Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Predicting professional preferences for intuition‐based hiring

Purpose – Many human resource professionals erroneously believe that they can hire the best employees without the assistance of decision aids. The purpose of this study is to examine personal and situational characteristics that may relate to preference for intuition‐based approaches to hiring employees.Design/methodology/approach – A representative sample of 206 managers and directors of human resources management was asked to complete an online questionnaire addressing psychological constructs and career information.Findings – The authors found that the profile of a professional who prefers intuition‐based hiring is one who is an experiential thinker (i.e. tends to make everyday decisions based on feelings), is less experienced, works for a smaller organization, and does not possess advanced professional certification. Hiring context (i.e. selecting hourly versus salaried employees) did not influence preferences for intuition‐based hiring.Research limitations/implications – Elements of the study are cro.
Clinical assessment of pragmatic language impairment: A generalisability study of older people with Alzheimer's disease

Background: The Profile of Pragmatic Impairment in Communication (PPIC) is a clinical rating scale designed for the assessment of multiple facets of pragmatic language impairment in neuropsychiatric disorders. The PPIC has its origin in Grice's analysis of implicature and the Gricean principle of co‐operation and conversational maxims. Aims: We sought to evaluate the psychometric properties of the PPIC and to generate a profile of pragmatic language impairment associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Methods & Procedures: Speech samples were solicited from patients with AD (n = 13) and age‐matched healthy volunteers (n = 13) using several structured/semi‐structured tasks. Three trained raters made blind ratings on the PPIC on two occasions. Other raters evaluated mental status, aphasia, and communicative effectiveness. A generalisability analysis was conducted. Outcomes & Results: Good to excellent generalisability coefficients (0.86–0.94) were observed on most PPIC scales. PPIC ratings were strongly related to mental status and communicative effectiveness but not associated with aphasia. Diagnosis of AD made no substantive contribution to the prediction of PPIC ratings independently of mental status impairment. Conclusions: Results demonstrate evidence of good to excellent reliability, convergent validity, and discriminant validity of most PPIC scales. The observed associations are consistent with the view that pragmatic language impairment in AD is primarily a function of cognitive decline.
THE VERY LARGE ARRAY SURVEY OF THE CHANDRA DEEP FIELD SOUTH. IV. SOURCE POPULATION

We present a detailed analysis of 256 radio sources from our deep (flux density limit of 42 μJy at the field center at 1.4 GHz) Chandra Deep Field South 1.4 and 5 GHz VLA survey. The radio population is studied by using a wealth of multiwavelength information in the radio, optical, and X-ray bands. The availability of redshifts for ∼80% of the sources in our complete sample allows us to derive reliable luminosity estimates for the majority of the objects. X-ray data, including upper limits, for all our sources turn out to be a key factor in establishing the nature of faint radio sources. Due to the faint optical levels probed by this study, we have uncovered a population of distant active galactic nuclei (AGNs) systematically missing from many previous studies of sub-millijansky radio source identifications. We find that, while the well-known flattening of the radio number counts below 1 mJy is mostly due to star-forming galaxies, these sources and AGNs make up an approximately equal fraction of the sub-millijansky sky, contrary to some previous results. The AGNs include radio galaxies, mostly of the low-power, Fanaroff–Riley I type, and a significant radio-quiet component, which amounts to approximately one fifth of the total sample. The ratio of radio-to-optical luminosity depends more on radio luminosity, rather than being due to optical absorption.
A Populist's View of Psychotherapeutic Deprofessionalization

THOMAS ODEN, PhD, has taught at Yale, Southern Methodist University, and Philips University, and is now at the Graduate School of Drew University, Madison, New Jersey. His previous books include Contemporary Theology and Psychotherapy, The Structure of Awareness, Beyond Revolution, The Intensive Group Experience, and Kerygma and Counseling. This article is adapted from a series ot lectures, the John G. Finch Symposium on Psychology and Religion, given at Fuller Graduate School of Psychology, Pasadena, Calitornia, to be pubhshed by Charles C Thomas under the title, &dquo;After Therapy What? The Laicization of Psychotherapy m Religious Perspective. &dquo; Harper and Row is scheduled to pubhsh his critique of transactional analysis, Game-Free, m April 1974.
Radiation Doses to Patients Undergoing Selected Radiographic Examinations in Three Hospitals South-West , Nigeria

Entrance surface doses (ESDs) to adult patients undergoing Chest, Pelvis, Lumbar Spine and Skull were measured in three hospitals in South-West Nigeria. Measurement was based on thermoluminescence dosimetry (TLD) attached to the skin where the photon beams enter the patients. A total of 203 patients were considered in this study. The estimated mean ESDs obtained were as follows: 2.25 ± 0.79 mGy for Chest (PA), 5.63 ± 0.80mGy for Pelvis (AP), 5.39 ± 0.82mGy for Pelvis (LAT), 8.28 ± 2.80 mGy for Lumbar Spine (AP), 6.99 ± 1.82mGy for Lumbar Spine (LAT), 4.14 ± 0.87mGy for Skull (PA/AP) and 3.52 ± 0.55mGy for Skull (LAT). These values were compared with those reported in similar studies carried out in UK, Sudan and by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The mean ESDs were found to be below the IAEA reference values in Pelvis (AP) and Skull (AP/PA) but higher than the reference value in Chest (AP). This suggests that the Radiology Departments in the hospitals investigated need to review their practices in order to bring the doses received by patients to optimum levels.
Teacher–student relationships which promote resilience at school: a micro-level analysis of students’ views

ABSTRACT This paper draws on qualitative data from an Australian longitudinal study begun in 1997 and completed in 2005. It identifies the ordinary, everyday, relational, ‘little things’ that teachers do to nurture and promote their students’ resilience at school. It briefly uses Giddens’ structuration theory to justify the study of micro-level relationships between teachers and students. It uses the voices of students to show how everyday life at school is the source of significant resilience promoting influences. In doing so, this paper demonstrates why local activities and relationships matter – because they have the potential to reinforce traditional school structures and processes, or to transform them to better support student resilience.
The Cultural Power of Law and the Cultural Enactment of Legality: The Case of Same-Sex Marriage

This paper examines the legal consciousness of same-sex couples with respect to marriage. Data from an interview-based study of 71 members of same-sex couples reveal strong consensus on the desirability of having samesex relationships legally recognized, and considerable variation in couples’ attempts to enact marriage culturally through various practices, including the use of marriage-related terminology and public commitment rituals. I argue that some of these efforts to enact marriage culturally should also be read as attempts to enact legality in the absence of official law. The findings from this study challenge the idea that marginalized social actors will tend toward a resistant legal consciousness: Rather than seeking to avoid and evade legality in their everyday lives, most same-sex couples seem to embrace legality for its practical and symbolic resources, even as they stand “against the law” in their opposition to the exclusion of same-sex couples from the institution of legal marriage. Approaching marriage from the perspective of same-sex couples, this research demonstrates that the legal and cultural aspects of marriage are deeply intertwined. Cultural enactments of marriage enact legality even in the absence of official law, and many actors ascribe to law a cultural power that transcends its specific benefits and protections, the power to produce social and cultural equality.
Social Support, Conflict, Major Life Stressors, and Adaptive Coping Strategies in Latino Middle School Students:

Structural equation modeling techniques were used to test a conceptual framework for improved understanding of the relationships involved in adolescent risk and protective factors. Specifically, the model examined the direct and indirect associations, via adaptive coping strategies, that acute life stressors and contextual support and conflict have with psychological adjustment (internalizing and externalizing symptoms) and school competencies (GPA, classroom-conduct scores, and peer ratings of social competence). Participants were 304 inner-city Latino 6th- and 7th-grade middle school students (133 boys, 171 girls). Results found both acute stressors and social conflict to be positively associated with psychological symptomatology and negatively associated with school competencies.In addition, both social support and adaptive coping strategies were negatively associated with symptomatology; social support was positively associated with school competencies. Moreover, support and conflict were associated with psychological symptomatology and school competencies indirectly, mediated by adaptive coping strategies. Adaptive coping strategies were inversely related to school competencies, an unexpected finding. Implications, limitations, and future areas of study are discussed.
Improving MEANT based semantically tuned SMT

We discuss various improvements to our MEANT tuned system, previously presented at IWSLT 2013. In our 2014 system, we incorporate this year’s improved version of MEANT, improved Chinese word segmentation, Chinese named entity recognition and dedicated proper name translation, and number expression handling. This results in a significant performance jump compared to last year’s system. We also ran preliminary experiments on tuning to IMEANT, our new ITG based variant of MEANT. The performance of tuning to IMEANT is comparable to tuning on MEANT (differences are statistically insignificant). We are presently investigating if tuning on IMEANT can produce even better results, since IMEANT was actually shown to correlate with human adequacy judgment more closely than MEANT. Finally, we ran experiments applying our new architectural improvements to a contrastive system tuned to BLEU. We observed a slightly higher jump in comparison to last year, possibly due to mismatches of MEANT’s similarity models to our new entity handling.
Finding Small Sparse Cuts Locally by Random Walk

We study the problem of finding a small sparse cut in an undirected graph. Given an undirected graph G=(V,E) and a parameter k <= |E|, the small sparsest cut problem is to find a subset of vertices S with minimum conductance among all sets with volume at most k. Using ideas developed in local graph partitioning algorithms, we obtain the following bicriteria approximation algorithms for the small sparsest cut problem: - If there is a subset U with conductance \phi and vol(U) 1/k. - If there is a subset U with conductance \phi and vol(U) 2ln(k)/k. These algorithms can be implemented locally using truncated random walk, with running time almost linear to the output size. This provides a local graph partitioning algorithm with a better conductance guarantee when k is sublinear.
Entry and Emergent Agendas of Adults Visiting an Aquarium in Family Groups

ABSTRACT Understanding visitors' agendas is important in providing insights about learning experiences in informal settings, particularly if we consider learning to be both a product (what they learn) and a process (how they learn it). Accordingly, a handful of studies have investigated the impact of visitors' agendas on learning. However, little attention has been directed to investigating the impact of individual and collective agendas on the nature of the visit experience for the adult members of family groups, or the dynamics and evolution of these agendas during and after a visit to an informal setting. This article examines the roles that personal agendas play in shaping and framing the aquarium experiences of the adult members of 13 family groups visiting the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre in Canada. It explores the dynamic and changing character of entry and emergent agendas within the family group context and the factors that constitute and shape such agendas. The roles of these agendas in the overall on-site learning experience of the adult members of the participating family groups, and the longitudinal impact of the aquarium visit are further discussed.
The Cogency of Risk Assessments

Preventive detention schemes rely on assessments of risk carried out by forensic practitioners. Corrective services departments and other organs of the state inevitably present the approaches they adopt and the tools they employ in this endeavour as being “best practice” and “evidence based”. Typically these assessments are conducted according to a bureaucratic template and are based on a selected suite of tests that are heavily biased towards actuarial assessment. The validity of this approach is gravely suspect as is the failure of many forensic professionals to properly identify the diagnostic accuracy/inaccuracy of the tests and methods they rely upon in conducting risk assessments. This article iterates the methodological and evidentiary problems with risk assessment of sexual offenders. It is concluded that common extant approaches lack scientific objectivity and fail to provide the courts with cogent evidence. As a result of these errors in investigatory processes miscarriages of justice are inevitable.
Capacity of Measured MIMO Channels in Dependence of Array Element Spacing and Distance between Antennas

In this paper, we investigate the effect of antenna spacing within the transmitter and receiver arrays as well as the distance between the transmitter and receiver arrays on the capacity of a measured multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channel. During the measurement, the transmitter was mounted on a vehicle moving at a constant speed towards the receiver which was mounted on a bridge. The capacity, as expected, was found to increase with increased antenna element spacing within the transmitter or receiver arrays. However, the resulting capacity curves versus distance were found to fluctuate as the transmitter approached the receiver. Reflections from the street surface are assumed to be the cause of those fluctuations. In order to test this theory, we simulated a simple two-path channel model.
EFFECT OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATOR (NAA) AND AVAILABLE SOIL MOISTURE DEPLETIONS ON YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS OF CHICKPEA

Response of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) to Phytofix - plant growth regulator (GR - naphthalene acetic acid 4.5% a.i.) and four available soil moisture depletion levels i.e. ASMDL1 (50%), ASMDL2 (65%), ASMDL3 (80%) and ASMDL4 (95%) were studied in split plot arrangements. Main plot consisted of plant growth regulator (GR1) with a Control (GR0) whereas available soil moisture depletion levels (ASMDL) were kept in sub-plots. The experiment was laid out at Arid Zone Research Institute Bhakkar during Rabi (winter) of 2004-05 and 2005-06. Chickpea yield and yield components were significantly affected by NAA and ASMDL. Plant growth regulator (Naphthalene acetic acid 4.5% a.i.) applied at 200 ml per hectare in three split doses at 45, 90 and 135 days after sowing (DAS) increased number of pods per plant, seeds per pod, 100 seed weight, biological yield and seed yield by 12.50, 6.98, 9.59, 2.61 and 13.98 %, respectively over control. ASMDL3 (80 % Available soil moisture depletion level) gave the maximum average yield value of 2929.56 kg ha -1 while water use efficiency of 21.56 kg ha -1 mm -1 was recorded in ASMDL4 (90 % Available soil moisture depletion level). Crop growth rate was maximum in GR1 x ASMDL3. It was concluded that plant growth regulator (NAA) with 80 % Available soil moisture depletion level may be better to achieve higher seed yield and yield components in chickpea.
Modes and Impact of Coercive Inpatient Treatment for Drug-Related Conditions in Switzerland

Background: Two forms of institutionalized pressure to treatment can be distinguished in Switzerland: civil commitment and court referral. In court referral, the referred patient has the right to refuse treatment. Objectives: To compare court referrals for inpatient treatment to voluntary therapy. Methods: Comparison of interviews at treatment entry and discharge records. Results: There were few systematic differences at entry except for voluntary subjects having had less contact with the legal system before treatment, independently of the specific court referral. At discharge, voluntary patients had a better social integration and fewer legal problems. Discussion: Legal problems waiting for court referrals at discharge may be a significant handicap for reintegration. Otherwise, voluntary patients and court referrals showed few systematic differences in inpatient treatment.
Sperm cross-over activity in regions of the human genome showing extreme breakdown of marker association

Population diversity data have recently provided profound, albeit inferential, insights into meiotic recombination across the human genome, revealing a landscape dominated by thousands of cross-over hotspots. However, very few of these putative hotspots have been directly analyzed for cross-over activity. We now describe a search for very active hotspots, by using extreme breakdown of marker association as a guide for high-resolution sperm cross-over analysis. This strategy has led to the isolation of the most active cross-over hotspots yet described. Their morphology, sequence attributes, and cross-over processes are very similar to those seen at less active hotspots, but their activity in sperm is poorly predicted from population diversity information. Several of these hotspots showed evidence for biased gene conversion accompanying cross-over, in some cases associated with variation between men in cross-over activity and with two hotspots showing complete presence/absence polymorphism in different men. Hotspot polymorphism is very common at less active hotspots but curiously was not seen at any of the most active hotspots. This contrasts with the prediction that extreme hotspots should be the most vulnerable to attenuation by meiotic drive in favor of mutations that suppress recombination and should therefore show rapid rate evolution and thus variation in activity between men. Finally, these very intense hotspots provide a valuable resource for dissecting meiotic recombination processes and pathways in humans.
Reexamination of the Acid growth theory of auxin action.

Some crucial arguments against the acid growth theory of auxin action (U Kutschera, P Schopfer [1985] Planta 163: 483-493) have been reinvestigated by simultaneous measurements of proton fluxes and growth of maize (Zea mays L.) coleoptiles. Special care was taken to obtain a mild, effective, and reproducible abrasion of the cuticle. Proton secretion rates were determined in a computer-controlled pH-stat. In some experiments, equilibrium pH was measured. Growth rates were determined simultaneously in the same vessel using a transducer-type auxanometer. It was found that (a) the timing of auxin and fusicoccin-induced (FC) proton secretion and growth matches well, (b) the equilibrum external pHs in the presence of IAA and FC are lower than previously recorded and below the so-called ;threshold-pH,' (c) neutral or alkaline unbuffered solutions partially inhibit FC and IAA-induced growth in a similar manner, (d) the action of pH, FC, and IAA on growth are not additive. It is concluded that the acid-growth-theory correctly describes incidents taking place in the early phases of auxin-induced growth.
Purification and Molecular Cloning of and Immunization with Ancylostoma ceylanicum Excretory-Secretory Protein 2, an Immunoreactive Protein Produced by Adult Hookworms

ABSTRACT Hookworms remain major agents of global morbidity, and vaccination against these bloodfeeding parasites may be an attractive complement to conventional control methods. Here we describe the cloning of Ancylostoma ceylanicum excretory-secretory protein 2 (AceES-2), a novel immunoreactive protein produced by adult worms. Native AceES-2 was purified from excretory-secretory (ES) products by reverse-phase high-pressure liquid chromatography, subjected to amino-terminal sequencing, and cloned from adult worm RNA by using reverse transcription-PCR. The translated AceES-2 cDNA predicts that the mature protein consists of 102 amino acids and has a molecular mass of 11.66 kDa. Western immunoblot and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay analyses demonstrated that recombinant AceES-2 (rAceES-2) reacted strongly with antibodies from A. ceylanicum-infected hamsters. Immunization of hamsters with native ES products adsorbed to alum induced antibodies that recognized rAceES-2, while rAceES-2-alum vaccination resulted in antibodies that reacted with a single protein band in ES products that closely approximated the size predicted for the native molecule. Infected hamsters that were passively immunized with hyperimmune rabbit anti-rAceES-2 serum exhibited more rapid and complete recovery from anemia than controls that received normal serum. Oral immunization with rAceES-2 was associated with significantly reduced anemia upon challenge, an outcome similar to the outcome observed in hamsters that were orally vaccinated with soluble hookworm extract (the latter animals were also resistant to weight loss). These data suggest that AceES-2 plays an important role in the host-parasite interaction and that vaccination against this protein may represent a useful strategy for controlling hookworm anemia.
Is the sleep initiating process affected by psychological factors?

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of psychological factors on sleep initiating process. The Y‐G personality test (Y‐G), Lazarus‐type stress coping inventory (SCI), Zung self‐rating depression scale, General health questionnaire, and Sleep health questionnaire were administered to 418 subjects (mean age = 21.13 ± 8.76 years), and the data were analyzed by multiple regression analysis (stepwise variable reduction method). Self‐rating depression scale; Co‐Em, Pla, Sel scale in SCI; C, N, O, Co scale in Y‐G were significantly included in the final model. The results showed that psychological factors, such as depression, emotion‐focused coping behaviour, prudent planning to solve problems, low self‐control, small changes of feeling, nervousness, subjectiveness, and cooperativeness are associated with difficulty initiating sleep.