Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Factors Predicting Depression in Adolescent Pregnant Woman

Purpose: To determine the factors predicting depression in adolescent pregnant woman. Design: A correlational predictive design. Methods: The sample were composed of 145 first-time pregnant women aged between 10-19 who attended antenatal clinic at Siriraj Hospital. Data were collected using demographic data form, Rosenberg’s self-esteem Scale, the Short–Form Locked Marital Adjustment Questionnaire, the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and the Center for Epidemiologic Study- Depression Scale. Results were analyzed using descriptive statistics, point biserial correlation, Pearson’s correlation and multiple regression. Main findings: The results showed that 20.6% of the adolescent pregnant women experienced depression. There was a negative correlation between self-esteem (r = - .533, p < .01), marital adjustment (r = - .433, p < .01), social support (r = - .242, p < .01), type of family (rpb = - .21, p < .01), family income (r = - .170, p < .05) and depression. Results of multiple regression analysis indicated that self-esteem (β = - .401, p < .001) marital adjustment (β = - .255, p < .01), and type of family (β = - .165, p < .05) could significantly predict depression. All 13 factors could explain 40% of the variance in the depression. Conclusion and recommendations: The findings suggest that nurses should screening depression in adolescent pregnant women and should develop nursing interventions or programs to reduce depression, promote self-esteem, and marital adjustment. Establishment of adolescent pregnant clinic for those who lack support from parents and relatives is essential. ปจจยทำนายภาวะซมเศราในสตรตงครรภวยรน รงทพย กาศกด, เยาวลกษณ เสรเสถยร, อารรตน บางพเชษฐ บทคดยอ วตถประสงค: เพอศกษาปจจยทำนายภาวะซมเศราในสตรตงครรภวยรน รปแบบการวจย: การวจยครงนเปนการวจยศกษาความสมพนธเชงทำนาย วธดำเนนการวจย: กลมตวอยางเปนสตรตงครรภวยรนครรภแรก อายระหวาง 10-19 ปทมารบบรการฝากครรภทหนวยฝากครรภโรงพยาบาลศรราช จำนวน 145 ราย เกบรวบรวมขอมลโดยใชแบบสอบถามขอมลสวนบคคล แบบสอบถามความรสกมคณคาในตนเอง แบบสอบถามการปรบตวในชวตสมรส แบบสอบถามการรบรการสนบสนนทางสงคม และแบบคดกรองภาวะซมเศรา (CES-D) วเคราะหขอมลโดยใชสถตเชงบรรยาย สถตสมประสทธสหสมพนธแบบพอยทไบซเรยล สถตสมประสทธสหสมพนธของเพยรสน และสถตถดถอยพหคณ ผลการวจย: รอยละ 20.6 ของกลมตวอยางมภาวะซมเศราในระยะตงครรภ ความรสกมคณคาในตนเอง (r = - .533, p < .01) การปรบตวในชวตสมรส (r = - .433, p < .01) การรบรการสนบสนนทางสงคม (r = - .242, p < .01) ลกษณะครอบครว (rpb = - .214, p < .01) และรายไดครอบครว (r = - .170, p < .05) มความสมพนธทางลบกบภาวะซมเศราอยางมนยสำคญทางสถต เมอวเคราะหดวยสถตถดถอยพหคณพบวา ความรสกมคณคาในตนเอง (β = - .401, p < .001) การปรบตวในชวตสมรส (β = - .255, p < .01) ลกษณะครอบครว (β = - .165, p < .05) สามารถทำนายภาวะซมเศราอยางมนยสำคญทางสถต และตวแปรทกตวสามารถรวมกนทำนายภาวะซมเศราไดรอยละ 40 สรปและขอเสนอแนะ: พยาบาลหนวยฝากครรภควรคดกรองภาวะซมเศราในสตรตงครรภวยรนทกราย และควรจดโปรแกรมหรอกจกรรมการพยาบาลเพอลดภาวะซมเศรา สงเสรมความรสกมคณคาในตนเอง การใหความรเกยวกบการปรบตวในชวตสมรส การจดคลนกชวยเหลอสตรตงครรภวยรนทมลกษณะครอบครวเดยว หรอญาตไมยอมรบเพอปองกนภาวะซมเศราในระยะตงครรภ คำสำคญ: ภาวะซมเศรา ความรสกมคณคาในตนเอง การปรบตวในชวตสมรส ลกษณะครอบครว สตรตงครรภวยรน
Partial least squares modelling of attitudes of students towards learning statistics

Attitudes of students are vital in determining the perceived achievements in statistics subject. Therefore, this study investigates the relationship of attitudes of students towards learning statistics using several constructs which are affect, cognitive, value, difficulty, interest, effort and perceived achievement in statistics subject. Structural Equation Modelling – Partial Least Squares methodology was used to assess the hypothesised model that linked all the constructs of attitudes of students with the perceived achievement. The questionnaire was adopted from previous study and distributed to undergraduate students at Universiti Malaysia Pahang. From the analysis, it reveals that all the relationships in the hypothesised model were significant at p < 0.05 and this shows that all constructs of attitudes of students play a vital role in learning statistics. In short, this study reinforces the understanding of students’ attitude and could be a step forward for the lecturer to arouse the students’ interest in the teaching and learning process particularly for statistics.
Non-LTE abundances of magnesium, aluminum and sulfur in OB stars near the solar circle

Non-LTE abundances of magnesium, aluminum and sulfur are derived for a sample of 23 low-v sini stars belonging to six northern OB associations of the Galactic disk within 1 kpc of the Sun. The abundances are obtained from the fitting of synthetic line profiles to high resolution spectra. A comparison of our results with HII region abundances indicates good agreement for sulfur while the cepheid abundances are higher. The derived abundances of Mg show good overlap with the cepheid results. The aluminum abundances for OB stars are significantly below the cepheid values. But, the OB star results show a dependence with eective temperature and need further investigation. The high Al abundances in the cepheids could be the result of mixing. A discussion of the oxygen abundance in objects near the solar circle suggests that the current mean galactic oxygen abundance in this region is 8.6-8.7 and in agreement with the recently revised oxygen abundance in the solar photosphere. Meaningful comparisons of the absolute S, Al and Mg abundances in OB stars with the Sun must await a reinvestigation of these elements with 3D hydrodynamical model atmospheres for the Sun. No abundance gradients are found within the limited range in galactocentric distances in the present study. Such variations would be expected only if there were large metallicity gradients in the disk.
Changes in Soil Carbon and Nitrogen following Land Abandonment of Farmland on the Loess Plateau, China

The revegetation of abandoned farmland significantly influences soil organic C (SOC) and total N (TN). However, the dynamics of both soil OC and N storage following the abandonment of farmland are not well understood. To learn more about soil C and N storages dynamics 30 years after the conversion of farmland to grassland, we measured SOC and TN content in paired grassland and farmland sites in the Zhifanggou watershed on the Loess Plateau, China. The grassland sites were established on farmland abandoned for 1, 7, 13, 20, and 30 years. Top soil OC and TN were higher in older grassland, especially in the 0–5 cm soil depths; deeper soil OC and TN was lower in younger grasslands (<20 yr), and higher in older grasslands (30 yr). Soil OC and N storage (0–100 cm) was significantly lower in the younger grasslands (<20 yr), had increased in the older grasslands (30 yr), and at 30 years SOC had increased to pre-abandonment levels. For a thirty year period following abandonment the soil C/N value remained at 10. Our results indicate that soil C and TN were significantly and positively correlated, indicating that studies on the storage of soil OC and TN needs to focus on deeper soil and not be restricted to the uppermost (0–30 cm) soil levels.
Violent Children and Adolescents: Asking the Question Why?

Acknowledgements. List of contributors. Prologue, Gwyneth Boswell. Chapter 1 Children who kill: trends, reasons and procedures, Paul Cavadino and Rob Allen. Chapter 2 Adolescent violence: findingds and implications from the Cambridge Study, David P Farrington. Chapter 3 Understanding and treating adolescent firesetters, Kevin Epps and Clive R Hollin. Chapter 4 The antecedents of young male sex offenders, Victoria Harris and Carl Staunton. Chapter 5 The link between childhood trauma and later violent offending: a case study, Paul Renn. Chapter 6 Self--directed violence in adolescent: a psychotherapeutic perspective, Cairns Clery. Chapter 7 Violent adolescent female offenders, Susan Bailey. Chapter 8 Violent young people detained in a maximum security psychiatric hospital, Deborah Richards and Andrew Smith. Chapter 9 Aggressive and bullying behaviour in children and adolescents, Helen Cowie. Chapter 10 The influence of film and video on young people and violence, Kevin Browne and Amanda Pennell. Chapter 11 Comparing studies of youth and violence: towards an integrated approach, Stephen Parvez Rashid. Chapter 12 Bulger and beyond: asking the question a why? a David James Smith. Epilogue, Gwyneth Boswell. References and Citation Index. Subject Index.
Long Non-Coding RNA H19 Promotes Glioma Cell Invasion by Deriving miR-675

H19 RNA has been characterized as an oncogenic long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) in breast and colon cancer. However, the role and function of lncRNA H19 in glioma development remain unclear. In this study, we identified that H19/miR-675 signaling was critical for glioma progression. By analyzing glioma gene expression data sets, we found increased H19 in high grade gliomas. H19 depletion via siRNA inhibited invasion in glioma cells. Further, we found H19 positively correlated with its derivate miR-675 expression and reduction of H19 inhibited miR-675 expression. Bioinformatics and luciferase reporter assays showed that miR-675 modulated Cadherin 13 expression by directly targeting the binding site within the 3′ UTR. Finally, introduction of miR-675 abrogated H19 knockdown-induced cell invasion inhibition in glioma cells. To our knowledge, it is first time to demonstrate that H19 regulates glioma development by deriving miR-675 and provide important clues for understanding the key roles of lncRNA-miRNA functional network in glioma.
Dose dependency of calcium absorption: A comparison of calcium carbonate and calcium citrate

Calcium supplementation is recommended as a prophylaxis against bone loss. This study was performed to determine the dose dependency of calcium absorption in an attempt to derive an optimum dose schedule. Using the well‐described oral calcium load technique, we measured the calcium absorption from three different calcium doses (0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 g) of both calcium carbonate and calcium citrate administered to 21 normal subjects (4 men and 17 women, 22–60 years). Nine subjects underwent two additional loads with 0.2 g of elemental calcium as calcium carbonate and as calcium citrate. The intestinal calcium absorption from calcium carbonate and calcium citrate was estimated from the rise in urinary calcium following oral ingestion of the respective calcium salt. The increment in urinary calcium post‐load, reflective of intestinal calcium absorption, rose rapidly from 0 to 0.5 g calcium loads with only slight subsequent increases from the 0.5 g to 2.0 g calcium doses. Thus, results indicate that 0.5 g of calcium is the optimum dose of either calcium salt. Moreover, the increment in urinary calcium post‐load was higher from calcium citrate than from calcium carbonate at all four dosage levels. The increment in urinary calcium (during the second 2 hr) following calcium citrate load (0.5 g calcium) was 0.104 ± 0.096 mg/dl glomerular filtrate (GF), which was higher than that of 0.091 ± 0.068 mg/dl GF obtained from 2.0 g calcium as calcium carbonate. These results confirm the superior calcium bioavailability from calcium citrate as compared with calcium carbonate. To confirm findings from the calcium load technique, 9 subjects underwent calcium absorption test from the fecal recovery of orally administered radiolabeled calcium salts (containing 100–200 mg of elemental calcium). Fractional calcium absorption from calcium citrate of 0.402 ± 0.067 was significantly higher than that of 0.314 ± 0.100 obtained from calcium carbonate. Moreover, calcium loading with either salt did not produce significant citraturic effect during 4 hr of study, ruling out “calcium trapping” by citrate in the renal tubule. In conclusion: (1) Both calcium carbonate and calcium citrate display dose dependency of calcium absorption; (2) calcium is more absorbable from calcium citrate than from calcium carbonate at all four doses employed (0.2, 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 g); and (3) calcium absorption from 0.5 g of calcium as calcium citrate is greater than that from 2.0 g of calcium as calcium carbonate.
The role of phosphorylcreatine and creatine in the regulation of mitochondrial respiration in human skeletal muscle

1 The role of phosphorylcreatine (PCr) and creatine (Cr) in the regulation of mitochondrial respiration was investigated in permeabilised fibre bundles prepared from human vastus lateralis muscle. 2 Fibre respiration was measured in the absence of ADP (V̇0) and after sequential additions of submaximal ADP (0.1 mm ADP, V̇submax), PCr (or Cr) and saturating [ADP] (V̇max). 3 V̇ submax increased by 55% after addition of saturating creatine (P < 0.01; n= 8) and half the maximal effect was obtained at 5 mm[Cr]. In contrast, V̇submax decreased by 54% after addition of saturating phosphorylcreatine (P < 0.01; n= 8) and half the maximal effect was obtained at 1 mm[PCr]. V̇max was not affected by Cr or PCr. 4 V̇ submax was similar when PCr and Cr were added simultaneously at concentrations similar to those in muscle at rest (PCr/Cr = 2) and at low‐intensity exercise (PCr/Cr = 0.5). At conditions mimicking high‐intensity exercise (PCr/Cr = 0.1), V̇submax increased to 60% of V̇max (P < 0.01) vs. rest and low‐intensity exercise). 5 Eight of the subjects participated in a 16 day Cr supplementation programme. Following Cr supplementation, V̇0 decreased by 17% (P < 0.01) vs. prior to Cr supplementation), whereas ADP‐stimulated respiration (with and without Cr or PCr) was unchanged. 6 For the first time evidence is given that PCr is an important regulator of mitochondrial ADP‐stimulated respiration. Phosphorylcreatine decreases the sensitivity of mitochondrial respiration to ADP whereas Cr has the opposite effect. During transition from rest to high‐intensity exercise, decreases in the PCr/Cr ratio will effectively increase the sensitivity of mitochondrial respiration to ADP. The decrease in V̇0 after Cr supplementation indicates that intrinsic changes in membrane proton conductance occur.
Interpersonal Psychotherapy for the Treatment of Eating Disorders

Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) is a focused, time-limited treatment which targets interpersonal problem(s) associated with the onset and/or maintenance of eating disorders. IPT is supported by substantial empirical evidence documenting the role of interpersonal factors in the onset and maintenance of eating disorders. IPT is a viable alternative to cognitive behavior therapy for the treatment of bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. The effectiveness of IPT for the treatment of anorexia nervosa requires further investigation. The utility of IPT for the prevention of obesity is currently being explored. Future research directions include enhancing the delivery of IPT for eating disorders, increasing the availability of IPT in routine clinical care settings, exploring IPT adolescent and parent-child adaptations, and developing IPT for the prevention of eating and weight-related problems that may promote full-syndrome eating disorders or obesity.
Why aren't more women in science?: Top researchers debate the evidence.

Why aren't more women pursuing careers in science, engineering, and math? Is the lack of women in these fields a consequence of societal discouragements, innate differences in ability between the sexes, or differences in aspirations? These questions always spark a host of other questions - and a multiplicity of answers - all of which have important implications for gender equality and for retaining the nation's competitiveness in the technological marketplace. The most reliable and current knowledge about women's participation in science is presented in this collection of fifteen essays written by top researchers on gender differences in ability. The essayists were chosen to reflect the diversity and complexity of views on the topic, about which knowledge has been accumulating and evolving for decades. The editors provide an introduction that defines the key issues and embeds them in historical context and a conclusion that synthesizes and integrates the disparate views. Written accessibly to appeal to students and non-specialists as well as psychologists and other social scientists, the contributors reframe this key controversy and challenge readers' emotional and political biases through solid empirical science. Taken together, the introduction, essays, and conclusion make a convincing case that sex differences are neither as unambiguous as earlier researchers suggested nor as insubstantial as some current critics claim. Sex differences in career choices are definitely not inevitable, as the past thirty years have documented both a sea change in the gender makeup of various fields and fluctuations in ability-score differences between the sexes. However, as the essays make clear, such changes leave open the possibility of cultural and biological bases for today's sex differences in science, engineering, and math participation.
Critical Thinking for Social Workers: Exercises for the Helping Professions

PART ONE: CRITICAL THINKING: WHAT IT IS AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT Introduction The Role of Critical Thinking in the Helping Professions Exercise 1 Making Decisions about Intervention Exercise 2 Reviewing Your Beliefs about Knowledge PART TWO: RECOGNIZING PROPAGANDA IN HUMAN SERVICES ADVERTISING Exercise 3 Evaluating Human Service Advertisements Exercise 4 Watching Doctor Fox Exercise 5 Does Scaring Youth Help Them 'Go Straight'? Applying Principles of Reasoning, Inference, Decision Making and Evaluation PART THREE: FALLACIES AND PITFALLS IN PROFESSIONAL DECISION MAKING: WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW TO AVOID THEM Exercise 6 Using the Professional Thinking Form Exercise 7 Reasoning-in-Practice Game A Common Practice Fallacies Exercise 8 Reasoning-in-Practice Game B Group and Interpersonal Dynamics Exercise 9 Reasoning-in-Practice Game C Cognitive Biases in Practice Exercise 10 Preparing a Fallacies Film Festival Exercise 11 Fallacy-Spotting in Professional Contexts PART FOUR: THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT SPECIFIC ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION DECISIONS Exercise 12 Evaluating Study Quality and Treatment Effect Exercise 13 Describing Problems A Key Part of Assessment Exercise 14 Making Predictions Exercise 15 Critical Thinking as a Guide to Making Ethical Decisions Exercise 16 Error as Process Templating, Justification and Ratcheting Exercise 17 Evaluating Diagnostic Tests Exercise 18 Reviewing Intervention Plans Exercise 19 Analyzing Arguments Exercise 20 Thinking Critically about Case Records PART FIVE: IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL AND PRACTICE ENVIRONMENTS Exercise 21 Encouraging a Culture of Thoughtfulness Exercise 22 Evaluating the Teaching of Critical-Thinking Skills Exercise 23 Problem-Based Learning Exercise 24 Evidence-Based Practice
SiOx-based resistive switching memory (RRAM) for crossbar storage/select elements with high on/off ratio

Resistive switching memory (RRAM) is among the most promising technologies for storage class memory (SCM) and embedded nonvolatile memory (eNVM). Feasibility of RRAM as SCM and/or embedded memory requires large on/off ratio, good endurance, high retention, and the availability of a robust select element for crossbar array integration. This work presents Ti/SiO<inf>x</inf> RRAM with high on/off ratio (>10<sup>4</sup>), good endurance (>10<sup>7</sup>), high uniformity and strong retention (260°C for 1 hour), thanks to the high SiO<inf>x</inf> band gap. Ag/SiO<inf>x</inf> devices show volatile switching with high on/off ratio (> 10<sup>7</sup>) and bidirectional operation applicable to select devices in crossbar arrays.
Does Patient Assessment of the Quality of the Primary Care They Receive Predict Subsequent Outcomes?: An Oklahoma Physicians Resource/Research Network (OKPRN) Study

Background: We analyzed data from a cohort of 782 older patients assembled in 1999 to 2000 to determine whether their baseline assessments of the quality of their primary care measured using the Components of Primary Care Index (CPCI) were associated with subsequent changes in health-related quality of life and/or survival. Methods: Longitudinal growth curve models were used to analyze changes in Quality of Well-Being scores over an average of 2.07 years. Cox proportional hazards models were used to identify variables associated with mortality over an average of 8.91 years (6,966 person-years). To reduce confounding by severity of illness, subjects were stratified into 3 groups based on disability and use rates. Within subgroups, we controlled for number of chronic illnesses and scores on the General Health subscale of the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36. We also controlled for baseline age, gender, marital status, income, body mass index, educational attainment, duration of the relationship with current primary care physician, and number of visits to the primary care physician in the year before enrollment. Analyses took into account clustering of patients within primary care physician. Results: Neither total CPCI nor any CPCI subscale score was associated with Quality of Well-Being Self-administered Scale change over time or survival. Conclusions: Assuming that effective primary care results in better health-related quality of life and longer survival and that the CPCI captures important primary care attributes, older patients' level of satisfaction with the quality of their primary care may not be a good surrogate measure of effectiveness.
Accelerated Mini-Batch Stochastic Dual Coordinate Ascent

Stochastic dual coordinate ascent (SDCA) is an effective technique for solving regularized loss minimization problems in machine learning. This paper considers an extension of SDCA under the mini-batch setting that is often used in practice. Our main contribution is to introduce an accelerated mini-batch version of SDCA and prove a fast convergence rate for this method. We discuss an implementation of our method over a parallel computing system, and compare the results to both the vanilla stochastic dual coordinate ascent and to the accelerated deterministic gradient descent method of Nesterov [2007].
Paternal Smoking and Risk of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Objective. To investigate the association between paternal smoking and childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Method. We identified 18 published epidemiologic studies that reported data on both paternal smoking and childhood ALL risk. We performed a meta-analysis and analyzed dose-response relationships on ALL risk for smoking during preconception, during pregnancy, after birth, and ever smoking. Results. The summary odds ratio (OR) of childhood ALL associated with paternal smoking was 1.11 (95% Confidence Interval (CI): 1.05–1.18, I 2 = 18%) during any time period, 1.25 (95% CI: 1.08–1.46, I 2 = 53%) preconception; 1.24 (95% CI: 1.07–1.43, I 2 = 54%) during pregnancy, and 1.24 (95% CI: 0.96–1.60, I 2 = 64%) after birth, with a dose-response relationship between childhood ALL and paternal smoking preconception or after birth. Conclusion. The evidence supports a positive association between childhood ALL and paternal ever smoking and at each exposure time period examined. Future epidemiologic studies should assess paternal smoking during well-defined exposure windows and should include biomarkers to assess smoking exposure and toxicological mechanisms.
The impacts of forestry on polyporous fungi in boreal forests

Copyrights Reijo Penttilä (summary and paper IV) Silva Fennica (paper I) Biological Conservation (paper II) Ecological Bulletins (paper III) 3 List of articles This thesis is a summary of the following papers, which are referred to by their Roman numerals. Consequences of forest fragmentation for polyporous fungi at two spatial scales. – Manuscript. 4 Contributions The following table indicates the major contributions of authors to the original articles or manuscripts.