Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
An Analysis of the Perception of the Degree of Compliance of Selected Texas Public High Schools with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972

In recent years, few laws have had greater impact on public education than Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. As a result of this legislation, participation levels of female athletes have risen dramatically. Conducted in the Texas Education Agency's Region XI, this study sought to ascertain the perceptions of high school principals, the lead coaches of male athletes, and the lead coaches of female athletes with regard to their schools' compliance with the components of Title IX. The study centered on the results of a survey instrument that included twenty Likert-scale questions as well as several demographic questions. The research questions sought to determine: (1) respondents' overall perception of compliance; (2) any differences in perceptions of compliance based upon the role of the individual; (3) any differences in perceptions based upon the percentage of students qualifying for free and reduced lunch; (4) any differences based upon the state classification of the schools; (5) any differences based upon the gender of respondents; (6) whether complaints filed via OCR result in a perception of increased compliance; and (7) the program component areas in which respondents view their schools to be most compliant. Descriptive and causal-comparative methods were used to analyze the data. The results revealed that school leaders in north central Texas public high schools perceived a high degree of compliance of their schools with the requirements of Title IX regardless of their role. A descriptive analysis of the responses based upon respondent role yielded slight differences between coaches of males and females. An ANOVA of responses considering the variables of free and reduced lunch as well as state classification did not yield a statistical significance in terms of perceptions of compliance. Although the mean scores of female respondents were slightly lower than males, the research did not yield statistically significant differences based upon gender. The study was inconclusive in terms of whether districts that have experienced formal Title IX complaints are more compliant with Title IX. Finally, the study indicated that school leaders should focus more attention on the areas of coaching assignment and compensation as well as publicity as they seek to comply with Title IX.
Dynamic adjustment of weighting and safety factors in playout buffers for enhancing VoIP quality

The quality of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls is highly influenced by transmission impairments such as delay, packet loss and jitter, with jitter being manifested as one of the deleterious effects affecting its quality. A jitter buffer is usually employed at the receiver side to mitigate its effects by adapting its parameters in a trade-off between delay and packet loss. This paper proposes a novel de-jitter algorithm that adaptively changes the size of the playout buffer depending on the network states, in order to effectively handle the packet loss and delay, whereas E-model is used to quantify speech quality. Based on the statistics of the received packets, the adaptive playout buffer algorithm dynamically adjusts the weighting factor (α) and the safety factor (β) for regulating the delay and trade-off loss, thus maximizing the quality for VoIP.
THE ANALYSIS OF THE RESILIENCE OF ADULTS ONE YEAR AFTER THE 2008 WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE

Resilience, the ability to spring back from adversity and successfully adapt to it, is becoming an increasingly popular focus in research on the intervention and prevention of mental breakdown. This article aims to assess the resilience of adults exposed to the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake 1 year after the occurrence of the earthquake, to explore the relationship between demographic factors (such as gender, age, ethnic group, education level, and monthly income) and resilience via the Resilience Scale for Adults, and to identify the significant predictors of resilience. Using variance analysis and multiple regression analysis of all demographic factors above we further elaborate the findings.
Sustainable Supply Chain Management Practices and Operational Performance

Sustainable supply chain management has emerged as a key approach for enterprises aiming to become environmentally sustainable. The study will investigate the kinds of environmental management practices that are undertaken by companies in greening the supply chain and how these practices affect the environmental and operational performance of the companies. The study provides additional insight into the growing field of literature examining the relationships between environmental policies and operational performance.
Examining the Nonlinear Effects in Satisfaction-Loyalty-Behavioral Intentions Model

Extant research has widely investigated linear functional forms in satisfaction and loyalty models. Though complex nonlinear nature of satisfaction loyalty link is suggested by several researchers, few attempts have been made to empirically examine nonlinearity. Moreover, researchers have used divergent functional forms to model nonlinearity and their findings are often inconclusive. In this study we use nonlinear form to describe the relationship between satisfaction, attitudinal loyalty, purchase loyalty and customer behavioral intentions such as willingness to pay more and external and internal complaining responses in the context of business-to-consumer ecommerce. We find modest empirical support for nonlinear effects in the relationship. Results support nonlinearity only in the case of attitudinal loyalty to internal complaining response link. Results also present evidence about the mediating role of attitudinal loyalty in the relationship between satisfaction, purchase loyalty, willingness to pay more and internal complaining responses.
Review of Fin FET Technology and Circuit Design Challenges

Considering the difficulties in planar CMOS transistor scaling to secure an acceptable gate to channel control FinFET based multi-gate (MuGFET) devices have been proposed as a technology option for replacing the existing technology. The desirability of FinFET that it’s operation principle is same as CMOS process. This permits to lengthening the gate scaling beyond the planar transistor limits, sustaining a steep subthreshold slope, better performance with bias voltage scaling and good matching due to low doping concentration in the channel. There are, still, several challenges and limitations that FinFET technology has to face to be competitive with other technology options: Fin shape, pitch, isolation, doping, crystallographic orientation and stressing as well as device parasitic, performance and patterning approaches will be discussed.
The Making Of The Curriculum: Collected Essays

The Search for Sources: Investigating State Schooling: The Search for Sources, Studying Curriculum, Etymologies, Epistemologies and the Emergence of Curriculum: A Speculative Essay The Search for Methods: History of Education in England: Conflicting Paradigms, Investigating State Schooling: Exploring New Methods Essays and Exemplars: Teachers Life Histories and Studies of Curriculum and Schooling, History, Context and Qualitative Methods, Defining a Subject for the Comprehensive School, The Micropolitics of Curricula Change: European Studies, Becoming a School Subject, The Making of Curriculum, Conclusions, Complexities and Contemporary Initiatives in the Making of Curriculum: Towards the National Curriculum.
Induced Vertical Disparity Effects on Local and Global Stereopsis

Abstract Purpose: Although significant amounts of vertical misalignment could have a noticeable effect on visual performance, there is no conclusive evidence about the effect of very small amount of vertical disparity on stereopsis and binocular vision. Hence, the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of induced vertical disparity on local and global stereopsis at near. Materials and Methods: Ninety participants wearing best-corrected refraction had local and global stereopsis tested with 0.5 and 1.0 prism diopter (Δ) vertical prism in front of their dominant and non-dominant eye in turn. This was compared to local and global stereopsis in the same subjects without vertical prism. Data were analyzed in SPSS.17 software using the independent samples T and the repeated measures ANOVA tests. Results: Induced vertical disparity decreases local and global stereopsis. This reduction is greater when vertical disparity is induced in front of the non-dominant eye and affects global more than local stereopsis. Repeated measures ANOVA showed differences in the mean stereopsis between the different measured states for local and global values. Local stereopsis thresholds were reduced by 10 s of arc or less on average with 1.0Δ of induced vertical prism in front of either eye. However, global stereopsis thresholds were reduced by over 100 s of arc by the same 1.0Δ of induced vertical prism. Conclusion: Induced vertical disparity affects global stereopsis thresholds by an order of magnitude (or a factor of 10) more than local stereopsis. Hence, using a test that measures global stereopsis such as the TNO is more sensitive to vertical misalignment than a test such as the Stereofly that measures local stereopsis.
No beneficial effects of pine bark extract on cardiovascular disease risk factors.

BACKGROUND Although modifiable cardiovascular disease risk factors are common, some patients eschew conventional drug treatments in favor of natural alternatives. Pine bark extract, a dietary supplement source of antioxidant oligomeric proanthocyanidin complexes, has multiple putative cardiovascular benefits. Studies published to date about the supplement have notable methodological limitations. METHODS We randomized 130 individuals with increased cardiovascular disease risk to take 200 mg of a water-based extract of pine bark (n = 64; Toyo-FVG, Toyo Bio-Pharma, Torrance, California; Shinyaku Co, Ltd, Saga, Japan; also marketed as Flavagenol in Japan) or placebo (n = 66) once per day. Blood pressure, our primary outcome, and other cardiovascular disease risk factors were measured at baseline and at 6 and 12 weeks. Statistical analyses were conducted using regression models. RESULTS Baseline characteristics did not differ between the study groups. Over the 12-week intervention, the sum of systolic and diastolic blood pressures decreased by 1.0 mm Hg (95% confidence interval, -4.2 to 2.1 mm Hg) in the pine bark extract-treated group and by 1.9 mm Hg (-5.5 to 1.7 mm Hg) in the placebo group (P = .87). Other outcomes were likewise not significantly different, including body mass index, lipid panel measures, liver transaminase test results, lipoprotein cholesterol particle size, and levels of insulin, lipoprotein(a), fasting glucose, and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein. There were no subgroups for whom intake of pine bark extract affected cardiovascular disease risk factors. CONCLUSIONS This pine bark extract (at a dosage of 200 mg/d) was safe but was not associated with improvement in cardiovascular disease risk factors. Although variations among participants, dosages, and chemical preparations could contribute to different findings compared with past studies, our results are consistent with a general failure of antioxidants to demonstrate cardiovascular benefits. TRIAL REGISTRATION clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT00425945.
Maternal effects and Symbiodinium community composition drive differential patterns in juvenile survival in the coral Acropora tenuis

Coral endosymbionts in the dinoflagellate genus Symbiodinium are known to impact host physiology and have led to the evolution of reef-building, but less is known about how symbiotic communities in early life-history stages and their interactions with host parental identity shape the structure of coral communities on reefs. Differentiating the roles of environmental and biological factors driving variation in population demographic processes, particularly larval settlement, early juvenile survival and the onset of symbiosis is key to understanding how coral communities are structured and to predicting how they are likely to respond to climate change. We show that maternal effects (that here include genetic and/or effects related to the maternal environment) can explain nearly 24% of variation in larval settlement success and 5–17% of variation in juvenile survival in an experimental study of the reef-building scleractinian coral, Acropora tenuis. After 25 days on the reef, Symbiodinium communities associated with juvenile corals differed significantly between high mortality and low mortality families based on estimates of taxonomic richness, composition and relative abundance of taxa. Our results highlight that maternal and familial effects significantly explain variation in juvenile survival and symbiont communities in a broadcast-spawning coral, with Symbiodinium type A3 possibly a critical symbiotic partner during this early life stage.
The nature of bi-ethnic idenity in young adults of Asian and European descent and their perceptions of familial influences on its development

Title of Document: THE NATURE OF BI-ETHNIC IDENITY IN YOUNG ADULTS OF ASIAN AND EUROPEAN DESCENT AND THEIR PERCEPTIONS OF FAMILIAL INFLUENCES ON ITS DEVELOPMENT Amanda Laurel Wagner Hoa, Ph.D., 2009 Directed By: Professor Allan Wigfield, Department of Human Development The purpose of this study was to identify the key constructs of bi-ethnic identity, the key familial influences, and other salient influences on bi-ethnic identity as perceived by young adults of Asian and European descent. The rapidly changing demographics of the United States provide an impetus for research on the developmental processes of biethnic individuals. In this qualitative study, participants were interviewed about their biethnic identities and possible influences on bi-ethnic identity development. Data analysis for this study incorporated techniques from grounded theory (Strauss & Corbin, 1990) and analytic induction (LeCompte & Preissle, 1993). Five bi-ethnic identity types emerged from participants’ responses to interview questions: majority identity, minority identity, dual identity, integrated identity, and unresolved identity. These identity types are a unique contribution to the literature in that they specify how individuals of Asian and European descent define themselves. Additionally, this study identified four facets of bi-ethnic identity that indicate how bi-ethnic individuals think and feel about their background: centrality, self-label, affirmation, and affect. Six categories of influences on bi-ethnic identity development emerged from responses to interview questions (parental, extended family, personal, peer, environmental, discrimination), with 18 subcategories. This study is important because most prior research on bi-ethnic identity has focused on uncovering developmental stages, while we lack understanding of the nature of bi-ethnic identity and influences on its development. This study was important given the dearth of research on bi-ethnic Asians, although future research is needed with other bi-ethnic groups. THE NATURE OF BI-ETHNIC IDENITY IN YOUNG ADULTS OF ASIAN AND EUROPEAN DESCENT AND THEIR PERCEPTIONS OF FAMILIAL INFLUENCES ON ITS DEVELOPMENT
Status of Vesicular-arbuscular (VA) Mycorrhizae in Vegetable Crop Plants of Bangladesh

3 Abstract: An investigation was carried out for fifteen plant species, cultivated widely as vegetable crops in Bangladesh, belonged to six different families to measure their affinity in harbouring symbiotic association with mycorrhizal fungi. Fourteen out of the fifteen species were having developed VA-mycorrhizal colonization in their root tissues with a range of 7% to 98%. All the soil samples tested were slightly acidic and housed VA-mycorrhizal spore with a density range of 37-259 spores per 100g air dried soil. The mycorrhizal spore density in the soil was not found to have any effect on symbiotic colonization in root tissues of studied vegetable crop plants by mycorrhizae. The soil pH was also found to have no correlation with both infections of root tissues by VA-mucorrhizal fungi and spore densities in the soil. Variations in root infections and spore densities were found statistically significant. Plant species had a significant role in root tissue colonization by mycorrhizal fungi.
Effect of Coconut Oil, Coconut Water and Palm Kernel Oil on Some Biochemical Parameters in Albino Rats.

The coconut oil, coconut water and palm kernel oil was administered orally at a dose of 400mg/kg body weight to white albino rats to check for some effect on biochemical parameters. Twenty (20) rats divided into four (4) groups of five (5) rats each. One group was treated with distilled water and feed only serving as control, second group was treated with coconut water only while the third group was treated with coconut oil only and the fourth group was treated with palm kernel oil only. The treatment lasted for 7 days. Effect of the coconut oil, coconut water and palm kernel oil on lipid profile, glucose and protein were analysed, also toxic effect was determined using biochemical enzyme markers.Treatment showed significant (p<0.05) decrease in glucose and protein levels. Treatment with coconut oil, coconut water showed significant (p<0.05) decrease in Triglyceride, Total cholesterol, LDL while it shows significant (p<0.05) increase when treated with palm kernel oil. Also, treatment with coconut oil, coconut water showed significant (p<0.05) increase in HDL while treatment with palm kernel oil showed significant (P<0.05) decrease.Treatment with coconut oil, coconut water and palm kernel oil showed a significant (p<0.05) decrease in enzyme activities except for ALP when treated with palm kernel oil, ALT when treated with coconut oil. Treatment with coconut oil, coconut water and palm kernel oil showed hypoglycaemic properties and also shows no toxic effect on the liver at the concentration employed.
Rater Agreement on Gait Assessment during Neurologic Examination of Horses

Background Reproducible and accurate recognition of presence and severity of ataxia in horses with neurologic disease is important when establishing a diagnosis, assessing response to treatment, and making recommendations that might influence rider safety or a decision for euthanasia. Objectives To determine the reproducibility and validity of the gait assessment component in the neurologic examination of horses. Animals Twenty‐five horses referred to the Royal Veterinary College Equine Referral Hospital for neurological assessment (n = 15), purchased (without a history of gait abnormalities) for an unrelated study (n = 5), or donated because of perceived ataxia (n = 5). Methods Utilizing a prospective study design; a group of board‐certified medicine (n = 2) and surgery (n = 2) clinicians and residents (n = 2) assessed components of the equine neurologic examination (live and video recorded) and assigned individual and overall neurologic gait deficit grades (0–4). Inter‐rater agreement and assessment‐reassessment reliability were quantified using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC). Results The ICCs of the selected components of the neurologic examination ranged from 0 to 0.69. “Backing up” and “recognition of mistakes over obstacle” were the only components with an ICC > 0.6. Assessment‐reassessment agreement was poor to fair. The agreement on gait grading was good overall (ICC = 0.74), but poor for grades ≤ 1 (ICC = 0.08) and fair for ataxia grades ≥ 2 (ICC = 0.43). Clinicians with prior knowledge of a possible gait abnormality were more likely to assign a grade higher than the median grade. Conclusion and Clinical Importance Clinicians should be aware of poor agreement even between skilled observers of equine gait abnormalities, especially when the clinical signs are subtle.
Cigarette smoking, asbestos, and pulmonary fibrosis.

A group of 100 asbestos textile workers was examined by chest roentgenogram and a questionnaire concerning age, sex, smoking habits, and duration of occupational exposure to asbestos. The roentgenograms were examined for evidences of pulmonary fibrosis without knowing the results of the questionnaire. Seventy-five workers were cigarette smokers and 25 were nonsmokers. The prevalence of pulmonary fibrosis was 40 per cent in the smokers and 24 per cent in the nonsmokers. The factors of age, sex, and duration of exposure to asbestos did not account for this difference. The prevalence of pulmonary fibrosis increased with increasing amount and duration of cigarette smoking and with increasing duration of exposure to asbestos.
CoHadoop: Flexible Data Placement and Its Exploitation in Hadoop

Hadoop has become an attractive platform for large-scale data analytics. In this paper, we identify a major performance bottleneck of Hadoop: its lack of ability to colocate related data on the same set of nodes. To overcome this bottleneck, we introduce CoHadoop, a lightweight extension of Hadoop that allows applications to control where data are stored. In contrast to previous approaches, CoHadoop retains the flexibility of Hadoop in that it does not require users to convert their data to a certain format (e.g., a relational database or a specific file format). Instead, applications give hints to CoHadoop that some set of files are related and may be processed jointly; CoHadoop then tries to colocate these files for improved efficiency. Our approach is designed such that the strong fault tolerance properties of Hadoop are retained. Colocation can be used to improve the efficiency of many operations, including indexing, grouping, aggregation, columnar storage, joins, and sessionization. We conducted a detailed study of joins and sessionization in the context of log processing---a common use case for Hadoop---, and propose efficient map-only algorithms that exploit colocated data partitions. In our experiments, we observed that CoHadoop outperforms both plain Hadoop and previous work. In particular, our approach not only performs better than repartition-based algorithms, but also outperforms map-only algorithms that do exploit data partitioning but not colocation. 8.
Attracting Generation Y graduates: Organisational attributes, likelihood to apply and sex differences

Purpose – Building on person‐organisation fit and gender self‐schema, this research aims to examine UK university final year students' perception of the importance of organisational attributes and their presence in three major graduate employers. This study also seeks to explore which organisational attributes attract Generation Y men and women to apply to a management trainee position.Design/methodology/approach – In phase one, 32 repertory grid interviews identify 84 common constructs in undergraduates' organisational choice. A short list of 20 organisational attributes was carried forward to the phase two survey of 862 undergraduates in their final year at 22 UK universities. The respondents rate the attributes in terms of importance and then evaluate three employers in terms of perceived presence of these attributes. The students also provide the likelihood that they would apply. T‐tests, correlation and multiple regression are used to test hypotheses.Findings – Among university students, the five mos.