Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Programs: Improving the Community Response to Sexual Assault Victims

A SANE is a registered nurse (R.N.) who has advanced education and clinical preparation in forensic examination of sexual assault victims. In the 1990s, sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) programs sprang up in hundreds of communities across the country to address the inadequacy of the traditional model for sexual assault medical evidentiary exams. Those who work with sexual assault victims have long recognized that victims are often retraumatized when they come to hospital emergency departments for medical care and forensic evidence collection. Not only have victims had to wait for a long time to be examined, but those who perform the exams often lack training and experience in working with sexual assault victims and in gathering forensic evidence. The SANE program can be tailored to the needs of any locality or region to provide a victim-sensitive solution to systemic gaps in the medical-legal response to these victims. Where they exist, SANE programs have made a profound difference in the quality of care provided to sexual assault victims. SANEs offer victims prompt, compassionate care and comprehensive forensic evidence collection. In addition to helping preserve the victim’s dignity and reduce psychological trauma, SANE programs are enhancing evidence collection for more effective investigations and better prosecutions. Particularly in nonstranger sexual assault cases, thorough documentation of evidence corroborating a victim’s account of an assault by establishing lack of consent has led to more successful prosecutions.
Long-term Life Cycle Impact of Agile Methodologies

Dissatisfaction with heavyweight development approaches has lead to a proposal of agile methodologies. While heavyweight approaches are geared towards careful project planning, formalized quality assurance, and controlled and rigorous software development processes, the agile approaches focus on quick adaptation to change, and flexibility. Today, there are a number of different agile methods available, such as Scrum, Crystal, Adaptive Software Development, Feature Driven Development, and extreme programming. Although different, they share the same principles. Some of them are: (1) individuals and interactions over processes and tools, (2) working code over comprehensive documentation, (3) customer collaboration over contract negotiation, and (4) responding to change over following a plan. The proponents claim that agile methodologies lead to more effective and efficient development. The opponents, on the other hand, have stamped the agile approach as a "license to hack" or "cowboy", or "code-and-fix" method.
Collaborating to restrict: a conversation analytic perspective on collaboration in design

This paper applies a conversation analytic perspective to illustrate how workshop participants collaboratively introduce design restrictions. Whilst many workshop activities are grounded in the (noble) ideology of democracy and equality that underlies the Scandinavian tradition of participatory design and participatory innovation, we demonstrate how such ideal(s) can be overridden in practice, because participants orient to a more general, interactional social order in which the preference for agreement and progressivity prevails. The paper will illustrate how collaboration, from the perspective of the participants in workshops, is thus not about ensuring that everyone contributes equally, but is rather focused on avoiding disagreement and maintaining progressivity within the activity engaged in. In turn, we argue that this orientation by the participants has a restricting effect on the possibility of exploring design alternatives in workshops that are otherwise, on ideological grounds, designed to accomplish exactly that.
High Blood Pressure Knowledge Among Primary Care Patients with Known Hypertension: A North Carolina Family Medicine Research Network (NC-FM-RN) Study

Background: We sought to assess primary care patients' current knowledge about various aspects of high blood pressure (BP). Methods: We mailed a questionnaire to 700 hypertensive patients enrolled in a practice-based research network cohort from 24 practices in North Carolina. We determined percentages of respondents (total and by subgroups) incorrectly answering each of 6 questions pertaining to various aspects of high BP. We then examined bivariate and multivariate associations with answering 2 or more items incorrectly (“lower hypertension knowledge”). Results: We received 530 completed surveys (76% response rate). Twenty-six percent (95% CI, 22–30) of respondents did not know that most of the time people with high BP do not feel it. Twenty-two percent (95% CI, 18–26) either were not sure whether anything could be done to prevent high BP or believe that there is nothing that can be done. Nineteen percent (95% CI, 16–22) either believe taking medications will cure high BP or are not sure whether it will. Twenty-two percent (95% CI, 19–26) of respondents had overall lower hypertension knowledge. Independent associations with lower hypertension knowledge were African-American race (odds ratio, 1.77; 95% CI, 1.10–2.86), having less than high school education (odds ratio, 2.43; 95% CI, 1.34–4.41), and history of stroke/mini-stroke (odds ratio, 1.94; 95% CI, 1.00–3.75). Conclusions: Patients may need to be taught the difference between curing hypertension and treating it with medications. Efforts to educate the public that lifestyle modifications can prevent hypertension and that it usually causes no symptoms need to continue. It seems especially important to develop messages that reach African-Americans and people with less education.
Men as Students and Teachers of Feminist Scholarship

When men participate as students in Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) classrooms, they undergo feminist change. They adopt more progressive understandings of gender, show greater support for feminism, and increase their involvement in anti-sexist activism. Male students in WGS classrooms benefit to the same degree as female students, showing similar levels of change, although they start with poorer attitudes and thus the gap between them and their female peers persists. At the same time, male students’ presence highlights critical challenges to feminist pedagogy: gendered patterns of interaction, resistance to feminist teaching, and limitations on women’s critical reflections on personal experience. When men teach WGS, typically they are ‘‘graded up’’—evaluated by students as less biased and more competent than female professors. Male professors face distinct dilemmas in teaching about gender inequality from a position of privilege. Yet, like male students, they can adopt traitorous and antipatriarchal social locations and standpoints, developing pedagogies for and by the privileged.
The grammatical and conceptual gender of animals in second language users

The issue of interest here is the relationship between the morphosyntactic feature of grammatical gender and the masculinity and femininity of nouns’ referents. In GG languages, besides the semantic core of nouns that refer to male and female beings, all other nouns (the semantic residue) are also assigned a gender, which is semantically arbitrary. Referents of feminine nouns include not only female referents (e.g. Italian moglie, ‘wife’, and gallina, ‘hen’), but also male referents (guardia, ‘guard’), asexual referents (finestra, ‘window’), and referents of either sex (aquila, ‘eagle’, used for both male and female eagles), as well as referents with feminine connotations (e.g., gonna, ‘skirt’), and referents with masculine connotations (e.g., cravatta, ‘tie’). The same applies to the masculine gender. The semantic arbitrariness of most assignment rules in GG languages is evident from crosslinguistic comparisons: Although it is possible to identify some semantic rules for assignment
Assessment of mentally retarded children with the Matrix Analogies Test‐Short Form, Draw A Person: A quantitative scoring system, and the Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement

This study examined the utility of the MAT-SF and the DAP: A Quantitative Scoring System as screening instruments for mental retardation. In this study, 46 normals and 39 developmentally handicapped (DH) 4th- and 5th-grade students were group administered both screening tests and individually administered an achievement test, the KTEA. The results found the MAT-SF to correlate significantly with all areas of achievement for both groups, whereas the DAP did not correlate significantly with any areas of achievement for the normal group but correlated significantly with math, but not reading, for the developmentally handicapped students. The results support the use of the MAT-SF as a screening instrument for mental retardation, whereas the usefulness of the DAP is not as clear.
The Development of a Student Teacher Concerns Scale

Problem Statement: Practice teaching is an important element in teacher education programs and it plays an active role in student teacher’s obtaining and improving their teaching skills. However, student teachers have some concerns, since they are observed and evaluated by their supervisors in terms of class management, methods and techniques, preparation, and communication with students. A unique concern scale might be developed to measure the nature and degree of the concerns that affect student teachers. Purpose of the Study: The purpose of the study is to develop a unique scale that measures the types and degrees of student teachers’ concerns over the course of practice teaching period. Method: A student teachers’ Concern Scale was developed based on the literature and on interviews with 98 student teachers (50 males, 48 females) from different departments of Education Faculty of Gazi University in 2011-2012 academic year. The form was revised in response to peer review, and student teachers of different departments from three universities (n=681) in Ankara (Gazi University n=348; Hacettepe University n=296; Ankara University n= 37) were given the revised draft of the 23-item form 423 of participants were females and 258 of them were males (Median=22). The construct validity of the scale was examined via exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. The reliability of the measurement was tested using Cronbach’s alpha and stratified alpha methods.
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust's (CNWL) Recovery College: the story so far …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an introduction to recovery colleges, followed by an outline of the development and delivery of Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) Recovery College, as well as key lessons learned. In doing so the aim is to help inform members of mental health organisations involved in the design or development of a recovery college or who aspire to create a college. A secondary purpose is to highlight the positive effects of recovery colleges for people using mental health services. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws upon interviews with recovery college students and staff members, as well as other CNWL staff. Findings – Themes emerging include: the significant role of peer trainers; the importance of strong organisational support; how challenges were overcome without losing recovery principles; the shift in mind-set from clinical to educational ways of working. Quotes from students demonstrate the positive experiences gained through atte.
Asymmetry and uncertainty in capital formation: an application to oil investment

Theories of irreversible investment suggest a negative relation between investment and uncertainty, and nonlinear adjustment costs open for asymmetries in the adjustment of fixed capital. We propose an econometric modelling approach to estimate and test the key predictions of modern investment theory, including asymmetric dynamics and various uncertainty indicators. Our application on a data set from the oil industry offers empirical support for both asymmetric dynamics and uncertainty in oil and gas investment.
The Clients' Role in Psychological Burnout in Teachers and Administrators

This study compared levels of self-reported psychological burnout, and its antecedents and consequences, among male and female teachers/administrators of three ages of students: elementary—6 to 12 yr. , junior—13 to 14 yr. , and secondary—15 to 20 yr. Elementary teachers/administrators exhibited significantly lower psychological burnout than junior and secondary teachers/administrators. Similar patterns of differences were present on theoretically-based antecedents and consequences of burnout.
Being Driven to Work Excessively Hard

Based on a conceptual analysis, a two-dimensional self-report questionnaire for assessing workaholism (work addiction) is proposed, including (1) working excessively hard and (2) working compulsively. Using independent explorative and confirmative samples that include employees from The Netherlands (N = 7,594) and Japan ( N = 3,311), a questionnaire is developed and psychometrically evaluated. Results show that both scales (five items each) are internally consistent and that the hypothesized two-factor structure fits to the data of both countries. Furthermore, convergent validity was shown with measures of excess working time and discriminant validity was shown with measures of burnout and work engagement. Workaholics who work excessively hard and compulsively have a high relative risk on burnout and a low relative risk on work engagement. It is concluded that the two-dimensional measure—dubbed the Dutch Workaholism Scale (DUWAS)—is useful tool in future (cross-cultural) research on workaholism.
Novel approaches to glioma drug design and drug screening

Introduction: Gliomas are considered the most malignant form of brain tumors, and ranked among the most aggressive human cancers. Despite advance standard therapy the prognosis for patients with gliomas remains poor. Chemotherapy has played an important role as an adjuvant in treating gliomas. The efficacy of the chemotherapeutic drug is limited due to poor drug delivery and the inherent chemo- and radio-resistance. Challenges of the brain cancer therapy in clinical settings are; i) to overcome the chemo- and radio-resistance, ii) to improve drug delivery to tumors and iii) the development of effective drug screening procedures. Areas covered: In this review, the authors discuss clinically important chemotherapeutic agents used for treating malignant gliomas along with novel drug design approaches. The authors, furthermore, discuss the in vitro and in vivo drug screening procedures for the development of novel drug candidates. Expert opinion: The development of novel and highly potent chemotherapeutic agents for both glioma and glioma stem cells (GSCs) is highly important for future brain cancer research. Thus, research efforts should be directed towards developing innovative molecularly targeted antiglioma agents in order to reduce the toxicity and drug resistance which are associated with current forms of therapy. Development of novel pre-clinical drug screening procedures is also very critical for the overall success of brain cancer therapies in clinical settings.
Food, Memory and Meaning: The Symbolic and Social Nature of Food Events

Food preparation and consumption practices are considered integral to the maintenance or deterioration of bodily health. As a consequence, individuals in western societies are regularly exhorted to follow health guidelines in their everyday diets. However many fail to heed this advice. Various reasons have been proposed for lack of behavioural change, but few have fully considered the social function and symbolic meanings of food and eating. This paper presents the findings of an exploratory study using the innovative qualitative research method of memory-work to uncover the meanings surrounding food practices in developed societies. The data used are childhood memories about food written by students at an Australian university. The memories are examined for common themes and patterns, revealing important aspects of the ways in which food contributes to social relationships and cultural practices. The findings provide explanations for individuals' adherence to certain eating habits and avoidance of others, and point the way towards the further application of memory-work to elucidate the meanings and symbolic role played by food in western societies.
Chondrocalcinosis of Femoro-Tibial and Proximal Tibio-Fibular Joints in Cadaveric Specimens: A High-Resolution CT Imaging Study of the Calcification Distribution

Objectives To analyze calcium deposits by computed tomography (CT) in femoro-tibial compartments and proximal tibio-fibular joints; to assess the relationship with CT-assessed osteoarthritis (OA). Methods 68 (34 pairs) cadaveric knees (mean age of 84) were scanned at high resolution CT. Menisci and hyaline cartilage calcifications in the femoro-tibial and proximal tibio-fibular joints were analyzed. OA was CT-assessed by the Kellgren and Lawrence score. Gross appearance of OA was evaluated on 29 left knees after dissection and India ink staining of tibial plateaus. Results In femoro-tibial joints, meniscal calcifications (MC) and hyaline cartilage calcifications (HCC) were detected in 23(34%) and 14(21%) knees respectively. Calcifications mainly involved the three meniscal segments and were mainly observed in all thirds of the femoro-tibial compartments. In proximal tibio-fibular joints, HCC were detected in 19(28%) knees. The association HCC-MC in femoro-tibial joints and between calcifications in femoro-tibial and proximal tibio-fibular joints was strong (p<0.0001). Femoro-tibial and proximal tibio-fibular CT-assessed OA were respectively found in 23(34%) and 19(28%) knees. HCC were significantly associated with femoro-tibial OA (p = 0.04) while MC were not (p = 0.34). OA macroscopic evaluation showed a mean surface of cartilage lesions of 35% (range 0.13–0.55). No significant difference was demonstrated regarding the CT-detection of MC, HCC or CT-assessed OA. Conclusions This is the first study to report a strong association of chondrocalcinosis between femoro-tibial and tibio-fibular joints in addition to a strong association between MC and HCC in femoro-tibial compartments. No significant relationship between chondrocalcinosis and OA was demonstrated.
From Piaget's Epistemic Subject to Pascual‐Leone's Metasubject: Epistemic Transition in the Constructivist—Rationalist Theory of Cognitive Development

Abstract The explanation of the transition from one epistemic theory to another is an important part of Piaget's genetic epistemology. It is argued that this epistemic transition leads to a retrodictable orthogenetic tendency toward optimizing equilibration. The objective of this paper is to establish a relationship between Piaget's epistemic subject and Pascual-Leone's metasubject and to demonstrate that the postulation of the latter can be considered as an epistemic transition between two constructivist-rationalist theories, which leads to the development of a theory with greater explanatory power. Epistemic transition in this paper refers to a progressive problemshift (d. Lakatos, 1970), between the theories of Piaget and Pascual-hone. Piaget builds a “general model” by neglecting individual differences, that is, studies the epistemic subject, whereas Pascud-Leone by incorporating a framework for individual difference variables, studies the metasubject—the psychological organization of the epistemic su.
Changing Behavior and Making it Stick The Conceptualization and Management of Conservation Behavior

A sustainable planet is not possible without patterns of conserving behavior. The resource-costly life-styles that are characteristic of the current scene present a historic challenge. Never before have so many behaviors needed to change in so short a time. More challenging is that they must stay changed. For many reasons the techniques commonly used to promote conservation behavior are more reliable at modulating short-term behavior than at achieving durable change. The perceived urgency of environmental problems tends to make immediate behavior change the major focus. But of equal importance is the stability of behavior once changed. Thus one goal of conservation behavior research is to discover techniques that change individual behavior while minimizing or eliminating the need for repeated intervention. This article categerorizes behavior change techniques first by their informational or motivational nature and second by the source of the change: derived from others or gained by direct personal involve.
Turning substrate integrated nonradiative dielectric waveguide into leaky-wave antenna

An open periodic waveguide with a large via spacing supports the propagation of leaky-wave modes and a substrate integrated nonradiative dielectric (SINRD) waveguide is built up of periodically arranged via-holes. As such, an SINRD waveguide can thus be used for the design of a leaky-wave antenna in connection with its leakage loss. A finite difference frequency domain method (FDFD) developed for modeling periodic guided-wave and/or leaky-wave structures, due to its versatility, is used to analyze the characteristics of the proposed periodic leaky-wave antenna. Two modes (LSM11 and LSM12) are investigated in detail, which suggest that the LSM12 mode be a better candidate in support of a leaky-wave antenna design.
Nonenriched PCR Versus Mutant-Enriched PCR in Detecting Selected Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Gene Mutations Among Nonsmall-Cell Lung Cancer Patients.

BACKGROUND Biopsies obtained from lung cancers contain a mixture of cancerous and healthy tissues. The mutant-enriched polymerase chain reaction (ME-PCR) identifies low-level somatic DNA mutations within an excess wild-type sample. AIMS This study aimed at comparing nonenriched PCR (NE-PCR) versus ME-PCR for the detection of two epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene mutations among nonsmall cell lung cancer patients. METHODS Fifty lung tissue biopsies were screened for inframe TTAA deletions in exon-19 and the L858R point mutation in exon-21, using ME-PCR and NE-PCR, followed by capillary electrophoresis. RESULTS Only exon-19 deletions were detected in 22% and 18% of cases using ME-PCR and NE-PCR, respectively. Diagnostic performance of the NE-PCR versus the ME-PCR serving as a "gold standard" revealed a sensitivity of 82%, and a specificity of 100%, with positive and negative predictive values of 100% and 95%, respectively, and an overall accuracy of 96%. Despite a strong agreement shown between the two assays (K=0.875), the NE-PCR showed an 18% false-negative rate in bronchoscopically obtained biopsies compared to ME-PCR. CONCLUSION The false negativity encountered with NE-PCR in bronchoscopically obtained samples makes ME-PCR the technique of choice in such situations.
Medical students’ satisfaction and academic performance with problem-based learning in practice-based exercises for epidemiology and health demographics

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of problem-based learning (PBL) on university students’ satisfaction with and academic performance in a course on epidemiology and social and demographic health. The participants in this interventional study were 529 students (272 in the intervention group and 257 in the control group) enrolled in a medical degree programme during the academic years 2010–2011 and 2011–2012 in Spain. The intervention consisted of the use of a list of problems designed for small-group study in one of the practical sessions (Interpretation of Epidemiological Parameters). We compared students’ satisfaction and performance after either PBL or conventional teaching methods. Students’ satisfaction and academic performance were significantly better in the PBL group than in the traditional-learning group. Satisfaction with teaching was the main predictor of academic performance. After adjustment for level of satisfaction, the difference between groups in academic performance disappeared.