Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Adjustment outcomes of immigrant children and youth in Europe : A meta-analysis

Compared to natives, immigrants have been reported to display either more (migration morbidity) or fewer (immigrant paradox) adjustment problems. We examined these two perspectives using a meta-analysis from 51 studies (N = 224,197), reporting internalizing, externalizing, and academic outcomes among immigrant children and youth in Europe. Overall, migration morbidity was better supported than the immigrant paradox. Migration morbidity was supported for (a) externalizing outcomes in Northern Europe and adolescent samples; (b) academic outcomes for low SES and fewer girls across samples; (c) internalizing outcomes in Western Europe and preadolescent samples. Cultural diversity and long-term residence of immigrants are favorable factors for the paradox in externalizing outcomes, whereas immigrant family reunion was predictive for the paradox in internalizing and academic outcomes. Implications for future research and policy are discussed.
Serum intact parathyroid hormone in diabetic patients on haemodialysis: what is the treatment goal?

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Unique Patterns of Cognitive Outcomes for Undergraduate Students at Southern Baptist Colleges: A Comparative Analysis

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the levels of growth in cognitive outcomes among students attending Southern Baptist universities, as compared to their peers at other Council of Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU), Catholic, and nonsectarian institutions, and to identify the college experiences that contribute to cognitive development. Using data from the College Senior Survey, inferential analyses revealed that students enrolled at Southern Baptist colleges and universities had significantly higher levels of academic self-concept and perceived cognitive skills than students enrolled at other types of Christian institutions. In addition, regression analyses showed that the Baptist sample yielded some unique patterns as to which college experiences contributed to cognitive outcome development among students.
Studying Information Technology in Organizations: Research Approaches and Assumptions

We examined 155 information systems research articles published from 1983 to 1988 and found that although this research is not rooted in a single over-arching theoretical perspective, it does exhibit a single set of philosophical assumptions regarding the nature of the phenomena studied by information systems researchers, and what constitutes valid knowledge about those phenomena. We believe that a single research perspective for studying information systems phenomena is unnecessarily restrictive, and argue that there exist other philosophical assumptions that can inform studies of the relationships between information technology, people, and organizations. In this paper, we present two additional research philosophies for consideration-the interpretive and the critical-and for each we provide empirical examples to illustrate how they are used. We conclude by suggesting that much can be gained if a plurality of research perspectives is effectively employed to investigate information systems phenomena.
Gene Mutations in Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Background— Nonobstructive hypertrophy localized to the cardiac apex is an uncommon morphological variant of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) that often is further distinguished by distinct giant negative T waves and a benign clinical course. The genetic relationship between HCM with typical hypertrophic morphology versus isolated apical hypertrophy is incompletely understood. Methods and Results— Genetic cause was investigated in 15 probands with apical hypertrophy by DNA sequence analyses of 9 sarcomere protein genes and 3 other genes (GLA, PRKAG2, and LAMP2) implicated in idiopathic cardiac hypertrophy. Six sarcomere gene mutations were found in 7 samples; no samples contained mutations in GLA, PRKAG2, or LAMP2. Clinical evaluations demonstrated familial apical HCM in 4 probands, and in 3 probands disease-causing mutations were identified. Two families shared a cardiac actin Glu101Lys missense mutation; all members of both families with clinical manifestations of HCM (n=16) had apical hypertrophy. An essential light chain missense mutation Met149Val caused apical or midventricular segment HCM in another proband and 5 family members, but 6 other affected relatives had typical HCM morphologies. No other sarcomere gene mutations identified in the remaining probands caused apical HCM in other family members. Conclusions— Sarcomere protein gene mutations that cause apical hypertrophy rather than more common HCM morphologies reflect interactions among genetic etiology, background modifier genes, and/or hemodynamic factors. Only a limited number of sarcomere gene defects (eg, cardiac actin Glu101Lys) consistently produce apical HCM.
Tobacco use in relation to COPD and asthma

Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death worldwide. Hundreds of millions of individuals still smoke, affecting their health as well as that of their peers, family and offspring. Smoking is a well-established prime risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and hampers the response to treatment in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In the present paper, new concepts are discussed with respect to pathology, treatment, smoking cessation and tobacco control. Recommendations for future directions are given.
The Tattoo Renaissance: an Ethnographic Account of Symbolic Consumer Behavior

This article presents an ethnographic account of product symbolism and fashion imagery within a segment of the consumer culture. This segment has emerged as an effect of the tattoo Renaissance and is referred to as the New Tattoo Subculture. After developing a historical interpretation, four a priori themes are discussed (i.e., Renaissance, extended self, risk, and satisfaction/addiction). Ethnographic support was found for these themes as well as two emerging themes (i.e., design versus act and the simulated self). The article concludes by exploring the implications of tattooing for identity formation.
Dyadic preference questionnaire: Exploring attribution prediction accuracy and perceived similarity in distressed and nondistressed married couples

Bodholdt, Robert H. , M.S., M.A., Spring, 1989 Psychology Dyadic Preference Questionnaire: Exploring Attribution, Prediction Accuracy, and Perceived Similarity in Distressed and Nondistressed Married Couples (160 pp.) Directors: Herman A. Walter^F.b. p. and James A. Walsh, Ph. The present investigation explored differences between distressed and nondistressed married couples on dimensions of perceived similarity of desires, prediction accuracy of partner desires, self-reported desirability of engaging in positive valence and negative valence relationship activities, and perceived desirability for partner of engaging in these same relationship activities. The study predicted that, compared to nondistressed couples, distressed couples would: demonstrate dissimilarity between personal desires and desires attributed to partner; be inaccurate in their predictions of their partner's reported desirability of engaging in positive valence activities; rate engaging in positive activities as less desirable; perceive their partners as finding engaging in positive valence activities as undesirable; rate engaging in negative valence activities as desirable; and perceive their partners as finding engaging in negative valence activities as desirable. For these purposes, a new research instrument, the Dyadic Preference Questionnaire (DPQ), was developed which depicts 75 positive valence and 75 negative valence relationship activities that were judged by clinical psychology doctoral students as important to marital functioning. DPQ scales were shown to possess adequate internal consistency as gauged by Cronbach's coefficient alphas. Subjects were 40 married couples, 20 of which were assigned to the distressed group and 20 of which were assigned to the nondistressed group based on their scores on the Dyadic Adjustment Scale. Results indicated an absence of unequivocal results on measures of perceived similarity. Distressed couples were not shown to be inaccurate in their predictions of their partners desires. Nondistressed couples tended to be inaccurate in their predictions of partner desires on positive and negative valence item types. Compared to nondistressed couples, distressed couples rated positive valence items as lower in desirability and rated negative valence items higher in desirability. Similarly, distressed couples rated their partners as finding positive valence activities relatively undesirable and positive activities relatively desirable. Possibilities for future research using the DPQ are presented.
Men’s pathways to risky sexual behavior: Role of co-occurring childhood sexual abuse, posttraumatic stress disorder, and depression histories

Recent reports of sexually transmitted infection-rate increases among men indicate the need for renewed study of male sexual risk behavior to aid development of updated and novel risk reduction interventions. Men who have childhood sexual abuse (CSA) histories consistently report frequent sexual risk behavior. The objective of this sturdy is to explore whether posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression are moderators and/or mediators of the association between CSA and sexual risk in adult men. A cross-sectional survey study employing random digit dial recruitment was administered to men aged 18–49 years from Philadelphia County. Two bundred ninety eight men were recruited and screened for CSA history, administered items from the Posttraumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale (PDS) and Center for Epidemiologic Studies—Depression (CES-D), and asked to estimate their number of lifetime sexual partners (LSPs). Effects of sociodemographic characteristics, CSA, PTSD, and depression on the number of LSPs were modeled using Poisson regression. Results show that 197 (66%) men participated; 43 (22%) had CSA histories. CSA was significantly associated with PTSD/depression (P=.03). Four sociodemographic variables (age, race, sexual identity, and education), CSA (incidence rate ratio, IRR=1.47, P<.001), PTSD (IRR=1.19, P=.04), depression (IRR=1.29, P=.001), all 2-way interactions, and the 3-way CSA/PTSD/depression interaction (IRR=11.00, P<.001) were associated with the number of LSPs (R2=0.27). In conclusion, sexual partnership patterns unique to men with CSA histories and comorbid PTSD/depression appear to lead to substantially higher numbers of LSPs. Estimates of this relationship may have been biased toward the null by underreporting that can occur with phone surveys. Cross-sectional studies do not support causal inferences; however, the identification of a moderating and mediating influence of PTSD/depression on the relationship between CSA and sexual risk behavior is important and suggests the need for future studies with larger samples that examine trajectories for CSA, psychiatric illness, and sexual partnerships.
Topical 5% tranexamic acid for the treatment of melasma in Asians: A double-blind randomized controlled clinical trial

Abstract Background: Topical tranexamic acid has been claimed to lighten melasma without serious adverse effects. However, controlled studies assessing the efficacy and safety of topical tranexamic acid (TA) for the treatment of melasma is limited. Objective: To assess in a double blind, randomized, prospective study, the efficacy of topical 5% tranexamic acid versus vehicle for treatment of melasma. Methods: Twenty-three women with bilateral epidermal melasma enrolled in a split-face trial lasting 12 weeks. Patients blindly applied topical 5% tranexamic acid and its vehicle, to the designated sides of the face twice daily in addition to the assigned sunscreen each morning. Pigmentation and erythema were measured objectively using a mexameter and Melasma Area and Severity Index (MASI), in addition to physician and patient global assessments. Results: Twenty-one patients completed the study. Eighteen out of twenty-three patients (78.2%) showed decrease in the melanin index on either or both sides of the face by the end of 12 weeks compared to baseline. The MASI scores were also significantly reduced on both tested sides. However, lightening of pigmentation induced by TA gel was neither superior nor different (p > 0.05) compared to its vehicle although erythema was significant on the TA-applied site (p < 0.05). Conclusions: Although lightening of pigmentation was obtained, the results were not significant between the two regimens. However, topical TA produced erythema.
An investigation into software development process formation in software start-ups

Purpose – This paper reports on the results of an investigation into how the software development process is initially established within software product start‐ups.Design/methodology/approach – The study employs a grounded theory approach to characterize the experiences of small software organizations in developing processes to support their software development activity. Using the indigenous Irish software product industry as a test‐bed, the authors' examine how software development processes are established in software product start‐ups and the major factors that influence the make up of these processes.Findings – The results show that the previous experience of the person tasked with managing the development work is the prime influencer on the process a company initially uses. Other influencers include the market sector in which the company is operating, the style of management used and the size and scale of the company operations.Originality/value – The model has particular implications for start‐up .
Political conversations on Facebook – the participation of politicians and citizens

Political conversations are according to theories on deliberative democracy essential to well-functioning democracies. Traditionally, these conversations have taken place in face-to-face settings, for example, in party meetings and town meetings. However, social media such as Facebook and Twitter offer new possibilities for online political conversations between citizens and politicians. This article examines the presence on Facebook and Twitter of Members of the Danish National Parliament, the Folketing, and focusses on a quantitative mapping of the political conversation activities taking place in the threads following Facebook posts from Danish Members of Parliament (MPs). The article shows that, in comparison with previous findings from other countries, Danish MPs have a relatively high degree of engagement in political conversations with citizens on Facebook – and that a large number of citizens follow MPs, read posts from the MPs and discuss politics with them and other citizens via the posts made by the MPs.
Job satisfaction and perceived autonomy for nurse practitioners working in nurse‐managed health centers

Purpose More primary care providers are needed to deliver health care to Americans living in poverty and those soon to be insured under the Affordable Care Act. Nurse practitioners (NPs) in nurse‐managed health centers (NMHCs) are poised to meet this need. This research study examined the characteristics of NPs working in NMHCs and measured job satisfaction and perceived level of autonomy. No studies about job satisfaction or autonomy for NPs working in NMHCs had been previously reported. Data sources This descriptive, quantitative study surveyed primary care NPs working in NMHCs that are part of the National Nursing Centers Consortium (NNCC). NP e‐mail addresses were obtained from NNCC center directors. Of 198 NPs invited to the electronic survey, 99 completed the Misener Nurse Practitioner Job Satisfaction Scale, demographic questionnaire, questions about perceived autonomy, and whether they would recommend working in an NMHC. Participants came from 16 states and 46 NMHCs. Conclusions NPs working in NMHCs have job satisfaction, perceive their role as autonomous, and are satisfied with the autonomy they have. Implications for practice NMHCs can provide access to primary health care for many Americans. More NPs may choose employment in NMHCs for job satisfaction and autonomy.
Twin zygosity. Automated determination with microsatellites.

OBJECTIVE Twin zygosity determinations can be performed with anthropologic, serologic and genetic markers; however, these methods are more than occasionally inefficient, often expensive and sometimes inaccurate. We used microsatellites as DNA markers and developed a largely automated, rapid and efficient method of determining zygosity. STUDY DESIGN We used five highly polymorphic short tandem repeat loci, coamplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using fluorescence-labeled primers. Thirty-six samples were simultaneously analyzed by electrophoresis and laser detection. The PCR products were sized by automated fragment analysis. RESULTS We typed 132 pairs of monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ) twins. With five markers, the probability that any twin pair was MZ if all markers were concordant was 99%. CONCLUSION This method is a rapid and reliable approach to zygosity detection.
Abnormal norepinephrine clearance and adrenergic receptor sensitivity in idiopathic orthostatic intolerance.

BACKGROUND Chronic orthostatic intolerance (OI) is characterized by symptoms of inadequate cerebral perfusion with standing, in the absence of significant orthostatic hypotension. A heart rate increase of >/=30 bpm is typical. Possible underlying pathophysiologies include hypovolemia, partial dysautonomia, or a primary hyperadrenergic state. We tested the hypothesis that patients with OI have functional abnormalities in autonomic neurons regulating cardiovascular responses. METHODS AND RESULTS Thirteen patients with chronic OI and 10 control subjects underwent a battery of autonomic tests. Systemic norepinephrine (NE) kinetics were determined with the patients supine and standing before and after tyramine administration. In addition, baroreflex sensitivity, hemodynamic responses to bolus injections of adrenergic agonists, and intrinsic heart rate were determined. Resting supine NE spillover and clearance were similar in both groups. With standing, patients had a greater decrease in NE clearance than control subjects (55+/-5% versus 30+/-7%, P<0.02). After tyramine, NE spillover did not change significantly in patients but increased 50+/-10% in control subjects (P<0.001). The dose of isoproterenol required to increase heart rate 25 bpm was lower in patients than in control subjects (0.5+/-0.05 versus 1.0+/-0.1 microg, P<0.005), and the dose of phenylephrine required to increase systolic blood pressure 25 mm Hg was lower in patients than control subjects (105+/-11 versus 210+/-12 microg, P<0.001). Baroreflex sensitivity was lower in patients (12+/-1 versus 18+/-2 ms/mm Hg, P<0.02), but the intrinsic heart rate was similar in both groups. CONCLUSIONS The decreased NE clearance with standing, resistance to the NE-releasing effect of tyramine, and increased sensitivity to adrenergic agonists demonstrate dramatically disordered sympathetic cardiovascular regulation in patients with chronic OI.
C-Terminus of Progranulin Interacts with the Beta-Propeller Region of Sortilin to Regulate Progranulin Trafficking

Progranulin haplo-insufficiency is a main cause of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) with TDP-43 aggregates. Previous studies have shown that sortilin regulates progranulin trafficking and is a main determinant of progranulin level in the brain. In this study, we mapped the binding site between progranulin and sortilin. Progranulin binds to the beta-propeller region of sortilin through its C-terminal tail. The C-terminal progranulin fragment is fully sufficient for sortilin binding and progranulin C-terminal peptide displaces progranulin binding to sortilin. Deletion of the last 3 residues of progranulin (QLL) abolishes its binding to sortilin and also sortilin dependent regulation of progranulin trafficking. Since progranulin haplo-insufficiency results in FTLD, these results may provide important insights into future studies of progranulin trafficking and signaling and progranulin based therapy for FTLD.
The Function and Interpretation of Reverse Wh-Clefts in Spoken Discourse

We examine the characteristics of the headless reverse wh-cleft, with a view to embedding its description into a model of discourse function. On the basis of 302 examples taken from the London-Lund Corpus of spoken English and on Collins' (1991) analysis of the same data, we discuss the distinctive features of the construction, as well as those it shares with other kinds of cleft. In common with other clefts, the reverse wh-cleft is presuppositional, and has the property of conveying part of its content aspectually as a STATE. In addition, it has commonalities with the IP it-cleft in its information structure, and the ability to allocate novel CASE ROLES to existing discourse referents. Its distinctive features include the summative or ending function previously observed; we further suggest that the construction is more likely to play a metalinguistic or transaction management role than it is to move a discourse forward. In addition, its referential behavior differs from that of the it-cleft in a manner likely to affect cognitive processing of its content. We present a formal model, combining the general features of cleft constructions with the distinctive features of reverse wh-clefts in spoken discourse.