Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
An investigation of the reliability and validity of peer, self-, and teacher assessment

Abstract Alternative types of assessment have been introduced to align to students’ learning aims. Although the growing body of literature about alternative types of assessment such as peer-assessment and self-assessment shed light on the advantages and benefits of embedding assessment in classroom activities, there is no consensus on the consistency and accuracy of these types of assessment. Therefore this study attempted to investigate the reliability and validity of self-assessment and peer assessment of Iranian EFL learners’ written and oral production data. The data were obtained from 32 upper-intermediate students who were each required to write a three-paragraph essay and present a ten-minute lecture. The results indicated that peer assessment was more reliable in assessing oral production than written production; however, self-assessment was highly reliable in written production assessment. Moreover, there was a higher correlation between peer assessment and teacher assessment in assessing written production than oral production. While there was a high correlation between self-assessment and teacher assessment in assessing written production, the correlation between self-assessment and teacher assessment in assessing oral production was not significant. It can be concluded that self-, peer, and teacher assessment are both reliable and valid, though they differed for oral and written production tasks.
Orthodontic treatment need and demand among 12- and 16 year-old school children in Malaysia.

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Assessment of orthodontic treatment need and demand helps in planning orthodontic services and estimating the required resources and man power. The aim of this study was to assess the orthodontic treatment need and demand and to assess the association between the orthodontic treatment demand and factors such as ITON, gender, and age. MATERIALS AND METHODS Treatment need was assessed using the DHC and AC of IOTN among 12- and 16-year-old Malay school children. The treatment demand was also assessed through a modified health questionnaire and its association with IOTN, age, and gender. A total number of 837 Malay school children were randomly recruited (389 males and 448 females divided into two age groups; 12-year olds; and 16-year olds). RESULTS Findings showed that 51.4% of 12-year-old school children had definite need for treatment (DHC>4) while 22% of them desired treatment. Among 16-year-old subjects, 56.4% showed definite need for treatment while 47.2% desired treatment. The 16-year-old group was more interested in orthodontic treatment than the 12-year-old group (P<0.001). Only age was associated with treatment demand while gender had no effect (P>0.05). CONCLUSION There is a high level of need for treatment among Malay school children which was not associated with orthodontic demand. Age was associated with orthodontic demand.
Convergent ion beam alteration of 2D materials and metal-2D interfaces

Tailoring the properties of two-dimensional (2D) crystals is important for both understanding the material behavior and exploring new functionality. Here we demonstrate the alteration of MoS2 and metal-MoS2 interfaces using a convergent ion beam. Different beam energies, from 60 eV to 600 eV, are shown to have distinct effects on the optical and electrical properties of MoS2. Defects and deformations created across different layers were investigated, revealing an unanticipated improvement in the Raman peak intensity of multilayer MoS2 when exposed to a 60 eV Ar+ ion beam, and attenuation of the MoS2 Raman peaks with a 200 eV ion beam. Using cross-sectional scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), alteration of the crystal structure after a 600 eV ion beam bombardment was observed, including generated defects and voids in the crystal. We show that the 60 eV ion beam yields improvement in the metal-MoS2 interface by decreasing the contact resistance from 17.5 kΩ · µm to 6 kΩ · µm at a carrier concentration of n2D = 5.4 × 1012 cm−2. These results advance the use of low-energy ion beams to modify 2D materials and interfaces for tuning and improving performance in applications of sensors, transistors, optoelectronics, and so forth.
TCP gateway design considerations for satellite link blockage mitigation

We study the performance of TCP over a satellite link, which is subject to intermittent blockages. Our simulation-based study characterizes the performance degradation of transferring messages ranging from small web objects to large files over satellite channels with widely varying blockage statistics. Using a split connection gateway, we investigate the impact of trying to preserve TCP end-to-end semantics upon connection close and find that such an approach significantly reduces the ability of small TCP transfers to survive a long duration blockage. We show that by tying the satellite gateway's offered window to the terrestrial TCP sender to the space in the send buffer on the satellite link becomes available, the split-connection gateway can essentially eliminate the delay incurred waiting for the TCP persist timer to expire. Finally, we illustrate how aspects of the gateway's design affect large and small TCP transfers differently.
HE in FE: vocationalism, class and social justice

The paper draws on the Wolf (2015) report (Heading for the Precipice: Can Further and Higher Education Funding Policies Be Sustained? ) and other quantitative data, specifically that derived from HEFCE’s Participation of Local Area (POLAR) classifications. In addition it explores key literature and debates that associate higher education in further education (HE in FE) with the pursuit of social justice. This enables an interrogation of conceptualisations of vocationalism as well as a consideration of its articulation with class and gender. Whilst the paper is set within a particular and English socio-economic context, it addresses issues that have a much broader global significance. The paper argues that whilst HE in FE has limited traction in facilitating social mobility it does serve as a resource in the struggle for social justice.
Developmental differences in childhood motor coordination predict adult alcohol dependence: proposed role for the cerebellum in alcoholism.

BACKGROUND The Danish Longitudinal Study of Alcoholism has identified a number of early biological indicators that predicted alcohol dependence 30 years later. In light of recent evidence linking deficits of the cerebellum to certain neuropsychiatric disorders often comorbid with alcoholism, we hypothesized that developmental deficits in the cerebellar vermis may also play a role in the initiation of adult alcohol dependence. The present study evaluated whether measures of motor development in the first year of life predict alcohol dependence three decades later. METHODS A total of 241 subjects of the original 330 infants who were entered into this study completed the 30-year follow-up (12 had died). The subjects were men who were drawn from a large birth cohort born in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 1959 to 1961. A comprehensive series of measures were obtained on each subject before, during, and shortly after birth as well as at 1 year of age. Muscle tone at birth and day 5 as well as 1-year measures of motor coordination--age to sitting, standing, and walking--were examined. A DSM-III-R diagnosis of alcohol dependence and a measure of lifetime problem drinking served as the 30-year outcome variables. RESULTS Several measures of childhood motor development significantly predicted alcohol dependence at 30 years of age. These included deficits in muscle tone 5 days after birth, delays in the age to sitting, and delays in the age to walking. CONCLUSIONS Relationships found between adult alcoholism and early delays in motor development offer support for the theory that cerebellar deficits may play a causal role in the addiction process.
What does the medical record reveal about functional status?

OBJECTIVE: Functional status measures are potent independent predictors of hospital outcomes and mortality. The study objective was to compare medical record with interview data for functional status.SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Subjects were 525 medical patients, aged 70 years or older, hospitalized at an academic medical center. Patient interviews determined status for 7 basic activities of daily living (BADLs) and 7 instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). Medical records were reviewed to assess documentation of BADLs and IADLs.RESULTS: Most medical records contained no documentation of individual BADLs and IADLs (61% to 98% of records lacking documentation), with the exception of walking (24% of medical records lacking documentation). Impairment prevalence was lower in medical records than at interview for all BADLs and IADLs, and agreement between interview and medical record was poor (κ<0.40 for individual BADLs and IADLs). Sensitivity of the medical record for BADL and IADL impairment was poor (range 95% to 44%), using the interview as a reference standard. Sensitivity and specificity of the medical record for detection of BADL and IADL impairment changed substantially when records with nondocumentation of functional status were excluded or were assumed to be equivalent to independence.CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that the medical record is a poor source of data on many functional status measures, and that assuming that nondocumentation of functional status is equivalent to independence may be unwarranted. Given the prognostic importance of functional status measures, the results highlight the importance of developing reliable and efficient means of obtaining functional status information on hospitalized older patients.
Lack of Sphingosine Causes Susceptibility to Pulmonary Staphylococcus Aureus Infections in Cystic Fibrosis

Background: Pulmonary Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) infections occur early in a high percentage of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients and it is believed that these infections facilitate further colonization of CF lungs with Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa). Previous studies demonstrated a marked reduction of sphingosine in tracheal and bronchial epithelial cells in CF compared to wild type mice, while ceramide is massively increased in CF mice. Methods: We investigated the effect of C18-sphingosine and C16-ceramide on S. aureus in vitro. Based on our results we performed pulmonary infections with S. aureus and tested the influence of sphingosine inhalation. Results: In vitro incubation of S. aureus with C18-sphingosine rapidly killed S. aureus, while C16-ceramide did not affect bacterial survival, but abrogated the effect of C18-sphingosine when applied together. The in vivo infection experiments revealed a high susceptibility of CF mice to pulmonary infection with S. aureus. Inhalation of C18-sphingosine rescued CF mice from pulmonary infections with different clinical S. aureus isolates, including a methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) strain. Conclusions: Our data indicate that the imbalance between ceramide and sphingosine in the CF respiratory tract prevents killing of S. aureus and causes the high susceptibility of CF mice to pulmonary S. aureus infections.
On the relationship between process maturity and geographic distribution: an empirical analysis of their impact on software quality

An extensive body of research has developed in the area of software processes improvement and maturity models. Despite being a quite influential body of work, little is known about how software process maturity models and improvement activities relate to a major trend in the software industry: geographic distribution of development activities. In this paper, we seek to achieve a better understanding of the relationship between software process maturity and geographic distribution. In particular, we studied their combined impact on software quality. Using data from a multi-national software development organization, our analyses revealed that process maturity and the multiple dimensions of distribution have a significant impact on the quality of software components. More importantly, our analyses showed that the benefits of increases in process maturity diminish as the development work becomes more distributed, a result that has major implications for future research work in the process and the global software engineering literature as well as important implications for practitioners.
Targets of violence and psychosocial problems in psychotic offenders detained under the Dutch Entrustment Act

During the past 16 years, a small body of literature has accumulated regarding the sociodemographic characteristics of offenders with a major mental disorder (MMD). The general conclusion is that the combination of having a MMD and living in meagre, stressful circumstances may be much more predictive of the characteristics of social networks, relationships, and the risk of violence than any clinical factor alone. The aim of the present study was to test these findings. Four groups of patients were considered: three groups of offenders who had committed a very violent crime and had a psychosis or personality disorder or a combination of both, and one group from a general psychotic population. Retrospective data were collected and sociodemographic, diagnostic (DSM-IV), and psychiatric history variables were compared. There was a tendency for those detainees with a personality disorder to have victimised their partners, and for those detainees with psychosis to have victimised ‘business relations’, such as caregivers. Psychotic offenders had not experienced fewer problems than personality-disordered detainees in the two years before the offence. Psychotic detainees are often excluded from the care they need, but when they finally get care, their caregivers are at risk of violence.
The relationship between social capital and operational performance

We surveyed firms in the apparel and accessories industry, in Brazil, to investigate the relationship of social capital with the operational performance of the buyer. Preliminary results (n=78) show that the dimensions of operational performance of the buyer relate differently with each dimension of social capital. NOTE: We present findings from an updated database of 102 plants.
Concurrent sorafenib therapy extends the interval to subsequent TACE for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma

To compare the impact of concurrent TACE + sorafenib versus TACE alone on overall survival (OS) and time to progression (TTP) in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (uHCC). A secondary goal was to determine if sorafenib use increases the interval between courses of TACE.
A Comparison between RF MEMS Switches and Semiconductor Switches

This paper addresses the fundamentals of RF switches providing a comparison between semiconductor and RF MEMS switches. The basis of comparison is introduced by defining a figure of merit that is a function of the off-state capacitance and the on-state resistance. A simple transmission line model is presented to illustrate the impact of the switch off-state capacitance on the switch isolation and frequency range of operation. The figure of merit analysis given in this paper demonstrates that RF MEMS switches have superior insertion loss and isolation performance in comparison to MESFET and p-i-n diode switches. The paper also addresses several other design considerations beside insertion loss and isolation for selecting the right RF switch. A discussion is given on the potential use of RF MEMS switches in satellite and wireless applications.
What People Want From Their Leisure

Abstract This study explored how personality predicts the types of experiences one wants to have during free time. The importance of six free time outcome factors was predicted from the facets of the Big Five personality dimensions for university students. Results indicated that personality facets were highly predictive, and differentially so, depending on desired free time outcomes. Findings provide evidence for the interrelationships between the intricate and multiple linkages between personality and desired free time outcomes and demonstrate consistency of interrelationships for male and female students and Caucasian and minority students. The study extends the literature on the Big Five model of personality to leisure and furthers understanding of and encourages future research on personality predispositions as salient predictors of desired leisure experiences.
Optimizing Door Assignment in LTL-Terminals by Evolutionary Multiobjective Algorithms

In less-than-truckload terminals arriving trucks have to be allocated to a gate and to a time slot for unloading. The allocation to a specific gate results in different transportation volumes for the forklift trucks inside of the terminal, depending on the destinations of the truck’s loads. While minimizing these transports the time for trucks waiting to be ordered to a gate also has to be minimized. For the first time this problem has been tackled as a 2-objective optimization problem and was solved by an (1+1)-evolution strategy. We developed a model which is derived from real freight forwarder’s data and represents a small company’s terminal on an average workday.
The Study of Driver Fatigue Monitor Algorithm Combined PERCLOS and AECS

In this paper, combined PERCLOS and AECS, we introduce an algorithm to detect the driver fatigue. The algorithm, based on color image skin color segment, can directly transforms the RGB form image to the gradation image by the skin color segmentation, and then the eyes is detected. Then we identify eyepsilas condition through the judgment of eye area. Finally, this driver fatigue monitor algorithm calculates the speed of eye close at a short time.
HCN4-like immunoreactivity in rat retinal ganglion cells

Antisera directed against hyperpolarization-activated, cyclic nucleotide–sensitive (HCN) channels bind to somata in the ganglion cell layer of rat and rabbit retinas, and mRNA for different HCN channel isoforms has been detected in the ganglion cell layer of mouse retina. However, previous studies neither provided evidence that any of the somata are ganglion cells (as opposed to displaced amacrine cells) nor quantified these cells. We therefore tested whether isoform-specific anti-HCN channel antisera bind to ganglion cells labeled by retrograde transport of fluorophore-coupled dextran. In flat-mounted adult rat retinas, the number of dextran-backfilled ganglion cells agreed with cell densities reported in previous studies, and anti-HCN4 antisera bound to the somata of approximately 40% of these cells. The diameter of these somata ranged from 7 to 30 μm. Consistent with localization to cell membranes, the immunoreactivity formed a thin line that circumscribed individual somata. Optic fiber layer axon fascicles, and the proximal dendrites of some ganglion cells, also displayed binding of anti-HCN4 antisera. These results suggest that the response of some mammalian retinal ganglion cells to hyperpolarization may be modulated by changes in intracellular cAMP levels, and could thus be more complex than expected from previous voltage and current recordings.
Pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta: A rare association with the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine

The aetiology of pityriasis lichenoides (PL) is unknown. One major pathogenic theory suggests that PL is a lymphoproliferative disease or inflammatory reaction triggered by an antigenic stimulus, such as a virus or other infectious agent. We report the second case of PL et varioliformis acuta (PLEVA) occurring after measles vaccination and the first following the combined measles, mumps, rubella vaccination.
Critical Teacher Education, New Labour, and the Global Project of Neoliberal Capital

The first part of this article contextualises ‘education reform’ – the restructuring of education and teacher education – within the global and national requirements and demands of Capital in the current epoch of global neoliberalism and neoconservatism. The second part analyses developments in teacher education in England and Wales under both Conservatives (1979–97) and New Labour (1997–2006) and the extent of continuities between the two. These developments have resulted in the detheorised, non-egalitarian and technicist state of teacher education in England and Wales, with its marginalisation of issues of the social contexts of education, and issues of equality/inequality. These silences work to produce teachers more fit to develop children and young adults fit for the purposes of Capital. The third part sets out a series of progressive egalitarian policy principles and proposals that constitute an egalitarian manifesto for education and for critical teacher education and critical pedagogy, very distinct from both the Conservative and New Labour policies, and calls for critical transformative egalitarian education.
e-Perceptions : Personality Impressions Based on Personal Websites

This research examined the accuracy of personality impressions based on personal websites, a rapidly growing medium for self-expression, where identity claims are predominant. Eighty-nine websites were viewed by 11 observers, who rated the website authors’ personalities. The ratings were compared with an accuracy criterion (selfand informant reports) and with the authors’ ideal-self ratings. The websites elicited high levels of observer consensus and accuracy, and observers’ impressions were somewhat enhanced for Extraversion and Agreeableness. The accuracy correlations were comparable in magnitude to those found in other contexts of interpersonal perception and generally stronger than those found in zero-acquaintance contexts. These findings suggest that identity claims are used to convey valid information about personality.
Keeping a diary in cyberspace

This research was conducted into people who post their diaries on the Internet (hereinafter referred to as Web diaries) to reveal the psychological implications of writing a diary in cyberspace. A total of 1,529 people were extracted from full-text search engines and collections of Web diary links and surveyed. Invitations to participate were sent to the authors of the extracted home pages by e-mail and the survey itself was conducted with the use of a home page form. There were 377 valid responses, giving a response rate of 24.7%. The Web diaries were broken down into four types: (a) self-conscious records of fact (memoirs); (b) records of fact conscious of a relationship with the reader (journals); (c) self-conscious expres- sions of sentiment ("(narrowly defined) diaries"); (d) expressions of sentiments conscious of a relationship with the reader ("open diaries"). The four types were described bidimensionally as (a) a record of fact or an expression of sentiment, and (b) the authors' consciousness is either self-oriented or reader-oriented. Moreover, these dimensions are closely intertwined with utility and self-consciousness.