Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Magnifying pre-service generalist teachers’ perceptions of preparedness to teach primary school physical education

Background: Generalist teachers’ confidence, competence and preparedness to teach Physical Education (PE) following Primary School Physical Education Teacher Education (PSPETE) has emerged as a research imperative. Yet little is known of teachers’ perceptions of such matters. For teacher educators responding to the deficient delivery of primary school PE by generalists, greater understanding of these perceptions would be valuable. Purpose: To offer an empirically founded description of perceptions of preparedness to teach primary school PE that firstly informs ongoing deliberations for how generalist teachers may be prepared and secondly generates new ideas for teacher education (TE) research, pedagogy and practice. Participants and setting: Participants (n = 400) were pre-service generalist teachers finishing units of study in PE within several Primary School Teaching degree programmes at one Australian university. The setting for this research was unique as subject specialisations were a feature of generalist TE programmes. Data collection: Transformative Learning Theory underpinned the development of the data collection instruments. A survey was administered to participants (n = 400). Survey items employed Likert scales and free-response questions to collect data related to experiences of school-based PE and learning-to-teach PE. Subsequently a purposive sample of participants (n = 19) with different levels of specialisation were interviewed to examine (a) conceptions of primary school PE; (b) feelings, thoughts and beliefs associated with teaching that conception of PE and (c) future intentions. Data analysis: Survey data were analysed with SPSS to report descriptive statistics pertaining to univariate frequency distribution of item variables together with association and strength of association when item variables were placed in cross-tabulation. Interview data were analysed using procedures described by Colaizzi to identify fundamental structures. The text-mining software, Leximancer, was used to identify theme clusters. Findings: Participants’ perceptions of preparedness to teach primary school PE conformed to two meaning-making structures of Transformative Learning Theory. Conceptualising ‘self’ in association with the subject was Habit of Mind whilst levels of preparedness was a Point of View. The composite of these structures was named a Professional Frame of Reference. To facilitate the reporting of these findings, the metaphor of a triple-folding lens was used to show ‘what’ transformed, namely, participants’ conceptions of primary school PE then associated roles and responsibilities. Conclusions: Perceptions of preparedness to teach are professional frames of reference. The triple-folding lens illustrates the multi-faceted dimensions of these frames. An additional outcome of the research is an empirically founded tool to underpin the design of a transformative pedagogy for PSPETE, a design whereby students’ preparedness to teach is associated with a re-envisioned, more informed conception of school PE.
The prevalence of secretor status and co-expression of lewis antigen in voluntary blood donors

Background: Blood group substances are present in soluble form in a majority of individuals in secretion such as saliva and body fl uids. Secretor status refers to the presence (SeSe and Sese) or absence (sese) of secretor gene which secrete ABH soluble substances. Secretor status can be used to resolve ABO discrepancies of people whose blood group cannot be identified by routine blood grouping and it can also help in identifying patients who may be a high risk group for getting certain diseases. Aims and Objectives: Our aim and objectives of the study is to fi nd out the Prevalence of Secretor Status and Co-expression of Lewis Antigens among the Voluntary Blood Donors. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted in sixty volunteers and the method used to determine the secretor status was hemagglutination inhibition method. Their blood was used to detect the type of Lewis (Le) antigen since the type of Lewis antigen correlated with the secretor status of the individual. Results: Among the sixty subjects tested, forty fi ve of them were found to be secretors and fifteen of them were Non-secretors. The number of Lewis (a+b-) individuals were twelve, Lewis (a-b+) were thirty nine and Lewis (a-b-) were nine. Conclusion: The prevalence of secretors was 75% and non-secretors were 25% respectively. We found 65 % of the volunteers were found to be Le (a-b+) positive, 20% were Le (a+b-) and the remaining 15% were Le (a-b-) which correlated with the ABH antigen secretor status. Asian Journal of Medical Sciences Vol.7(5) 2016 93-96
From ȜStroller-Stalkerȝ to ȜMomancerȝ

Abstract The purpose of this study was to explore the roles of an online social networking site (SNS) called Momstown.ca in the development of peer support Interviews with 22 members of Momstown.ca demonstrated that women experience a sense of isolation for a variety of reasons and desperately want to connect with other mothers in a similar situation. Women reported attempts to befriend other mothers through Ȝstroller stalking,ȝ which often led to bad Ȝmommy dates. ȝ Momstown.ca served as a matchmaker by enabling women to court other moms online and face-to-face. We conclude these interactions facilitate momances (deep platonic friendships amongst mothers), but also a sense of community. As a result, women experienced care, camaraderie, and felt connected, not isolated and alone.
Living with Water

In East Libya in September 2023, two dams burst and flooded low-lying areas in Derna, killing thousands of people. The tragedy has given a painful twist to the idea of living with water and to the preface I was planning to write for this volume. Yes, water is the elixir of life, but water can also bring death and destruction, and the rapid pace of urbanization coupled with the growing uncertainty of climate change means that we must be sensitive to how we live with water. All our actions, whether remodelling riverfronts in the name of modernization, covering ancient water tanks or reclaiming coastal land for malls, flyovers, bridges and housing societies, will have consequences, especially for the poor and marginalized, whose lives are shaped by the intersection of land and water.
College Students’ Health Perceptions of Individual Fast Food Menu Items According to Nutrition Knowledge and Health Consciousness

The purpose of this study is to investigate customers’ health perceptions of individual fast food menu items, according to their nutrition knowledge and health consciousness. The findings show that individual fast food menu items were perceived differently by respondents according to healthfulness. In addition, even though there were not significant differences for all fast food restaurants’ meals, generally, respondents who have high nutrition knowledge scores and have high health consciousness are more critical than their counterparts with regard to the ratings of individual fast food menu items according to healthfulness.
Hails: Protecting data privacy in untrusted web applications

Modern extensible web platforms like Facebook and Yammer depend on third-party software to offer a rich experience to their users. Unfortunately, users running a third-party "app" have little control over what it does with their private data. Today's platforms offer only ad-hoc constraints on app behavior, leaving users an unfortunate trade-off between convenience and privacy. A principled approach to code confinement could allow the integration of untrusted codewhile enforcing flexible, end-to-end policies on data access. This paper presents a new web framework, Hails, that adds mandatory access control and a declarative policy language to the familiar MVC architecture. We demonstrate the flexibility of Hails through GitStar.com, a code-hosting website that enforces robust privacy policies on user data even while allowing untrusted apps to deliver extended features to users.
Computational Exploration of Lexical Development in Down Syndrome

Research on lexical development in Down syndrome (DS) has emphasized a dissociation between language comprehension and production abilities, with production of words being relatively more impaired than comprehension. Current theories stress the role of associative learning on lexical development. However, there have been no attempts to explain the atypical lexical development in DS based on atypical associative learning. The long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD) of synapses, underlying associative learning, are altered in DS. Here we present a neural network model that instantiates notions from neurophysiological studies to account for the disparities between lexical comprehension and production in DS. Our simulations show that an atypical LTP/LTD balance affects comprehension and production differently in an associative model of lexical development.
Baclofen Add-on to Citalopram in Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Objective Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a chronic disabling illness, resulting from exposure to extreme traumatic event. Although different pharmacologic agents are suggested for treatment of PTSD, none have been completely effective in eliminating symptoms. The purpose of this study was to assess the use of baclofen as an add-on to citalopram in treatment of PTSD. Methods In this double-blind clinical trial, 40 Iranian combat veterans with PTSD were randomly assigned to 2 groups. The first group received a combination treatment of 20 to 60 mg/d citalopram and 40 mg/d baclofen, and the second group received 20 to 60 mg/d citalopram plus placebo. Symptom severity was assessed by Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale at the beginning of the study and after 2, 4, 6, and 8 weeks. Global Assessment of Functioning and Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety and Depression were also used at the same periods. Data were analyzed with independent t test and paired t test using SPSS software version 13 (IBM, Armonk, NY). Results Twenty-three male patients (baclofen group, 13 patients; placebo group, 10 patients) completed the study. Dropout from the treatment was not caused by adverse effects of the new medications in any of the subjects. Baclofen group showed significantly larger improvement in Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale total (P = 0.040), hyperarousal (P = 0.020), and avoidance (0.020) scores, Global Assessment of Functioning score (0.001), depression (P = 0.000), and anxiety (P = 0.000) after 8 weeks of treatment. No intergroup difference was found in improvement of reexperience symptoms (P = 0.740). Conclusions Baclofen showed to be an effective add-on to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in treatment of PTSD for better symptom recovery and functional improvement.
RELATIONSHIPS AMONG EMOTION, MOTIVATION, AND EXERCISE BEHAVIOR: REGULAR EXERCISERS' AND SEDENTARY INDIVDUALS' SUBJECTIVE AND CORTICAL RESPONSE TO EXERCISE STIMULI

of Thesis Presented to the Graduate School of the University of Florida in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science RELATIONSHIPS AMONG EMOTION, MOTIVATION, AND EXERCISE BEHAVIOR: REGULAR EXERCISERS’ AND SEDENTARY INDIVIDUALS’ SUBJECTIVE AND CORTICAL RESPONSES TO EXERCISE STIMULI By Jaclyn M. Wetherington December 2004 Chair: Christopher Janelle Cochair: Yijun Liu Major Department: Exercise and Sport Sciences Greater than 60% of adults in the United States fail to participate in amounts of physical activity necessary for fitness gains. Despite attempts by numerous intervention studies to increase exercise adherence rates, physical inactivity trends remain constant among adults and continue to increase in youth. The experimenters presented exerciserelated stimuli visually and auditorily during an fMRI scan to determine differences between regular exercisers’ (RE) and sedentary individuals’ (SI) responses to physical activity stimuli. Based upon Lang’s biphasic theory of emotion, the researchers hypothesized that exercise stimuli elicit positive responses from regular exercisers. Conversely, exercise stimuli were expected to evoke either a negative or neutral reaction from sedentary individuals. Results provided support for differential brain activation of the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex and the cerebellum in response to exercise-related stimuli.
Between Hawks and Doves: Measuring Central Bank Communication

We propose a Hawkish-Dovish (HD) indicator that measures the degree of ‘hawkishness’ or ‘dovishness’ of the media’s perception of the ECB’s tone at each press conference. We compare two methods to calculate the indicator: semantic orientation and Support Vector Machines text classification. We show that the latter method tends to provide more stable and accurate measurements of perception on a labelled test set. Furthermore, we demonstrate the potential use of this indicator with several applications: we perform a correlation analysis with a set of interest rates, use Latent Dirichlet Allocation to detect the dominant topics in the news articles, and estimate a set of Taylor rules. The ﬁndings provide decisive evidence in favour of using an advanced text mining classiﬁcation model to measure the medias perception and the Taylor rule application conﬁrms that communication plays a signiﬁcant role in enhancing the accuracy when trying to estimate the bank’s reaction function. JEL Classification: C02, C63, E52, E58
The Womb in the Public Sphere

j The article presents a thematic analysis of newspaper coverage and indepth interviews with activists of an anti-occupation protest movement in Israel called ‘Four Mothers’. It suggests that journalists employed several gender-biased discourse strategies that framed the movement as a ‘mother’s voice’ rather than a civil one: emphasizing the maternal, rather than the issues addressed by the movement; use of biased patterns to introduce female activists; and compartmentalization of the movement’s activities. In light of the movement’s significant political gains, these strategies can be interpreted in conflicting ways. One possibility explored is that playing to gender-appropriate expectations in the public sphere can serve as a subversive strategy to legitimize the infiltration of a female perspective to a national discourse on traditionally perceived male issues of war and security. j
Departures from optimality: Understanding human analyst's information foraging in assisted requirements tracing

Studying human analyst's behavior in automated tracing is a new research thrust. Building on a growing body of work in this area, we offer a novel approach to understanding requirements analyst's information seeking and gathering. We model analysts as predators in pursuit of prey - the relevant traceability information, and leverage the optimality models to characterize a rational decision process. The behavior of real analysts with that of the optimal information forager is then compared and contrasted. The results show that the analysts' information diets are much wider than the theory's predictions, and their residing in low-profitability information patches is much longer than the optimal residence time. These uncovered discrepancies not only offer concrete insights into the obstacles faced by analysts, but also lead to principled ways to increase practical tool support for overcoming the obstacles.
Vasopressor and inotropic support in septic shock: An evidence-based review

Objective:In 2003, critical care and infectious disease experts representing 11 international organizations developed management guidelines for vasopressor and inotropic support in septic shock that would be of practical use for the bedside clinician, under the auspices of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign, an international effort to increase awareness and to improve outcome in severe sepsis. Design:The process included a modified Delphi method, a consensus conference, several subsequent smaller meetings of subgroups and key individuals, teleconferences, and electronic-based discussion among subgroups and among the entire committee. Methods:The modified Delphi methodology used for grading recommendations built on a 2001 publication sponsored by the International Sepsis Forum. We undertook a systematic review of the literature graded along five levels to create recommendation grades from A to E, with A being the highest grade. Pediatric considerations to contrast adult and pediatric management are in the article by Parker et al. on p. S591. Conclusion:An arterial catheter should be placed as soon as possible in patients with septic shock. Vasopressors are indicated to maintain mean arterial pressure of <65 mm Hg, both during and following adequate fluid resuscitation. Norepinephrine or dopamine are the vasopressors of choice in the treatment of septic shock. Norepinephrine may be combined with dobutamine when cardiac output is being measured. Epinephrine, phenylephrine, and vasopressin are not recommended as first-line agents in the treatment of septic shock. Vasopressin may be considered for salvage therapy. Low-dose dopamine is not recommended for the purpose of renal protection. Dobutamine is recommended as the agent of choice to increase cardiac output but should not be used for the purpose of increasing cardiac output above physiologic levels.
Seeing through the eyes of the respondent: an eye-tracking study on survey question comprehension

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Expression of Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase‐Activating Polypeptide (PACAP) Receptors and PACAP in Human Fetal Retina

Abstract: Specific receptors for pituitary adenylate cyclase‐activating polypeptide (PACAP), a novel peptide with neuroregulatory and neurotrophic functions, have recently been identified in the retinas of different mammalian species. In the present study, expression of PACAP receptors and PACAP was investigated in the retinas of 12–18‐week human embryos. Radioligand binding studies showed that the two forms of PACAP with 38 and 27 amino acids (PACAP 38 and PACAP 27, respectively) displaced the binding of 125I‐PACAP 27 with IC50 values in the picomolar range, whereas functional receptor assays demonstrated that the two peptides were potent and effective stimulators of adenylyl cyclase activity. In contrast, vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and human peptide histidine‐isoleucine, which are homologous to PACAP, displayed lower affinities for the 125I‐PACAP 27 binding site and were much less potent stimulators of cyclic AMP formation. Glucagon and secretin were inactive in both receptor assays. The expression of specific PACAP receptors was further investigated by reverse transcription‐polymerase chain reaction technique, which showed the presence of mRNAs coding for PACAP type I and for nonselective PACAP type II (both VIP1 and VIP2) receptors. By the same technique, expression of PACAP mRNA was also detected. These data indicate that the developing human retina synthesizes PACAP and that the peptide may act on retinal cells by predominantly stimulating PACAP type I receptors coupled to cyclic AMP formation.
The Examination of Pre-school Teacher Candidates' Academic Locus of Control Levels According to Gender and Grade

The aim of this study is to examine the level of academic locus of control of the students who study pre-school education program. The sample of study is 329 students selected randomly in Faculty of Education from a mid-sized state University. In the study, Personal Information Form and Academic Locus of Control Scale prepared by researchers were used. Academic Locus of Control Scale includes two sub-dimensions; internal locus of control and external locus of control. Independent samples t test was used to show differences between variables and sub-dimensions. According to findings, there is a significant difference between scores of internal and external locus of control of females and scores of internal and external locus of control of males. Whereas the average score of external locus of control of female is lower than male’, point average of internal locus of control of female is high. There is a significant difference between scores of internal and external locus of control of 1
Statistical Language Learning

What types of mechanisms underlie the acquisition of human language? Recent evidence suggests that learners, including infants, can use statistical properties of linguistic input to discover structure, including sound patterns, words, and the beginnings of grammar. These abilities appear to be both powerful and constrained, such that some statistical patterns are more readily detected and used than others. Implications for the structure of human languages are discussed.
The Financial Accelerator in a Quantitative Business Cycle Framework

This paper develops a dynamic general equilibrium model that is intended to help clarify the role of credit market frictions in business fluctuations, from both a qualitative and a quantitative standpoint. The model is a synthesis of the leading approaches in the literature. In particular, the framework exhibits a financial accelerator,' in that endogenous developments in credit markets work to amplify and propagate shocks to the macroeconomy. In addition, we add several features to the model that are designed to enhance the empirical relevance. First, we incorporate money and price stickiness, which allows us to study how credit market frictions may influence the transmission of monetary policy. In addition, we allow for lags in investment which enables the model to generate both hump-shaped output dynamics and a lead-lag relation between asset prices and investment, as is consistent with the data. Finally, we allow for heterogeneity among firms to capture the fact that borrowers have differential access to capital markets. Under reasonable parametrizations of the model, the financial accelerator has a significant influence on business cycle dynamics.