Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Evolución histórica de la atención a la diversidad en la escuela: estudio descriptivo sobre las actitudes de los maestros de educación primaria ante la inclusión en dos centros públicos de Huesca

espanolEste trabajo pretende analizar las actitudes de los maestros acerca de la inclusion de los Alumnos con Necesidades Especificas de Apoyo Educativo en el aula ordinaria. Asimismo se estudian los principales teoricos vinculados con formacion y actitudes inclusivas del maestro. Para ello, se plantea un estudio basado en una metodologia cuantitativa mediante la administracion de cuestionarios a una muestra de docentes de Educacion Primaria de dos centros de Huesca. Los resultados demostraron la actitud favorable existente hacia la inclusion, confirmando que tanto la formacion como la experiencia o contacto con estas personas conlleva una actitud mas inclusiva. EnglishThe aim for this research was to analyze teacher’s attitude for the inclusion of students with Specific Educational Needs at the ordinary classroom. Likewise, main theorists involved in issues related to teacher’s training for inclusion are evaluated. To this end, we propose a research based on cuantitative methods using questionnaires for several teachers in Primary Education from two schools of Huesca. Our results revealed an attitude to support the inclusion. Moreover, we demonstrate training and experience with these students imply more inclusive attitudes.
Analysis of stability and dispersion in a finite element method for Debye and Lorentz dispersive media

We study the stability properties of, and the phase error present in, a finite element scheme for Maxwell's equations coupled with a Debye or Lorentz polarization model. In one dimension we consider a second order formulation for the electric field with an ordinary differential equation for the electric polarization added as an auxiliary constraint. The finite element method uses linear finite elements in space for the electric field as well as the electric polarization, and a theta scheme for the time discretization. Numerical experiments suggest the method is unconditionally stable for both Debye and Lorentz models. We compare the stability and phase error properties of the method presented here with those of finite difference methods that have been analyzed in the literature. We also conduct numerical simulations that verify the stability and dispersion properties of the scheme. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2009
Active-C Realization of nth-order Current-Mode Allpole Lowpass Filters Using CFTAs

In this paper, a general synthesis procedure of using the signal flow graph technique to realize an n-order allpole lowpass current transfer function with current follower transconductance amplifiers (CFTAs) has been presented. The proposed circuit, in general, contains at most n CFTAs and n grounded capacitors, without needing external passive resistors. It has been also shown that the design procedure given here is simple structure, convenient tunability, and suitable for integration. Furthermore, the circuit has low sensitivity. PSPICE simulation results which agree very well with the theoretical analysis are also included.
Control design for a pitch-regulated, variable speed wind turbine

(max. 2000 char.): The three different controller designs presented herein are similar and all based on PI-regulation of rotor speed and power through the collective blade pitch angle and generator moment. The aeroelastic and electrical modelling used for the time-domain analysis of these controllers are however different, which makes a directly quantitative comparison difficult. But there are some observations of similar behaviours should be mentioned: • Very similar step responses in rotor speed, pitch angle, and power are seen for simulations with steps in wind speed. • All controllers show a peak in power for wind speed step-up over rated wind speed, which can be almost removed by changing the parameters of the frequency converter. • Responses of rotor speed, pitch angle, and power for different simulations with turbulent inflow are similar for all three controllers. Again, there seems to be an advantage of tuning the parameters of the frequency converter to obtain a more constant power output. The dynamic modelling of the power controller is an important result for the inclusion of generator dynamics in the aeroelastic modelling of wind turbines. A reduced dynamic model of the relation between generator torque and generator speed variations is presented; where the integral term of the inner PI-regulator of rotor current is removed because the time constant is very small compared to the important aeroe-lastic frequencies. It is shown how the parameters of the transfer function for the remaining control system with the outer PI-regulator of power can be derived from the generator data sheet. The main results of the numerical optimisation of the control parameters in the pitch PI-regulator performed in Chapter 6 are the following: • Numerical optimization can be used to tune controller parameters, especially when the optimization is used as refinement of a qualified initial guess. • The design model used to calculate the initial value parameters, as described in Chapter 3, could not be refined much in terms of performance related to the flapwise blade root moment (1-2 %) and tilt tower base moment (2-3 %). • Numerical optimization of control parameters is not well suited for tuning from scratch. If the initial parameters are too far off track the simulation might not come through, or a not representative local maximum obtained. The last problem could very well be related to the chosen optimization method, where more future work could be done.
On Application of Conditional Random Field in Stemming of Bengali Natural Language Text

While stochastic route has been explored in solving the stemming problem, Conditional Random Field (CRF), a conditional probability based statistical model, has not been applied yet. We applied CRF to train a set of stemmers for Bengali natural language text. Care had been taken to design it language neutral so that same approach can be applied for other languages. The experiments yielded more than 86% accuracy.
Group actions and deformations for harmonic maps

From the theory of integrable systems it is known that harmonic maps from a Riemann surface to a Lie group may be studied by infinite dimensional methods (cf. [ZM],[ZS]). This was clarified considerably by the papers [Uh],[Se], especially in the case of maps from the Riemann sphere S to a unitary group Un. The basic connection with infinite dimensional methods is the correspondence between harmonic maps S −→ G and “extended solutions” S −→ ΩG, where G is any compact Lie group and ΩG is its (based) loop group. In [Uh] this was used in two ways (in the case G = Un):
Dose optimization of piperacillin/tazobactam in patients with renal dysfunction based on population pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic simulations

In the present study, we aimed to investigate the optimal dosage regimens of piperacillin/tazobactam in patients with chronic kidney disease according to their different classes of renal function based on bacterial resistance. A total of 2700 simulations were applied based on a published population pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic model using nonlinear mixed effects modeling (NONMEM) software. Permissible optimal dosage regimens were defined as those associated with a less than 10% of patients whose probabilities of target attainment (PTA) were not attain target. For patients with mild to moderate renal injury, 4/0.5 g of piperacillin/tazobactam every 12 h in 30 min intermittent infusion could attain the target. If the MIC (minimum inhibitory concentration) for the pathogen was 8 mg/L or 16 mg/L, either an 8-h or 6-h dosing interval or extended 2–6 h infusion regimen had to be used to achieve the outcome of the therapy. Regarding MIC was up to above 32 mg/L, a high dose of piperacillin (12–24 g/d) in continuous infusion was the only approach that could achieve the effective target in patients with renal dysfunction. A low dose with extended 4–6 h infusion regimen was recommended for patients with severe renal injury. Our study identified permissible optimal piperacillin/tazobactam dosage regimens for patients with renal dysfunction with an MIC up to 64 mg/L. The findings of this study would be helpful for precise administration of piperacillin/tazobactam in clinical practice.
Individual differences in the local or global processing styles within individuals with Autism : an alternative explanation to the Weak Central Coherence and the Enhanced Perceptual Processing theories

Previous studies have reported inconsistent results for people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in both biological motion and Navon tasks. Each of these tasks require both local and global processing and were used in this study to compare processing styles of both ASD and typical groups. In the biological motion study, the ASD and the typical groups completed an emotion and a direction-discrimination experiment with happy and angry point-light walkers, which were presented in four different stimulus conditions: upright, inverted, scrambled and random. Overall, the ASD group had higher reaction times and lower accuracy, but the effect of condition did not differ between groups. Both groups performed worse in terms of accuracy and reaction times in the scrambled (i.e., local information only) conditions, therefore revealing a global bias in the processing of biological motion information. In the Navon task study with the same participants, typical individuals exhibited a global precedence effect, manifested as lower reaction times for global stimuli as well as global interference in “look for only local digits” task. However, individuals in the ASD group did not, on average, show a local or a global bias. In a subsequent analysis, the ASD group was divided into locally-biased and globally-biased sub-groups. Now, when a three way analysis between typical and the two ASD groups was performed, the globally-biased group’s performance was not distinguishable from that of the typical group, while no global bias was observed for the locally-biased group. When these two groups were compared on the Biological Motion study, the locally-biased group had no reaction time difference across conditions including both biological motion and Navon tasks, unlike the globally-biased group, who displayed higher reaction times for the scrambled condition, just like the typical group did. Therefore, it is possible that the inconsistencies in the local-global processing literature of individuals with ASD may have resulted because the studies did not account for individual differences in processing styles within the ASD groups that may be variable, unlike typical individuals who have a global bias for most tasks.
Can an outsider become an insider? Analysing the effect of action research in initial EFL teacher education programs

ABSTRACT Action research methodology is commonly used in initial teacher education programmes as a pedagogical strategy to enhance student teacher learning. Action research is most often used in tandem with school-based practicum components in the latter stage of programmes as a means of bridging the theory-practice divide. It is also frequently used as a capstone assessment to assure prospective teacher capability for reflective inquiry. The study reported here focuses on the perspectives of teachers who were recent graduates of two initial English language teacher education programmes in Chile, who had undertaken action research projects as part of their degree programme. It also engaged the university-based supervisors who had overseen this work. These experiences are analysed in the context of the guiding epistemological and political foundations of action research. The outcomes of this research suggest that the use of action research in initial teacher education contexts may be more problematic than it is often assumed; particularly, where student teachers’ work is professionally isolated. From this, it is suggested that action research in initial teacher education needs to be conscious of potential constraints in school-based contexts, as these may act to limit the current and prospective impact of this learning experience.
Architecture and Synthesis of Field-Programmable Gate Arrays with Hard-wired Connections

Current Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are roughly three times slo wer and ten times less dense than Mask Programmed Gate Arrays (MPGAs) in the same VLSI technology . This speed and density dif ference arises mainly because of the slo w and lar ge programmable connections between FPGA logic blocks. One way to improve the speed and density of an FPGA is to substitute f ast and small fix ed metal connections, which we call hard-wired connections, between some of the primiti ve gates or basic blocks of an FPGA. We use hard-wired connections in FPGAs with hard-wired logic blocks (HLBs), where an HLB consists of se veral basic blocks connected by hard-wired connections. This dissertation describes algorithms for mapping basic block circuits to HLB circuits optimized for speed or area. HLB mapping is done in tw o steps: First, a co vering algorithm generates a set of HLBfragments to implement the input circuit. Second the co vering fragments are pack ed together to minimize the number of HLBs in the final HLB netlist. W e prove that the fragment covering algorithm, when optimizing delay , generates an HLB netlist with minimal number of programmable connections along critical paths. W e also prove sufficient conditions for the fragment packing algorithm to generate a minimal number of HLBs and sho w that all two-level HLB topologies satisfy these conditions. This dissertation e xplores a wide selection of LUT -based HLB FPGAs empirically . A suite of benchmark circuits is implemented in each HLB architecture and each circuit’ s area and delay is measured. The goal is to find the HLB architectures that will yield f ast FPGA circuits with reasonable density , and conversely, dense FPGA circuits with good speed. Since an HLB architecture is defined by its LUT size and its topology , the specific research questions are as follo ws:
School : Social Behavior and Misconduct in the Classroom The Role of Knowledge and Skills for Managing Emotions in Adaptation to

http://aer.sagepub. com/content/49/4/710 The online version of this article can be found at: DOI: 10.3102/0002831212443077 2012 49: 710 originally published online 4 April 2012 Am Educ Res J Salovey Paulo N. Lopes, José M. Mestre, Rocío Guil, Janet Pickard Kremenitzer and Peter School : Social Behavior and Misconduct in the Classroom The Role of Knowledge and Skills for Managing Emotions in Adaptation to
Problem-solving and stress 1 RUNNING HEAD : PROBLEM-SOLVING AND STRESS Self-Affirmation Improves Problem-Solving Under Stress

High levels of acute and chronic stress are known to impair problem-solving and creativity on a broad range of tasks. Despite this evidence, we know little about protective factors for mitigating the deleterious effects of stress on problem-solving. Building on previous research showing that self-affirmation can buffer stress, we tested whether an experimental manipulation of selfaffirmation improves problem-solving performance in chronically stressed participants. Eighty undergraduates indicated their perceived chronic stress over the previous month and were randomly assigned to either a self-affirmation or control condition. They then completed 30 difficult remote associate problem-solving items under time pressure in front of an evaluator. Results showed that self-affirmation improved problem-solving performance in underperforming chronically stressed individuals. This research suggests a novel means for boosting problemsolving under stress and may have important implications for understanding how self-affirmation boosts academic achievement in school settings.
Acceptance of lexical overlap by monolingual and bilingual toddlers

Aims and Objectives: Mutual exclusivity refers to children’s assumption that there are one-to-one correspondences between words and their referents. It is proposed to guide the process of fast-mapping when children encounter novel words in referentially ambiguous situations. However, children are often required to suspend this default assumption and accept lexically overlapping labels, which is particularly common for bilingual children who learn multiple labels for most referents in their environment. Previous research has shown that school-aged bilinguals are more successful at learning overlapping labels than monolinguals, but the mechanisms underlying the development of this word-learning ability remain unknown. Methodology: This study investigated the ability to accept lexical overlap in monolingual and bilingual two-and-a-half-year-old children and its relation to children’s lexical competence. Children’s ability to retain two novel labels assigned to a novel referent was assessed in an interactive lexical overlap paradigm. In addition, parental inventories were used to measure children’s receptive vocabulary size and patterns of language exposure and use. Data and analysis: Data were collected from 68 (34 monolingual and 34 bilingual) children between 26 and 34 months of age. Binomial logistic regressions were used to assess the effects of children’s language background and their individual lexical competence (receptive vocabulary for monolinguals and bilinguals, and conceptual vocabulary size and degree of bilingualism for bilinguals). Findings: Results showed that vocabulary size was a significant predictor of lexical overlap performance for monolingual children, but this was not the case for bilinguals. Originality: These findings are the first to indicate that the individual linguistic experience of growing up monolingual or bilingual shapes the mechanisms that underlie the development and usage patterns of early word-learning strategies. Limitations: This study leaves open the question of what aspect of growing up bilingual leads children to develop word-learning strategies that are shaped by their linguistic experience.
Employee Communication Responsibility: Its Antecedents and Implications for Strategic Communication Management

ABSTRACT Although organizations increasingly acknowledge the communicative importance of employees, and increasingly frame communication as an employee responsibility, communication responsibility remains an unexplored topic in strategic communication research. To address this gap, this study introduces the concept employee communication responsibility and offers insight into factors influencing employees’ predisposition towards taking communication responsibility. Data were obtained from 4,726 employees working in ten Swedish organizations. Half the sample (2,244) was used for exploratory factor analysis that enabled the identification of a smaller number of factors to construct a model with four hypotheses, and half the sample (2,482) was used to test the proposed model through structural equation modeling (SEM). Hypotheses formulation was informed by previous research examining factors influencing employees’ communication. The study shows that all tested factors, internal communication climate openness, immediate supervisor communication, top management–employee communication, and perceived importance of communication significantly contribute to employees’ predisposition towards taking communication responsibility. Thus, the study provide knowledge useful to researchers interested in employees’ communication, and to strategic communication practitioners responsible for internal communication and employees’ communication.
The Probabilistic Model Checking Landscape*

Randomization is a key element in sequential and distributed computing. Reasoning about randomized algorithms is highly non-trivial. In the 1980s, this initiated first proof methods, logics, and model-checking algorithms. The field of probabilistic verification has developed considerably since then. This paper surveys the algorithmic verification of probabilistic models, in particular probabilistic model checking. We provide an informal account of the main models, the underlying algorithms, applications from reliability and dependability analysis—and beyond—and describe recent developments towards automated parameter synthesis.
Strongly linearizable implementations: possibilities and impossibilities

Herlihy and Wing [11] established that the set of possible outcomes of a shared memory distributed algorithm remains unchanged when atomic objects are replaced by their linearizable implementations. Since then, linearizability has been the correctness condition of choice for distributed algorithm designers. In 2011, however, Golab, Higham and Woelfel [9] showed that, if an algorithm employs randomization, then the probability distribution over the set of possible outcomes can differ between the atomic and implemented versions. They also proved that a stronger condition, called strong linearizability, is necessary and sufficient to guarantee the same probability distributions for these two cases when the randomized algorithm is under the control of an adaptive adversary. Therefore, we are motivated to construct strongly linearizable implementations of common distributed objects whenever possible. In this paper we prove • for several objects including multi-writer registers, max-registers, snapshots, and counters there is no strongly linearizable, non-blocking implementation from multi-reader/single-writer atomic registers, even though each of these objects has a linearizable implementation meeting the stronger wait-free progress requirement. • There is a universal strongly linearizable obstruction-free implementation of any object from multi-reader/single-writer atomic registers. • There is a strongly linearizable wait-free implementation of bounded max-registers from multi-reader/multi-writer atomic registers.
Evaluating the perception of group emotion from full body movements in the context of virtual crowds

Simulating the behavior of crowds of artificial entities that have humanoid embodiments has become an important element in computer graphics and special effects. However, many important questions remain in relation to the perception of social behavior and expression of emotions in virtual crowds. Specifically, few studies have considered the role of background context on the perception of the full-body emotion expressed by sub-constituents of the crowd i.e. individuals and small groups. In this paper, we present the results of perceptual studies in which animated scenes of expressive virtual crowd behavior were rated in terms of their valence by participants. The behaviors of a task-irrelevant crowd in the background were altered between neutral, happy and sad in order to investigate effects on the perception of emotion from task-relevant individuals in the foreground. Effects of the task irrelevant background on ratings of foreground characters were found, including cases that accompanied negatively valenced stimuli.