoing investigation, the Cork Older Adult Intervention Project, were analysed using discourse analysis. Results suggest that memories are related to objects, locations and people, past achievements, historical occasions and personal events, as well as to sensitive issues. These form the constituent thematic elements of memories in the present study. It was further discovered that interpersonal bonds are forged through the creation of links between individuals reminiscing. Older adults get a sense of 'empowerment' as personal experts on the times they have lived in while self-esteem is enhanced through the recall of past achievements. 'Unfinished business' may also be identified. Evidence was obtained for three out of the six types of Watt and Wong's taxonomy of reminiscence, as well as for eight of the 11 themes identified by them. Furthermore, an additional theme, historical events, was distinguished in this study.
Psychosocial influences on possible selves: A comparison of three cohorts of older adults

This study examined the psychosocial factors that influence the possible selves of older adults in their 60s, 70s, and 80s or older. Specifically, the factors that influence when and why health becomes salient in later life were examined. Findings showed that health was the most important domain of self for the oldest group. Although age was the strongest predictor of health-related selves, older males with better health and few physical limitations, were most likely to report health-related selves. Leisure, the most salient domain for the youngest group, was predicted by age, independent of health. The findings from this study shed light on how sense of self is influenced by the changing developmental context of the later years, the importance of exploring alternative conceptions of ageing, and help to identify possible points of intervention to help older adults age more successfully.
Emotion Management Ability

This article examines emotion management ability (EMA) as a theoretically relevant predictor of job performance. The authors argue that EMA predicts task performance, organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), and workplace deviance behavior. Moreover, to be practically meaningful, managing emotions should predict these important organizational outcomes after accounting for the effects of general mental ability and the Big Five personality traits. Two studies of job incumbents show that EMA consistently demonstrates incremental validity and is the strongest relative predictor of task performance, individually directed OCB, and individually directed and objectively measured deviance.
Cloning and nucleotide sequence of the 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl dioxygenase gene from the PCB-degrading strain of Pseudomonas paucimobilis Q1.

The bphC gene encoding 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl dioxygenase was cloned from biphenyl-degrading and chlorinated biphenyl-degrading Pseudomonas paucimobilis Q1, and its complete nucleotide sequence was determined. The DNA-derived protein sequence provides the primary structure of 298 amino acids. Polyclonal antibodies raised against this protein from P. paucimobilis Q1 failed to cross-react with the previously isolated 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl dioxygenase from Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes KF707 [Furukawa, K. , & Arimura, N. (1987) J. Bacteriol. 169, 924-927. Furukawa, K. , Arimura, N. , & Miyazaki, T. (1987) J. Bacteriol. 169, 427-429], despite the close similarities of these proteins in terms of their native as well as subunit molecular weights, cofactor, and enzymatic activities. The sequence homology of the 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl dioxygenase from the two different sources is examined.
The Role of Money in Monetary Policymaking

In this paper, the conceptual and empirical bases for the role of monetary aggregates in monetary policy making are reviewed. It is argued that money can act as a useful information variable in a world in which a number of indicators are imperfectly observed. In this context, the paper discusses the role of a reference value or benchmark for money growth in episodes of heightened financial uncertainty. A reference value for money growth can also act as an anchor for expectations and policy decisions to prevent divergent dynamics, such as the spiralling of the economy into a liquidity trap, which can occur under simple interest rate rules for policy conduct. The paper concludes that using information included in monetary aggregates in monetary policy decisions can provide an important safeguard against major policy mistakes in the presence of model uncertainty.
Image Analysis for MRI Based Brain Tumor Detection and Feature Extraction Using Biologically Inspired BWT and SVM

The segmentation, detection, and extraction of infected tumor area from magnetic resonance (MR) images are a primary concern but a tedious and time taking task performed by radiologists or clinical experts, and their accuracy depends on their experience only. So, the use of computer aided technology becomes very necessary to overcome these limitations. In this study, to improve the performance and reduce the complexity involves in the medical image segmentation process, we have investigated Berkeley wavelet transformation (BWT) based brain tumor segmentation. Furthermore, to improve the accuracy and quality rate of the support vector machine (SVM) based classifier, relevant features are extracted from each segmented tissue. The experimental results of proposed technique have been evaluated and validated for performance and quality analysis on magnetic resonance brain images, based on accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and dice similarity index coefficient. The experimental results achieved 96.51% accuracy, 94.2% specificity, and 97.72% sensitivity, demonstrating the effectiveness of the proposed technique for identifying normal and abnormal tissues from brain MR images. The experimental results also obtained an average of 0.82 dice similarity index coefficient, which indicates better overlap between the automated (machines) extracted tumor region with manually extracted tumor region by radiologists. The simulation results prove the significance in terms of quality parameters and accuracy in comparison to state-of-the-art techniques.
Language Learning Strategies: A Key Factor to Improvement of TOEFL Candidates' Reading Comprehension Ability

Many studies have been conducted to explore language learning strategies and their relations or effects on learners’ performances (Prokop, 1989;Oxford, 1990; Gallo-Crail & Zerwekh, 2002). This small-scale study tries to explore the full range to learning achievement, with an emphasis on the skill of reading. Reading comprehension is highly emphasized for either exam-taking or academic purpose in most English classrooms. The study determines whether cognitive learning strategies have any effect on the improvement of reading comprehension or not. The intent of strategy-based instruction is to help all students become better language learners. This paper aims to help EFL learners become successful readers. In a non-intensive TOEFL coaching program, 20 students were instructed through learning strategies for a period of a month. Results of t-test analysis indicated that participants who had been taught the strategies could significantly outperform those in control group. There was significant evidence that the strategies were effective in raising their scores on the reading component. In the related literature the author examines cognitive strategies which are considered better approaches in the EFL classroom.
The European Multicentre Bronchiectasis Audit and Research Collaboration (EMBARC): experiences from a successful ERS Clinical Research Collaboration

In contrast to airway diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma, and rare diseases such as cystic fibrosis, there has been little research and few clinical trials in bronchiectasis. Guidelines are primarily based on expert opinion and treatment is challenging because of the heterogeneous nature of the disease. In an effort to address decades of underinvestment in bronchiectasis research, education and clinical care, the European Multicentre Bronchiectasis Audit and Research Collaboration (EMBARC) was established in 2012 as a collaborative pan-European network to bring together bronchiectasis researchers. The European Respiratory Society officially funded EMBARC in 2013 as a Clinical Research Collaboration, providing support and infrastructure to allow the project to grow. EMBARC has now established an international bronchiectasis registry that is active in more than 30 countries both within and outside Europe. Beyond the registry, the network participates in designing and facilitating clinical trials, has set international research priorities, promotes education and has participated in producing the first international bronchiectasis guidelines. This manuscript article the development, structure and achievements of EMBARC from 2012 to 2017. Educational aims To understand the role of Clinical Research Collaborations as the major way in which the European Respiratory Society can stimulate clinical research in different disease areas To understand some of the key features of successful disease registries To review key epidemiological, clinical and translational studies of bronchiectasis contributed by the European Multicentre Bronchiectasis Audit and Research Collaboration (EMBARC) project in the past 5 years To understand the key research priorities identified by EMBARC for the next 5 years Learn about @EMBARCnetwork, a successful @ERStalk Clinical Research Collaboration with @EuropeanLung http://ow.ly/IOl230drGf1
Place attachment as a mediator of the relationship between nature-based recreation benefits and future visit intentions

This study examined the theoretical relationships between consumers’ perceived benefits, place attachment and future visit intentions (FVI) at nature-based recreation and tourism areas, utilizing importance and performance concepts. The desired benefits and perceived attained benefits of consumers were treated as an antecedent to place attachment and FVI in structural models. Results of two separate structural models tests using responses from 934 visitors at the Ocala National Forest in Florida, USA, confirmed that place attachment fully mediates the relationship between benefits desired and FVI, while place attachment partially mediates the relationship between benefits attained and FVI. The former verifies the significant role of place attachment, and the latter validates the importance of place attachment as well as recreation benefit attainment in predicting visitors’ FVI. These findings suggest that both benefits desired and benefits attained are important predictors of place attachment and behavioral intentions. Accordingly, tourism and recreation planners and managers need to provide visitors with recreation opportunities, which maximize visitors’ ability to attain recreation benefits, such as nature exploration, physical fitness and escape. These managerial initiatives would result in increasing visitors’ emotional attachments and intentions to revisit.
THE UNCERTAINTY-DRIVEN BUSINESS CYCLE1

This paper studies the relationship between micro-level uncertainty and macroeconomic activity. The study builds upon the irreversible investment model of Dixit(1989a,b) and extends it with time-varying uncertainty in a full-blown general equilibrium. In the presence of irreversible startup costs, a temporary increase in uncertainty directly a¤ects entry/exit decisions by altering the value of marginal rms. The resulting change in the number of active rms strongly a¤ects aggregate demand for capital and its equilibrium rental rate, leading to a long and peristent aggregate investment cycle. The time-varying uncertainty, in conjunction with irreversibility, generates a realistic business cycle with a number of desirable properties such as strong internal propagation with a substantial degree of forecasted variance of output, countercyclicality of idiosyncratic uncertainty and procyclicality of net business formation. The issue is approached in two di¤erent ways: (i) individual value maximization under free-entry condition and (ii) a constrained optimum(Spence(1976) and Mankiw and Whinston(1988)) where the total value of rms is maximized subject to the mark-up pricing rule implied by monopolistic competition. It is shown that the two allocations may not be equivalent depending on the returns to specialization; furthermore, free-entry allocation can magnify the uncertainty driven business cycles. 1The vews expressed in the paper are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Federal Reserve System.
Health of Coconut Tree Climbers of Rural Southern India - Medical Emergencies, Body Mass Index and Occupational Marks: A Quantitative and Survey Study

Introduction: Coconut plucking, a profession of a few com­ munities in southern India, is an arduous calling now. Permanent cosmetic defects to the skin, apart from medical emergencies, have forced many to abandon this time honoured profession. The objective of the present study was to explore the health status and the casualties in traditional coconut tree climbers in southern India. Method: A total of 240 male volunteers, all below 55 years, who were engaged in the profession, were interviewed between January 2006 and December 2008. A survey on the history of the falls, injuries, changes in the skin or body parts and the incidence rate of the withdrawal from the occupation were collected. The anthropometric data of 220 participants and their body mass index (BMI) was calculated. The parts which were afflicted due to occupational dermatosis were photographed and measured by using the scion image software. Results: 15% volunteers from group1 ( 30 years of experience) fell down from trees, resulting in injuries. The histories of accidental cuts/lacerations from special knives which were used and those of skids/slips during the monsoon season in groups1, 2, 3, and 4 were 7.7, 15.0, 16.9, 12.0% respectively. The body weight and the BMI of the climbers in groups 2, 3 and 4 showed significant declines as compared to those of the non­climbers. Colles, vertebral and maxillary fractures, tendocalcaneus lesions and severe allergies, were among the medical emergencies which were listed. Conclusion: This study establishes a decline in the BMI with a progress in the tree­climbing experience, with marked falls being noted in groups 3 and 4. We suggest that this type of data should be taken into consideration in the plantation industry that depends on physical attributes, pesticides and lethal farm implements as the routine requirements.
A randomised prospective study of laparoscopic vaginal hysterectomy versus abdominal hysterectomy each with bilateral salpingo‐oophorectomy

Objective To identify differences in the peri‐operative outcome of women undergoing hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo‐oophorectomy performed either by abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo‐oophorectomy or by laparoscopic‐assisted salpingo‐oophorectomy and vaginal hysterectomy. To identify any potential management implications, including financial differences, between these two forms of operations.
The evolution towards flexible workflow systems

The simultaneous evolution of personal computing tools and networks has focused attention on the notion of harnessing computer technology to assist in human collaboration on group work. While personal productivity tool technology and use have reached a high level of sophistication, the most basic ideas for how computer technology should assist in collaboration across the network have not yet converged. The approaches range from ones where coordination of work is uniquely human-controlled, to workflow-based approaches where the computer is involved in scheduling the group's work. This survey paper describes how workflow technology has evolved from a modelling focus to flexible model-based systems to support collaborative work across this range of work styles.
Emerging HE cultures: perspectives from CETL award holders in a partner college network

Expansion of higher education (HE) into the further education (FE) sector has resulted in a renewed period of growth as colleges strive to create a culture and environment appropriate for HE. This article presents findings from interviews with lecturers delivering HE in FE within the University of Plymouth Partner College network and explores the perceived impact of HE expansion. Lecturers felt that expansion had a positive impact on their students, as raising the profile of HE within their colleges has encouraged internal progression. However, practitioners’ own experiences have been mixed. They felt there was limited recognition or understanding of the needs of HE from many of their FE colleagues, suggesting the presence of structural, education and managerial processes that may need to be considered in light of the emerging culture of HE. In our study, the emerging HE culture within colleges appears to reflect a combination of the FE profile of the college, the non‐traditional nature of the student body, the HE processes instigated through collaboration with the university, and the emerging HE identity of lecturers.
Perceived Organisational Support As Mediator Of Distributive Justice And Job Satisfaction: The Moderating Role Of Group Commitment

We argue that distributive justice may influence employees' job satisfaction through social exchange. Based on social exchange and organizational justice theories, we develop a moderatedmediation model of the psychological processes linking distributive justice and job satisfaction and test it on a sample of 101 employees working in 27 small non-profit organizations. Results of hierarchical regressions analyses provide support for the model. We found that distributive justice was positively related to job satisfaction and also that perceived organisational support mediates this relationship. We further found that group commitment moderated the relationship between perceived organisational support and job satisfaction and that this interaction effect, in turn, mediates the distributive justice – job satisfaction relationship.
Challenges of Parenting Children with a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: A Concept Map

ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to describe the challenges of parents of children with a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). Nineteen birth, foster or adoptive parents were asked to answer the following question: “What are the challenges you face parenting a child with a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder? ” The data were analyzed using multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis. Eight clusters resulted. Parents reported the challenges of preventing setbacks in their children's behavior, making time for themselves, making and keeping immediate and longer-term plans with their child, collaborating with the school, keeping the child involved in social activities, keeping their family involved in social activities, being heard by professionals, and managing their child's behavior problems. The themes were consistent with the literature on parenting children with a FASD, with the exception that participants in the study indicated that they found a lack of respect from professionals with whom they came into contact, challenging.
Psychometric Evaluation of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire

The Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) was administered to 675 undergraduate psychology students, and data were examined with regard to central tendency and variability, scale intercorrelations, the internal consistencies of the scales, and the factor structure of the instrument by using two analytical approaches. Scale means and standard deviations were comparable to those found with other samples, and the scales were generally orthogonal to one another. Although the Extraversion, Neuroticism, and Lie scales appeared internally consistent, the Psychoticism scales demonstrated relatively low reliability. A serious problem appears to exist in the factor structure of the EPQ and thus with a meaningful interpretation of its factorial validity. The Psychoticism scale, in particular, needs to be reassessed as to both its item composition and the underlying construct it purports to measure. clinical implications of the findings are presented.
Interpersonal Attachment and Organizational Commitment: Subgroup Hypothesis Revisited

Studies have hypothesized conflicting results regarding the effect of actors' interpersonal attachment on commitment to the encompassing large group. The cohesion approach hypothesizes that interpersonal attachment among actors will enhance group cohesiveness, which produces more commitment to the large group. In contrast, the subgroup approach predicts that interpersonal attachment among actors will contribute more to subgroup fragmentation which sets up barriers to actors' commitment to the large group. We derive hypotheses from these opposing approaches and test the hypotheses over a sample of 1621 employees drawn from 62 work organizations in Korea. The empirical tests indicate the following: (1) Interpersonal attachment among employees in local work units is shown to have a positive effect on commitment to the work organization encompassing the work units. (2) Interpersonal attachment between dissimilar positions in the same work units is shown to have a more positive effect on commitment than that between similar positions. Implications of these findings on the two theories are discussed.