Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Using Circle Time Books to Increase Participation in the Morning Circle Routine

tine that day, Ms. Becker watched one of her young students pick at a small spot on his shirt over and over while another student sat and giggled; a third child had left the circle altogether and was being rounded up by one of the teaching assistants. Ms. Becker, a special education teacher for young children, thought to herself: We’ve been in school for 8 weeks, and I would have thought the students would be participating more by now. Every day I go through the calendar and the weather, and it is like pulling teeth to get them involved. The student leading the activity seems to really enjoy it, but in the meantime no one else seems to be paying attention. There has to be a better way. What I’m doing now doesn’t seem to be working, and even my teaching assistants are getting discouraged. The students in Ms. Becker’s kindergarten special education class included Jeffrey, Neil, and Victoria. All three had difficulty using language to convey meaning. They showed some ability to maintain focus when given tasks to do with their hands, but displayed minimal attention in teacher-led group activities. Not surprisingly, these were the three that had the most difficulty with the morning circle routine. Even with their learning struggles, Jeffrey, Neil, and Victoria all really enjoyed looking at books and were showing emerging literacy skills. As Ms. Becker began to think about how she might increase participation in the morning circle routine, she thought about how she might incorporate her students’ strengths and preferences into the solution.
Affective team climate

In occupational health research, the demand–control–support (DCS) model has attracted a great deal of attention. Although this model emphasizes the interaction between workers and their work environment, the DCS framework has mainly been tested at the micro-level. The present study shows that combining the DCS model with insights from organizational climate studies offers a fruitful theoretical framework by which to address variation in psychological distress in team workers. Hierarchical logistic regression using data on 1,098 workers from 97 teams in a car factory in Belgium reveals that a positive perception of the affective climate in one’s team lowers levels of psychological distress. In addition, the team’s affective climate, emerging from and reproduced within everyday social interaction between team members, plays a significant role of its own in the well-being of team members. When the affective team climate is positive, all team members benefit in terms of distress levels, even those workers who hold a negative perception of their emotional work environment. Part of the health effects of a positive climate runs through moderating the health-damaging effects of high job demands.
Cysteine 70 of Ankyrin-G Is S-Palmitoylated and Is Required for Function of Ankyrin-G in Membrane Domain Assembly

Background: Ankyrin-G targets to specialized membrane domains in multiple cell types. Results: Ankyrin-G is S-palmitoylated at a conserved cysteine 70 located in the first loop of the ankyrin repeat solenoid. Conclusion: Cysteine 70 is required for function of ankyrin-G in membrane domain assembly. Significance: This finding provides new insights into how the ankyrin proteins exert their functions in formation and maintenance of membrane domains. Ankyrin-G (AnkG) coordinates protein composition of diverse membrane domains, including epithelial lateral membranes and neuronal axon initial segments. However, how AnkG itself localizes to these membrane domains is not understood. We report that AnkG remains on the plasma membrane in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells grown in low calcium, although these cells lack apical-basal polarity and exhibit loss of plasma membrane association of AnkG partners, E-cadherin and β2-spectrin. We subsequently demonstrate using mutagenesis and mass spectrometry that AnkG is S-palmitoylated exclusively at Cys-70, which is located in a loop of the first ankyrin repeat and is conserved in the vertebrate ankyrin family. Moreover, C70A mutation abolishes membrane association of 190-kDa AnkG in MDCK cells grown in low calcium. C70A 190-kDa AnkG fails to restore biogenesis of epithelial lateral membranes in MDCK cells depleted of endogenous AnkG. In addition, C70A 270-kDa AnkG fails to cluster at the axon initial segment of AnkG-depleted cultured hippocampal neurons and fails to recruit neurofascin as well as voltage-gated sodium channels. These effects of C70A mutation combined with evidence for its S-palmitoylation are consistent with a requirement of palmitoylation for targeting and function of AnkG in membrane domain biogenesis at epithelial lateral membranes and neuronal axon initial segments.
Maternal Vitamin Nutrition and Malformations of the Neural Tube

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The Second Chance Project: Creative Approaches to Developing the Talents of At-Risk Native Inmates

This study compared the recidivism rate of two groups of Native Canadian inmates. The experimental group of offenders received intensive pre-release support, including counseling, training in Creative Problem Solving, career awareness sessions (including resume writing, interviewing, and impression management), and on-the-job experience. Inmates in the control group received no such support; at sentences' end, they were simply released into society to fend for themselves. The results indicated that recidivism can be reduced by a meaningful support program. Individuals in the experimental group were much less likely to re-offend than those in the untreated control group.
5-Fluoro pyrimidines: labels to probe DNA and RNA secondary structures by 1D 19F NMR spectroscopy

19F NMR spectroscopy has proved to be a valuable tool to monitor functionally important conformational transitions of nucleic acids. Here, we present a systematic investigation on the application of 5-fluoro pyrimidines to probe DNA and RNA secondary structures. Oligonucleotides with the propensity to adapt secondary structure equilibria were chosen as model systems and analyzed by 1D 19F and 1H NMR spectroscopy. A comparison with the unmodified analogs revealed that the equilibrium characteristics of the bistable DNA and RNA oligonucleotides were hardly affected upon fluorine substitution at C5 of pyrimidines. This observation was in accordance with UV spectroscopic melting experiments which demonstrated that single 5-fluoro substitutions in double helices lead to comparable thermodynamic stabilities. Thus, 5-fluoro pyrimidine labeling of DNA and RNA can be reliably applied for NMR based nucleic acid secondary structure evaluation. Furthermore, we developed a facile synthetic route towards 5-fluoro cytidine phosphoramidites that enables their convenient site-specific incorporation into oligonucleotides by solid-phase synthesis.
Low-dose energetic protons induce adaptive and bystander effects that protect human cells against DNA damage caused by a subsequent exposure to energetic iron ions

During interplanetary missions, astronauts are exposed to mixed types of ionizing radiation. The low ‘flux’ of the high atomic number and high energy (HZE) radiations relative to the higher ‘flux’ of low linear energy transfer (LET) protons makes it highly probable that for any given cell in the body, proton events will precede any HZE event. Whereas progress has been made in our understanding of the biological effects of low-LET protons and high-LET HZE particles, the interplay between the biochemical processes modulated by these radiations is unclear. Here we show that exposure of normal human fibroblasts to a low mean absorbed dose of 20 cGy of 0.05 or 1-GeV protons (LET ∼ 1.25 or 0.2 keV/μm, respectively) protects the irradiated cells (P < 0.0001) against chromosomal damage induced by a subsequent exposure to a mean absorbed dose of 50 cGy from 1 GeV/u iron ions (LET ∼ 151 keV/μm). Surprisingly, unirradiated (i.e. bystander) cells with which the proton-irradiated cells were co-cultured were also significantly protected from the DNA-damaging effects of the challenge dose. The mitigating effect persisted for at least 24 h. These results highlight the interactions of biological effects due to direct cellular traversal by radiation with those due to bystander effects in cell populations exposed to mixed radiation fields. They show that protective adaptive responses can spread from cells targeted by low-LET space radiation to bystander cells in their vicinity. The findings are relevant to understanding the health hazards of space travel.
An Empirical Investigation of Group Treatment for a Clinical Population of Adult Female Incest Survivors

ABSTRACT The purpose of the present study was to empirically assess the effectiveness of a group treatment program on intrapersonal symptomatology and interpersonal difficulties in a clinical population of women with a history of incest. Subjects for the study were drawn from participants in a time-limited group treatment program conducted by a community-based mental health agency. Thirty-two women who participated in the 20-week program were compared to 31 women who were wait-listed for the program for a similar time period on measures of intrapersonal symptomatology and interpersonal difficulties. In addition, the effects of the group treatment program over time were examined by assessment of the treatment group six months following completion of the program. Results indicate that a time-limited group which focuses on the original trauma is effective in reducing intrapersonal symptomatology for women with a history of incest and that this improvement is stable over time. In general, interpersonal diffic.
Power Mobility Driving Training for Seniors: A Pilot Study

This article describes two power mobility training protocols used with seniors and compares posttraining driving performance. Twelve users of power mobility were consecutively recruited from two residential facilities in Toronto, Canada. The aim of training at both sites was to make clients comfortable with and safe at driving power mobility devices. The content of training was similar, but training protocols differed significantly in terms of the number of sessions (means of 3.43 vs. 9.80; p ≤ .05) and the time frame over which the sessions were offered (means of 1.57 vs. 5.10 weeks; p ≤ .01). Participants at the two sites differed significantly in terms of overall driving performance (p ≤ .05), gender (p ≤ .01), and type of device used (p ≤ .05). Overall, driving performance was significantly associated with facility, gender, type of device used, and training duration (p ≤ .05). When these variables were entered into an exploratory hierarchical regression, facility accounted for 64% of the variance in driving performance. When facility was controlled for, the correlations between device and duration of training with driving performance were no longer significant. The determinants of driving performance are difficult to clearly specify as the variable facility encompasses gender as well as all other differences between the two training protocols. Nevertheless, these data provide direction for future research in this area.
Recent Evidence on the Relationship between Unemployment and Wage Growth

The current expansion has delivered the lowest unemployment rates in decades, yet nominal wage growth has remained relatively contained. This suggests to some a shift in the historical relationship between unemployment and wage growth. We look across the states for more timely evidence of a change in this relationship. We find some evidence that the elasticity of real wage growth with respect to unemployment has fallen recently, a result that is not due to a compositional shift toward college-educated workers. However, evidence of a weakened relationship is itself weak, depending on inherently arbitrary decisions about when a shift may have occurred. In addition, we find that levels of real wage growth associated with high, medium, and low unemployment have remained relatively constant.
Evanescently-Coupled Dual-Depletion-Region Traveling-Wave Electroabsorption Modulator with High-Speed and Low-Driving-Voltage Performance

By incorporating dual-depletion-region electroabsorption modulator with an evanescently-coupled waveguide, the demonstrated device can achieve low electrical return-loss (<-22dB), wide electrical 3-dB transmission-loss bandwidth (~70 GHz), wide electrical-to-optical bandwidth (>45 GHz), and low-driving-voltage (V20dB, 1.65 V) with small polarization-dependency.
A PCR Detection Method for Rapid Identification of Paenibacillus larvae

ABSTRACT American foulbrood is a disease of larval honeybees (Apis mellifera) caused by the bacterium Paenibacillus larvae. Over the years attempts have been made to develop a selective medium for the detection of P. larvae spores from honey samples. The most successful of these is a semiselective medium containing nalidixic acid and pipermedic acid. Although this medium allows the growth of P. larvae and prevents the growth of most other bacterial species, the false-positive colonies that grow on it prevent the rapid confirmation of the presence ofP. larvae. Here we describe a PCR detection method which can be used on the colonies that grow on this semiselective medium and thereby allows the rapid confirmation of the presence ofP. larvae. The PCR primers were designed on the basis of the 16S rRNA gene of P. larvae and selectively amplify a 973-bp amplicon. The PCR amplicon was confirmed as originating from P. larvae by sequencing in both directions. Detection was specific for P. larvae, and the primers did not hybridize with DNA from closely related bacterial species.
”Let´s Party!”: Harry Potter fan fiction sites as social settings for narrative gender constructions

Online communication is often presented in research as offering ways for young people to explore various forms of masculinity and femininity, which, in turn, could extend the notions of gendered identity. This paper explores how a Harry Potter fan fiction website can function as an online setting for gender identity construction among young fans. A positioning analysis of a small story told in an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) shows that although traditional gendered subject positions are explored and troubled in the story and its telling, heteronormativity prevails through the interpretative repertoires made available by the textual universe of Harry Potter. On the other hand, the positioning analysis of the small story activates an understanding of the interplay between the relational order among story characters and among the storytellers that can be seen as opening up a space between what is the told and the telling that allows the fans to experiment with aspects of gender identities that are related to power and control within an interpretative repertoire of heteronormativity.
Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management: Whence and Whither?

Draws together theorizing in learning, organization and management studies in order to consider the nature of the problems by which the practice of knowledge management is animated. Though in places propositional, the points being made remain deliberately suggestive insofar as they invoke a wide-ranging past to consider what might be probable futures. The conclusion invokes a return to the past, in suggesting that the potential for knowledge management lies with its returning to a time when theorizing was grounded in what we now choose to ignore, namely managers' experiences and practices as they use their imagination in wealth-creating activity.
High-performance Si1−xGex channel on insulator trigate PFETs featuring an implant-free process and aggressively-scaled fin and gate dimensions

We demonstrate for the first time, Si<sub>1-x</sub>Ge<sub>x</sub> channel trigate PFETs on insulator with aggressively scaled fin width W<sub>FIN</sub>, gate length L<sub>G</sub>, and high-K/metal-gate stack (inversion oxide thickness T<sub>INV</sub> = 1.5 nm) using an implant-free raised source/drain (RSD) process. We report excellent electrostatic control down to L<sub>G</sub> = 18 nm for W<sub>FIN</sub> ≤ 18 nm. Using an optimized RSD process, we achieved high-performance SiGe-channel PFETs with oncurrent I<sub>ON</sub> = 1.1 mA/μm at off-current I<sub>OFF</sub> = 100 nA/μm and supply voltage V<sub>DD</sub> = 1 V, which is attributed to high hole source injection velocity v<sub>x0</sub> exceeding 1 × 10<sup>7</sup> cm/s.
Functional Correlations of Tympanic Membrane Perforation Size

Objective The correlation between tympanic membrane perforations and hearing loss was studied. Study Design Prospective data from 220 patients, who underwent primary surgery for simple chronic otitis media with a perforated eardrum, were analyzed. Setting Tertiary referral center. Patients One hundred fifty-one patients with 155 eardrum perforations, which were checked for correct diagnosis, normal middle-ear status, and integrity of the ossicular chain, were included. Interventions All patients underwent primary myringoplasty. Main Outcome Measures Preoperative conductive hearing loss due to eardrum perforations. Results Hearing loss shows a linear relationship with increasing eardrum perforation size. Umbo involvement shows a worsening of the hearing by 5 to 6 dB (p < 0.0001). The least impact of a perforation is seen at the resonance frequency of 2 kHz. Above and below 2 kHz, an "inverted V shape" of the air-bone gap is a consistent finding. If the air-bone gap exceeds the "inverted V-shape" pattern, additional pathology behind the eardrum must be assumed and addressed. Conclusion We propose using standardized photographs or drawings to document preoperative perforation sizes. A linear relationship between the size of a perforation and the conductive hearing loss does exist. Umbo involvement at the perforation margin may worsen the hearing by 5 to 6 dB, whereas the position of the perforation itself does not play a role. The least impact of a perforation is seen at the resonance frequency of 2 kHz. An “inverted V-shape” pattern, above and below 2 kHz, of the air-bone gap is a consistent finding. If the air-bone gap exceeds this pattern, additional pathology behind the eardrum perforation must be assumed and addressed.
Statistical-Based WCET Estimation and Validation

In this paper we present a measurement-based approach that produces both a WCET (Worst Case Execution Time) estimate, and a prediction of the probability that a future execution time will exceed our estimate. Our statistical-based approach uses extreme value theory to build a model of the tail behavior of the measured execution time value. We validate our approach using an industrial data set comprised of over 150 sampled components and nearly 200 million sample execution times. Each trace is divided into two segments, with one used to make the WCET estimate, and the second used check our prediction of the fraction of future execution time samples that exceed our WCET estimate. We show that compared to WCET estimates derived from the worst-case observed time, our WCET estimates significantly improve the ability to predict the probability that our WCET estimate is exceeded.
Molecular Characterization of Isoniazid-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clinical Isolates in Lithuania

ABSTRACT Mutations at codon 315 of the katG gene were detected in 312 of 364 (85.7%) isoniazid-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates. Seven of 52 (13.5%) isoniazid-resistant isolates with the wild-type Ser315 codon and 10 of 52 (19.2%) isoniazid-resistant isolates with a mutated katG allele had mutation −15C→T in the promoter of the mabA-inhA operon.
The Spanish Version of the Social Competence and Behavior Evaluation (SCBE)-Preschool Edition: Translation and Field Testing

This article describes the Spanish translation process and field testing of the Social Competence and Behavior Evaluation (SCBE)-Preschool Edition. This teacher-completed standardized instrument, available in French and English, assesses patterns of social competence, affective expression, and adjustment difficulties in children between the ages of2 years, 6 months and 6 years, 6 months. An initial study of225 children compared results of evaluations of the same children with the Spanish and English versions of the instrument. The results yielded psychometric data showing that the Spanish version has satisfactory internal consistency and test-retest reliability and detects comparable gender differences in adaptation similar to the French and English versions. A generalization study of 414 children recruited in Spain and the United States confirmed the robustness of the instrument and demonstrated that its factor structure corresponds closely to that of the other versions.
Second language anxiety among Latino American immigrants in Australia

ABSTRACT Research into second language anxiety (SLA) has largely focused on second language learners rather than immigrants. However, living in an environment where the target language (TL) is the language of everyday communication may constitute a significant source of anxiety that generalises beyond the language classroom [Pappamihiel, N. E. 2001. “Moving from the ESL Classroom into the Mainstream: An Investigation of English Language Anxiety in Mexican Girls. ” Bilingual Research Journal 25: 31–39. doi:10.1080/15235882.2001. 10162783; Rose, Glenda. 2008. “Language Acculturation Anxiety in Spanish Apeaking Adult Immigrants Learning English in the United States. ” PhD diss. , University of Texas. Available from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database (UMI No. 3315370); Woodrow, L. 2006. “Anxiety and Speaking English as a Second Language. ” RELC Journal 37: 308–328. doi:10.1177/0033688206071315]. This study explored SLA across different social contexts in a sample of 190 adult immigrants from Latin America to Australia who spoke Spanish as their first language (L1) and English as their second language (L2). The aims were to (a) investigate the presence and severity of SLA among L2 long-term immigrants, and (b) examine sources of individual differences in SLA. Results indicated that SLA exists among L2 immigrants at moderate, high and very high levels, and that levels of anxiety vary significantly across social contexts. Self-perceived L2 proficiency was found to be the strongest predictor of SLA followed by extroversion and age, with higher scores on all three variables associated with lower SLA. Gender, education level, duration of residency in Australia, and emotional stability did not predict SLA in any of the contexts. These findings suggest that SLA is a significant problem for adult immigrants, permeating most aspects of their everyday lives. Practical implications and recommendations for future research are discussed.