Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Galatea and Pygmalion glances: perception and strategies of the ‘other’ in front of (pre)judices

AbstractOne of the most universally recognized mechanisms in the sociology of education is the Pygmalion effect: the expectations and prejudices of teachers (from a position of power), projected onto the students, have the potential to become a self-fulfilled prophecy – either positive either stigmatizing. But what elements are used to build these expectations? In this interaction how relate Pygmalion (professors and directors expectations) and Galatea (stigmatized students strategies)? What institutional and political alternatives can be used to combat these – racist? – prejudices? Based on a research of young immigrants pathways from various ethno-racial groups (mostly Latinos), over the period 2007–2011, this article exposes that: moreover than the critical importance of teachers in students’ pathways, it is also important reconsider how the perceptions and strategies of stigmatized students are nuanced, ambivalent, and creative.
Obstacles to Social Service Collaboration in Response to the Great Recession: The Case of the Contra Costa County Safety Net Initiative

This case study examines the experiences and dynamics of the Safety Net Initiative, a multisector collaboration in Contra Costa County, California. The Great Recession hit social services in Contra Costa County especially hard, and local stakeholders launched the Safety Net Initiative in an effort to repair and reimagine the county’s understaffed and underfunded safety net. The case study is based on 14 stakeholder interviews and extensive document review to address 2 questions: (a) What are the challenges to social services collaboration that are unique to suburban jurisdictions such as Contra Costa County? (b) What were the interpersonal and interagency dynamics that facilitated or hindered the collaboration’s process? Findings are reported within the context of four major themes or tensions (short-term vs. long-term; awareness vs. action; process-focus vs. outcome-focus; centralized vs. decentralized authority). Practice implications for social service collaboration in suburban jurisdictions are also identified.
The potential therapeutic applications and prognostic significance of metastasis-associated in colon cancer-1 (MACC1) in cancers

The metastasis-associated in colon cancer-1 (MACC1) gene was identified in 2009. Expression of MACC1 was found to be significantly upregulated in primary and metastatic colon carcinomas compared to normal tissues or adenomas. The induction of MACC1 occurs at the crucial step of transition from a benign to a malignant phenotype. The aim of this review was to summarise current results of non-clinical and clinical studies on the role of MACC1 in the carcinogenesis and progression of cancer, as well its potential therapeutic and prognostic significance. The gene encoding the HGF receptor MET is a transcriptional target of MACC1. In addition to promoting the proliferation, invasion, and migration of colon cancer cells in cell culture and tumour growth and metastasis in mouse models, MACC1 also contributes to carcinogenesis and progression of colorectal cancer through the β-catenin signalling pathway and mesenchymal-epithelial transition. MACC1 knockdown with si/sh RNA was investigated in cell lines of different types of cancer. MACC1 is a promising therapeutic target for antitumour and antimetastatic intervention strategies for cancers. Here, it is presented as a potential independent prognostic indicator of reduced overall survival as well as of the occurrence of distant metastasis in patients with different types of cancer.
The relationship between mental illness and violence in a mentally disordered offender sample: evaluating criminogenic and psychopathological predictors

ABSTRACT The importance of mental illness as a risk factor for violence has been debated with significant implications for mental health policy and clinical practice. In offender samples, psychopathology tends to be unrelated to recidivism, although some researchers have noted that this relationship may be dependent upon certain moderating factors. In the present, prospective investigation, psychopathology is examined as predictors of recidivism in 121 provincially sentenced (i.e. less than 2 years) mentally disordered offenders. Results indicated that psychopathological predictors were generally poor predictors of recidivism in univariate and multivariate analyses. Consistent with our hypotheses, age of onset of criminal activity was a significant moderating factor on the relationship between mental illness and recidivism, although results were not in the expected direction for certain classes of mental illness. Results are discussed in the context of a social learning model of crime and in terms of the treatment of mentally disordered offenders.
Insights into the Role of the Habenular Circadian Clock in Addiction

Drug addiction is a brain disease involving alterations in anatomy and functional neural communication. Drug intake and toxicity show daily rhythms in both humans and rodents. Evidence concerning the role of clock genes in drug intake has been previously reported. However, the implication of a timekeeping brain locus is much less known. The epithalamic lateral habenula (LHb) is now emerging as a key nucleus in drug intake and addiction. This brain structure modulates the activity of dopaminergic neurons from the ventral tegmental area, a central part of the reward system. Moreover, the LHb has circadian properties: LHb cellular activity (i.e., firing rate and clock genes expression) oscillates in a 24-h range, and the nucleus is affected by photic stimulation and has anatomical connections with the main circadian pacemaker, the suprachiasmatic nucleus. Here, we describe the current insights on the role of the LHb as a circadian oscillator and its possible implications on the rhythmic regulation of the dopaminergic activity and drug intake. These data could inspire new strategies to treat drug addiction, considering circadian timing as a principal factor.
Cybersecurity and Privacy Solutions in Smart Cities

The increasing proliferation and deployment of ICT in the infrastructure of cities has increased interest in smart cities. The long-term objective of a smart city is to enhance the quality of services provided to citizens and ultimately improve their quality of life. However, incorporating ICT opens up various security and privacy issues in smart cities, along with the people living in them. We briefly present the fundamental design concepts of a smart city and review recent smart city initiatives and projects. After identifying several security vulnerabilities and privacy issues within the context of smart cities that must be addressed, we then discuss various privacy and security solutions, recommendations, and standards for smart cities and their services.
Data assimilation experiments using the Back and Forth Nudging and NEMO OGCM

We present Data Assimilation experiments under the OSSE framework using NEMO ocean model and the Back and Forth Nudging (BFN). This algorithm consists in initially solving the forward equations with a nudging term (forcing term proportional to the difference between the model state and the observations), and then, using the final state as an initial condition, in solving the same equations in a backward direction with a feedback term (with the opposite sign compared to the feedback term of forward nudging). This process is then repeated iteratively until convergence. The implementation of the BFN algorithm has been shown to be very easy, and its convergence very fast, compared to other data assimilation methods [1].
Measuring Subjective Workload: When Is One Scale Better Than Many?

The idea that mental workload should be treated as a multidimensional problem is well recognized. Yet the NASA Task Load Index and Subjective Workload Assessment Technique scales incorporate procedures for combining multidimensional judgments into scalar estimates of overall workload. In view of comparable or superior performance claimed for univariate scales, it is reasonable to ask whether the scaled values are good estimates of overall processing demands and whether workload values derived from multidimensional scales provide better estimates than do judgments made on a univariate scale. This paper examines these issues using data from four independent studies. The results support two conclusions. First, if a measure of the overall demand on human information-processing is required, then a univariate rating is expected to provide a measure that is at least as sensitive to manipulations of task demand as a derived estimate from multivariate data. Second, if a univariate workload rating is not available, a simple unweighted additive model provides an adequate method for combining factor ratings into an estimate of overall workload.
Impact of flow rate on lactate uptake and gluconeogenesis in glucagon-stimulated perfused livers.

The impact of reduced hepatic flow on lactate uptake and gluconeogenesis was examined in isolated glucagon-stimulated perfused livers from 24-h-fasted rats. After surgical isolation, livers were perfused (single pass) for 30 min with Krebs-Henseleit (KH) bicarbonate buffer, fresh bovine erythrocytes (hematocrit approximately 20%), and no added substrate. After this "washout" period, steady-state perfusions were initiated with a second reservoir containing the KH buffer, bovine erythrocytes, [U-(14)C]lactate (10,000 dpm/ml), lactate (2.5 mM), and glucagon (250 microg/ml). Perfusion flow rate was adjusted to one of five rates (i.e., 1.8, 2.7, 3.9, 7.4, and 11.0 ml.min(-1). 100 g body wt(-1)). After the perfusion, the liver was dissected out and weighed so as to establish the actual flow rate per gram of liver. The resulting flow rates ranged from 0.52 to 4.03 ml.min(-1). g liver(-1). As a function of flow rate, lactate uptake rose in a hyperbolic fashion to an apparent plateau of 2.34 micromol.min(-1). g liver(-1). Fractional extraction (FX) of lactate from the perfusate demonstrated an exponential decline with increased flow rates (r=0.97). At flow rates above 1.0 ml.min(-1). g liver(-1), adjustments in FX compensated for changes in lactate delivery, resulting in steady rates of lactate uptake and gluconeogenesis. Below 1.0. min(-1). g liver(-1) the increased FX was unable to compensate for the decline in lactate delivery and lactate uptake declined rapidly. Gluconeogenesis demonstrated similar kinetics to lactate uptake, reflecting its dominant role among pathways for lactate removal under the current conditions.
Patch testing with beryllium alloy samples in guinea pigs

An experimental study was conducted in guinea pigs for the predictive assessment of the beryllium alloy hazard in occupational exposure of the skin to beryllium compounds. Guinea pigs were sensitized to beryllium sulfate according to the maximized Magnusson and Kligman test, and challenged with beryllium alloys and metallic copper, beryllium and aluminum samples. Results showed a delayed skin hypersensitivity reaction in 30 to 60% of pre‐sensitized guinea pigs challenged with copper‐beryllium alloys and aluminum‐beryllium alloy. An inflammatory follicular reaction was induced by copper in both controls and pre‐sensitized guinea pigs.
IN-SITU MULTIFUNCTION NANOSENSORS FOR FRACTURED RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION

Acquiring specific data about the reservoir pressure and temperature, near the wellbore and far out in the formation, and correlating such information to fracture connectivity and geometry are key for the optimum energy extraction from geothermal resources. Existing fracture characterization tools and analysis approaches are inadequate, in that pressure and temperature are measured only at the wellbore. Technological advancement in nanoscience could provide a boost in the area of reservoir in-situ measurements through the concept of nanosensing. This paper provides some details of initial experimental work done so far towards the ultimate goal of making temperature and pressure nanosensors from which a new method will be developed to predict reservoir parameters and characterize fracture networks in geothermal reservoirs. The paper addresses the feasibility of using nanomaterials as tracers in sensing the reservoir properties in-situ. Preliminary testing with the injection of various nanofluid suspensions (nanoparticles and nanowires) was carried out to investigate the viability of transporting nanomaterials through a porous medium. This is a critical step toward the development of functional nanosensors. Berea sandstone and sandpacked slim tube were used in the nanofluid injection experiments. The nanoparticles injected into Berea sandstone samples have provided a proof of concept in the use of nanoparticles as tracers. The nanoparticles were transported through the pore space of the rock and were detected in the effluent. The nanoparticles were also recovered through the 10 meter long sand-packed slim tube. Following the successful injection of spherically shaped nanoparticles, an investigation was initiated to assess the practicability of transporting wire-like nanoparticles (silver nanowires) through the pores of Berea sandstone. These nanowires serve as precursor for the injection of functional nanosensors such as pressureand temperature-sensitive nanotracers. It was found that the silver nanowires of that particular size could not pass through the pore spaces of the core sample.
How Informative are Macroeconomic Risk Forecasts? An Examination of the Bank of England's Inflation Forecasts

Macroeconomic risk assessments play an important role in the forecasts of many institutions. However, to the best of our knowledge their performance has not been investigated yet. In this work, we study the Bank of England? s risk forecasts for inflation. We find that these forecasts do not contain the intended information. Rather, they either have no information content, or even an adverse information content. Our results imply that under mean squared error loss, it is better to use the Bank of England? s mode forecasts than the Bank of England? s mean forecasts.
Cutaneous papillary squamous cell carcinoma. A report of two cases

Several histologic patterns of squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) have been described, including classical, adenoid, verrucous, and clear cell. We report 2 cases of an unusual purely exophytic papillary growth pattern. Both tumors occurred on sun‐exposed skin of elderly patients and exhibited rapid growth. The tumors were red‐tan and fungating, raising the clinical differential diagnoses of pyogenic granuloma, SCC, metastatic carcinoma or amelanotic melanoma. Histologically there was a prominent papillary growth pattern with several layers of notably atypical squamous epithelium overlying a fibro‐vascular core in both cases. Mitoses were frequent. The tumors lacked deep invasion, although focal invasion of the stalk was present. These tumors were histologically distinct from verrucous carcinoma, verrucous Bowen's disease, and previously described adnexal carcinomas. The lack of deep invasion and the absence of local recurrence or metastatic disease after 18 months follow‐up suggest that this histologic variant is a low‐grade malignancy, although study of more cases and longer follow‐up will be necessary to accurately assess the biology of this papillary variant of SCC. We believe that this growth pattern has not yet been described and a pure papillary form must be included as one of the histological subtypes of cutaneous SCC.
Shape reconstruction and subsequent deformation of soleus muscle models using B-spline solid primitives

We introduce a mathematical primitive called the B-spline solid that can be used to create deformable models of muscle shape. B-spline solids can be used to model skeletal muscle for the purpose of building a data library of reusable, deformable muscles that are reconstructed from actual muscle data. Algorithms are provided for minimizing shape distortions that may be caused when fitting discrete sampled data to a continuous B-spline solid model. Visible Human image data provides a good indication of the perimeter of a muscle, but is not suitable for providing internal muscle fiber bundle arrangements which are important for physical simulation of muscle function. To obtain these fiber bundle orientations, we obtain 3-D muscle fiber bundle coordinates by triangulating optical images taken from three different camera views of serially dissected human soleus specimens. B-spline solids are represented as mathematical three-dimensional vector functions which can parameterize an enclosed volume as well as its boundary surface. They are based on B-spline basis functions, allowing local deformations via adjustable control points and smooth continuity of shape. After the B-spline solid muscle model is fitted with its external surface and internal volume arrangements, we can subsequently deform its shape to allow simulation of animated muscle tissue.
Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black Power

A gripping biography of a controversial black activist This biography tells the riveting story of Robert F. Williams (1925-1996). In the late 1950s, as president of the Monroe, North Carolina, NAACP, Williams organized armed resistan to KKK terrorists - in the process challenging not only white supremacists but also Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement. As Radio Free Dixie reveals, however, the civil rights movement and the Black Power movement grew out of the same soil, confronted the same predicaments, and were much closer than traditional portrayals suggest. In the civil rights - era South, independent black politics, black culture pride, and "armed self-reliance" operated in tension and in tandem with legal efforts and nonviolent protests in the quest for African American freedom.
Performance and Heterophil to Lymphocyte (H/L) Ratio Profile of Broiler Chickens Subjected to Feeding Time Restriction

Abstract: The objective of the current study was to evaluate the effect of feeding time restriction in alternate day on performance and Heterophil to Lymphocyte (H/L) ratios as indices stress of broiler chickens. A total 180 seven day-old unsexed broiler chicks were randomly allocated to three treatments: chicks fed ad libitum (P-0); chicks had free access to feed from 07:00 to 09:00, 12:00 to 13:00 and 17:00 to 18:00 (P-1) and from 07:00 to 09:00 and 17:00 to 18:00 (P-2). The feeding time restriction was given at 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19 and 21 days of age and chicks was access feed ad libitum on alternate days (8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20 days of age). The chicks were fed ad libitum during 22 to 42 days of age. Body weight gain, feed intake and feed conversion ratio in feed restricted broilers were lower (p<0.05) than ad libitum broilers during 7 to 21 days of age. There were significantly increases heterophil and Heterophil/Lymphocyte (H/L) ratio. During realimentation period from 22 to 42 days of age, there were no statistically significant differences between feed restricted and ad libitum broilers on performance and differential leucocyte count. It was concluded that although feeding time restriction led to induce stress during starter periods, but there were not influenced on the performance and differential leucocyte cells of broilers during realimentation periods. Key words: Feeding time restriction, performance, H/L ratio, broiler
Managers of Virtue: Public School Leadership in America, 1820-1980.

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Competitiveness of Small Farms and Innovative Food Supply Chains: The Role of Food Hubs in Creating Sustainable Regional and Local Food Systems

Over the last decades, the economic, social and environmental sustainability of the conventional agri-food system has and continues to be contested within both academic and public institutions. For small farms, the unsustainability of the food system is even more serious; farms’ declining share of profit and the cost-price squeeze of commodity production has increased barriers to market access with the inevitable effect of agricultural abandonment. One way forward to respond to the existing conventional agri-food systems and to create a competitive or survival strategy for small family farms is the re-construction of regional and local agri-food systems, aligning with Kramer and Porter’s concept of shared value strategy. Through a critical literature review, this paper presents “regional and local food hubs” as innovative organizational arrangements capable of bridging structural holes in the agri-food markets between small producers and the consumers—individuals and families as well as big buyers. Food hubs respond to a supply chain (or supply network) organizational strategy aiming at re-territorialising the agri-food systems through the construction of what in the economic literature are defined as values-based food supply chains.
Ethnic–Racial Identity of Black Emerging Adults: The Role of Parenting and Ethnic–Racial Socialization

Ethnic–racial identity (ERI) development is important for ethnic–racial minority youth because of its association with their positive adjustment. Guided by Garcia Coll’s ecocultural framework and using survey data from 729 Black college students, we examined the associations between relationships with parents (i.e., disrespect, psychological control, nurturance, and connection), ethnic–racial socialization (ERS), and ERI in hopes of understanding ways to promote ERI formation. Findings from two multiple group models suggested that, among men, nurturance from mothers and fathers was associated with ERI and these associations were mediated by ERS. For women, connection with mothers was associated with ERI through ERS and nurturance from fathers was indirectly and positively associated with ERI through ERS. Contrary to our hypothesis, disrespect from fathers was positively associated with ERI via ERS, but only for women. Findings suggest that both ERS and the parent–child relationship are important for ERI formation among Black emerging adults.