Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
STUDI ANALISIS KOMPETENSI PEDAGOGIK GURU PENDIDIKAN KEWARGANEGARAAN DALAM PENGUASAAN MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN BERBASIS TEKNOLOGI INFORMASI DAN KOMUNIKASI PADA SMP NEGERI DI KECAMATAN SELOGIRI

This research aimed to find out (1) the Civic Education teacher’s mastery of Information Technology and Communication (ICT)-based learning media in public junior high schools in Selogiri Sub District; (2) the Civic Education teacher’s awareness of using ICT-based learning media; (3) the attempt taken by headmaster to use the Civic Education teacher’s mastery in using ICT-based learning media; and (4) Civic Education teacher’s pedagogic competency viewed from the mastery of ICT-based learning media in Public Junior High School in Selogiri Sub District. This study employed a qualitative interactive method and qualitative descriptive approach with case study. The data source included informant, place, activity, document with purposive sampling. Techniques of collecting data were interview, observation, and documentation study. To validate the data, data and method triangulations were used. Considering the result of research were: (1) Civic Education teacher’s mastery of ICT-based learning media in public junior high schools in Selogiri Sub District was still low in which Civic Education teacher’s knowledge and ability of using computer, LCD, internet, various information and media, and of dealing with barrier or constraint in using ICT-based learning media were still limited; (2) the Civic Education teacher’s awareness of using ICT-based learning media was still low because the attempt of learning anything related to ICT-based learning media, there had been no personal willingness in using ICT-based learning media, and there had been no willingness and attempt of selecting the ICT-based learning media relevant to Civic Education. (3) The attempts taken by the headmaster to improve the Civic Education teacher’s mastery of ICT-based learning media were moderately and fairly good including providing infrastructure, holding training of ICT, giving moral support /advice/instruction/direction to Civic Education teacher in order to improve the mastery and the utilization of ICT. (4) Civic Education teacher’s pedagogic competency in Public Junior High Schools in Selogiri Sub District was still low viewed from the mastery of ICT-based learning media.
An Improved Maximum Power Point Tracking Controller for PV Systems Using Artificial Neural Network

This paper presents an improved maximum power point tracking (MPPT) controller for PV systems. An Artificial Neural Network and the classical PO the response of the proposed MPPT controller is faster than the classical P&O algorithm. Moreover, the average tracking efficiency of the developed algorithm was 95.51% as compared to 85.99% of the classical P&O algorithm. Such developed controller increases the conversion efficiency of a PV system. Streszczenie. W artykule zaprezentowano ulepszony uklad śledzenia maksymalnej mocy w systemie fotowoltaicznym. Zastosowano siec neuronową i klasyczny algorytm P&O. Siec neuronowa w sprzezeniu zwrotnym ma cztery wejścia: promieniowanie sloneczne, temperatura otoczenia i wspolczynniki temperaturowe ISC i Voc. Wyjściem jest optymalne napiecie systemu. (Ulepszona metoda śledzenia maksymalnej mocy systemu fotowoltaicznego z wykorzystaniem sieci neuronowej)
To Aggregate or Not to Aggregate? Euro Area Inflation Forecasting

In this paper we investigate whether the forecast of the HICP components (indirect approach) improves upon the forecast of overall HICP (direct approach) and whether the aggregation of country forecasts improves upon the forecast of the euro-area as a whole, considering the four largest euro area countries. The direct approach provides clearly better results than the indirect approach for 12 and 18 steps ahead for the overall HICP, while for shorter horizons the results are mixed. For the euro area HICP excluding unprocessed food and energy(HICPX), the indirect forecast outperforms the direct whereas the differences are only marginal for the countries. The aggregation of country forecasts does not seem to improve upon the forecast of the euro area HICP and HICPX. This result has however to be taken with caution as differences appear to be rather small and due to the limited country coverage. JEL Classification: C11, C32, C53, E31, E37
Rethinking ‘Top‐Down’ and ‘Bottom‐Up’ Roles of Top and Middle Managers in Organizational Change: Implications for Employee Support

In this study we integrate insights from ‘top-down’ and ‘bottom-up’ traditions in organizational change research to understand employees’ varying dispositions to support change. We distinguish between change initiation and change execution roles and identify four possible role configurations in which top managers (TMs) and middle managers (MMs) can feature in change. We contend that both TMs and MMs can play change initiation and/or change execution roles, TMs and MMs have different strengths and limitations for taking on different change roles, and their relative strengths and limitations are compounded or attenuated based on the specific configuration of change roles. We subsequently hypothesize employee support for change in relation to different TM-MM change role configurations. Our findings show that change initiated by TMs does not engender above-average level of employee support. However, change initiated by MMs engenders above-average level of employee support, and even more so, if TMs handle the change execution.
Incorporating Clinical Trial Data Into Daily Cancer Care

The objective of clinical trials is to determine the effectiveness and safety of specific interventions. Regulatory agencies, clinicians, and patients depend on clinical trials because they provide the most reliable information about treatment outcomes. The ability to predict how a patient may respond to a given treatment and what potential types, degree, and frequency of adverse events could occur is invaluable. Although data from clinical trials can determine effective treatment options for patients, it is the explanation of what to expect from treatment and how it may affect quality of life that will determine which option a patient chooses. Translating clinical trial data into "real life" can be challenging for the oncology advanced practitioner (AP) because primary and secondary endpoints may differ among clinical trials. This variability can produce confusion when comparing, contrasting, and translating clinical evidence into clinical practice. This article reviews clinical trial endpoints and surrogate markers and describes how findings can influence decision-making and patient care. With social media increasing patients’ awareness and encouraging active participation in their own care, it is imperative that APs be able to articulate clinical trial outcomes along with their strengths, limitations, and life impact.
Mast‐producing trees and the geographical ecology of western scrub‐jays

We analyzed the relationship between population abundance and variability of western scrub-jays Aphelocoma californica based on 48 yr of Audubon Christmas Bird Counts and the resources on which they depend as indexed by the diversity and abundance of mast-producing oaks and pines and, for California, estimates of acorn production based on a statewide survey. In general, populations of A. c. californica along the Pacific coast were related to oaks, with populations being more abundant and more stable in areas with more oak species and greater oak abundance. In contrast, populations of A. c. woodhouseii in the Great Basin were correlated with pines/conifers, again with higher abundance and greater stability with increased number of pine species and greater abundance of pines/conifers. The presumed driver of these patterns is increased resource abundance with greater habitat abundance and increased resource stability with increasing species diversity due to asynchrony in seed production among different species of trees. Asynchrony in acorn production is particularly high among oaks that require different number of years to produce acorns, but we failed to confirm that populations with access to both types were more stable than those with access to only one type after controlling for oak diversity. However, we did find a strong positive correlation between overall mean scrub-jay abundance in California and overall acorn production one year earlier, suggesting that acorns benefit scrub-jay populations primarily by increasing reproductive success the following year. These patterns demonstrate the strong dependence between population dynamics and resource stability as well as how different these relationships can be within closely related taxa.
Auditory cortex neurons: primary culture and ion channel activity in rat.

We have developed a primary dissociated cell culture of the fetal (E17) and post-natal (P0-P10) rat auditory cortex. Pyramidal and non-pyramidal cells had a mean cross-sectional diameter of 12.73 +/- 1.80 microns (mean +/- S.D., n = 25) and 17.58 +/- 1.67 microns (mean +/- S.D., n = 10), respectively, measured at 6 days in culture. These cells were viable for as long as 18-21 days. They expressed voltage-gated sodium and potassium channel currents as early as one day in culture, and at various phases in cell culture. Sodium current, activated at membrane potentials more positive than -60 mV, displayed fast activation and inactivation kinetics. Fifty percent inactivation of sodium channels occurred at a pre-pulse potential of -63 mV. Delayed rectifier potassium channels were activated at potentials positive to -40 mV. Large hyperpolarizing constant current pulses elicited anode break action potentials, and large depolarizing constant current pulses exhibited rectification indicative of the delayed rectifying potassium channel activity.
Percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction: from procedural considerations to long term outcomes

In patients presenting with a ST-segment elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI) reperfusion therapy should be initiated without delay. Patients are immediately transported to the catheterization laboratory to start primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Primary PCI is directed at removal of the occlusive thrombus and restoration of epicardial flow using implantation of a coronary stent. Nowadays, more than ninety-five percent of the admitted STEMI patients, not presenting with shock, survive the initial phase of myocardial infarction. This thesis addresses the possible complications that survivors of STEMI are faced with, ranging from radiation exposure, bleeding and thrombo-embolic events to ventricular arrhythmias and adverse left ventricular (LV) remodeling. In the last part of the thesis studies are presented that investigate the effects of intracoronary BMMC therapy as an adjunctive therapy to improve STEMI outcomes.
Perceptions of instability and choice across sexual orientation groups

Some have described gay and lesbian people as making a “lifestyle choice” while others assert that bisexuality is not a stable or valid identity. This paper examines the possibility that perceived instability and perceived choice, and their associations with prejudice, differ depending on both the sexual orientation of the participant and the target group. Participants varying in sexual orientation were randomly assigned to evaluate heterosexual, bisexual, or homosexual targets. Results indicated that negative evaluation of the various target groups was more closely associated with perceived instability than it was with perceived choice. This relationship was moderated by both participant and target sexual orientation; for example, it was weaker for bisexual targets, whose sexual orientations were rated as unstable even among nonbisexual participants who evaluated them positively. A more nuanced understanding of the beliefs underlying prejudice against sexual minorities can be developed by considering targets and participants of many sexual orientations.
Alterations in the Cell Cycle in the Cerebellum of Hyperbilirubinemic Gunn Rat: A Possible Link with Apoptosis?

Severe hyperbilirubinemia causes neurological damage both in humans and rodents. The hyperbilirubinemic Gunn rat shows a marked cerebellar hypoplasia. More recently bilirubin ability to arrest the cell cycle progression in vascular smooth muscle, tumour cells, and, more importantly, cultured neurons has been demonstrated. However, the involvement of cell cycle perturbation in the development of cerebellar hypoplasia was never investigated before. We explored the effect of sustained spontaneous hyperbilirubinemia on cell cycle progression and apoptosis in whole cerebella dissected from 9 day old Gunn rat by Real Time PCR, Western blot and FACS analysis. The cerebellum of the hyperbilirubinemic Gunn rats exhibits an increased cell cycle arrest in the late G0/G1 phase (p < 0.001), characterized by a decrease in the protein expression of cyclin D1 (15%, p < 0.05), cyclin A/A1 (20 and 30%, p < 0.05 and 0.01, respectively) and cyclin dependent kinases2 (25%, p < 0.001). This was associated with a marked increase in the 18 kDa fragment of cyclin E (67%, p < 0.001) which amplifies the apoptotic pathway. In line with this was the increase of the cleaved form of Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (54%, p < 0.01) and active Caspase3 (two fold, p < 0.01). These data indicate that the characteristic cerebellar alteration in this developing brain structure of the hyperbilirubinemic Gunn rat may be partly due to cell cycle perturbation and apoptosis related to the high bilirubin concentration in cerebellar tissue mainly affecting granular cells. These two phenomena might be intimately connected.
Glycoinositolphospholipids from Trypanosomatids Subvert Nitric Oxide Production in Rhodnius prolixus Salivary Glands

Background Rhodnius prolixus is a blood-sucking bug vector of Trypanosoma cruzi and T. rangeli. T. cruzi is transmitted by vector feces deposited close to the wound produced by insect mouthparts, whereas T. rangeli invades salivary glands and is inoculated into the host skin. Bug saliva contains a set of nitric oxide-binding proteins, called nitrophorins, which deliver NO to host vessels and ensure vasodilation and blood feeding. NO is generated by nitric oxide synthases (NOS) present in the epithelium of bug salivary glands. Thus, T. rangeli is in close contact with NO while in the salivary glands. Methodology/Principal Findings Here we show by immunohistochemical, biochemical and molecular techniques that inositolphosphate-containing glycolipids from trypanosomatids downregulate NO synthesis in the salivary glands of R. prolixus. Injecting insects with T. rangeli-derived glycoinositolphospholipids (Tr GIPL) or T. cruzi-derived glycoinositolphospholipids (Tc GIPL) specifically decreased NO production. Salivary gland treatment with Tc GIPL blocks NO production without greatly affecting NOS mRNA levels. NOS protein is virtually absent from either Tr GIPL- or Tc GIPL-treated salivary glands. Evaluation of NO synthesis by using a fluorescent NO probe showed that T. rangeli-infected or Tc GIPL-treated glands do not show extensive labeling. The same effect is readily obtained by treatment of salivary glands with the classical protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) inhibitor, sodium orthovanadate (SO). This suggests that parasite GIPLs induce the inhibition of a salivary gland PTP. GIPLs specifically suppressed NO production and did not affect other anti-hemostatic properties of saliva, such as the anti-clotting and anti-platelet activities. Conclusions/Significance Taken together, these data suggest that trypanosomatids have overcome NO generation using their surface GIPLs. Therefore, these molecules ensure parasite survival and may ultimately enhance parasite transmission.
Discrimination of enhanced echoes in blind and sighted individuals

Echolocation, while a useful skill for visually impaired people, is difficult to learn because humans naturally suppress environmental echoes. However, if the echoes are enhanced compared to environmentally normal echoes, they may therefore help to ease echolocation learners into the learning process. Blind and sighted participants discriminated enhanced echoes in two 2-interval forced choice (2IFC) tasks, one testing distance and the other testing left/right localization. We report that blind participants had lower left/right thresholds than sighted participants, while sighted participants had marginally lower distance thresholds than blind participants. As there is a precedent for enhanced spatial hearing in blind individuals in the literature but no such precedent in sighted individuals, we find the distance result surprising. The age and hearing abilities of our participant groups likely contribute to these results, and better-matched groups would allow us to obtain more conclusive data.
Discovery of X-ray emission from the young radio pulsar PSR J1357–6429

We present the first X-ray detection of the very young pulsar PSR J1357-6429 (characteristic age of 7.3 kyr) using data from the XMM-Newton and Chandra satellites. We find that the spectrum is well described by a power-law plus blackbody model, with photon index $\Gamma=1.4$ and blackbody temperature $k_{\rm B}T=160$ eV. For the estimated distance of 2.5 kpc, this corresponds to a 2–10 keV luminosity of ~1.2 $\times$ 10 32 erg s -1 , thus the fraction of the spin-down energy channeled by PSR J1357-6429 into X-ray emission is one of the lowest observed. The Chandra data confirm the positional coincidence with the radio pulsar and allow to set an upper limit of 3 $\times$ 10 31 erg s -1 on the 2–10 keV luminosity of a compact pulsar wind nebula. We do not detect any pulsed emission from the source and determine an upper limit of 30% for the modulation amplitude of the X-ray emission at the radio frequency of the pulsar.
Generalized anxiety and C-reactive protein levels: a prospective, longitudinal analysis

Background Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is highly co-morbid with depression. Depression is associated with elevated levels of the inflammation marker C-reactive protein (CRP), cross-sectionally and over time. To date, no studies have looked at the association between CRP and GAD. Method A total of nine waves of data from the prospective population-based Great Smoky Mountains Study (n=1420) were used, covering children in the community aged 9–16, 19 and 21 years old. Structured interviews were used at each assessment to assess GAD symptoms, diagnosis and cumulative episodes. Blood spots were collected and assayed for high-sensitivity CRP levels. Results GAD was associated with increased levels of CRP in bivariate cross-sectional analyses. These bivariate associations, however, were attenuated after accounting for demographic, substance-use and health-related covariates. In longitudinal models, there was little evidence that CRP predicted later GAD. Associations from GAD to later CRP were attenuated in models adjusted for health-related coavariates and there was evidence that the GAD–CRP association was mediated by body mass index (BMI) and medication use. Conclusions Similar to depression, GAD was associated with elevated levels of CRP, but the effect of GAD on CRP levels was explained by the effect of GAD on health-related behaviors such as BMI and medication use. This study suggests differences in the association between inflammation and depression and GAD.
Distinctive features, categorical perception, and probability learning: some applications of a neural model

A previously proposed model for memory based on neurophysiolo gical considerations is reviewed. We assume that (a) nervous system activity is usefully represented as the set of simultaneous individual neuron activities in a group of neurons; (b) different memory traces make use of the same synapses; and (c) synapses associate two patterns of neural activity by incrementing synaptic connectivity proportionally to the product of pre- and postsynaptic activity, forming a matrix of synaptic connectivities. We extend this model by (a) introducing positive feedback of a set of neurons onto itself and (b) allowing the individual neurons to saturate. A hybrid model, partly analog and partly binary, arises. The system has certain characteristics reminiscent of analysis by distinctive features. Next, we apply the model to "categorical perception. " Finally, we discuss probability learning. The model can predict overshooting, recency data, and probabilities occurring in systems with more than two events with reasonably good accuracy.
Identifying the semantic and textual differences between two versions of a program

Text-based file comparators (<italic>e.g.</italic>, the Unix utility <italic>diff</italic>), are very general tools that can be applied to arbitrary files. However, using such tools to compare <italic>programs</italic> can be unsatisfactory because their <italic>only</italic> notion of change is based on program <italic>text</italic> rather than program <italic>behavior</italic>. This paper describes a technique for comparing two versions of a program, determining which program components represents changes, and classifying each changed component as representing either a <italic>semantic</italic> or a <italic>textual</italic> change.
Change and Stability in Achievement Goals Based on Instructional Tasks of a College Classroom

Achievement goals play a principal role in enhancing learning gains and adaptive attitudes. Little is known, however, about changes and/or stability in achievement goals over time. This study focused on the research hypothesis that instructional tasks (e.g., exam, in-class quiz, writing a paper, in-class activates) of a course which are focused on competence influence differentially the adoption of college students’ achievement goals in a real classroom. A total of 186 college students from an introductory educational psychology course participated in this study. All achievement goals had high stability for each instructional task using a differential continuity analytic approach, while mean-level change analyses showed a considerable decline of each individual goal pursuit. Cluster analysis technique, which is a person-centered approach, suggested changes in cluster memberships between the pre- and post-measure of achievement goals. The results and findings of the current study provide important implications for both instructional design in a classroom and research methodologies used to investigate achievement goals.