Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Role of Notational Analysis in Soccer Coaching

Notational analysis is a technique for producing a permanent record of the events pertaining to a sporting event and is widely used by sports teams and individuals of various standards. This paper discusses how notational analysis can influence the coaching process, giving examples predominantly taken from published literature related to soccer. The conclusions derived from these works are critically appraised and alternative views given. Current issues that are relevant to both researchers and coaches, such as operational definitions and performance over time, are discussed using data collected via collaboration with a professional soccer team. Results are presented in a number of coach-friendly ways including a novel use of a ‘form chart’ using standardised values for performance indicators relative to the opposition's values. Finally, possible future directions in notational analysis research are briefly considered, including fuzzy logic and artificial neural networks.
Use of Epstein-Barr virus-transformed B cell lines for the generation of immunoglobulin-producing human B cell hybridomas

HGPRTase-deficient EBV-transformed B cell lines were shown to be effective fusion partners with mitogen-activated human B cells for the construction of Ig-producing human B cell hybridomas. In a series of experiments using these lines and B cells from several tissue sources, approximatley 20% of the cultures plated were consistently positive for growth after hypoxanthine-aminopterin-thymidine selection and approximatley 30% of these synthesized significant new Ig. A marked increase in Ig secretion was observed after hybridization, which was due to new Ig; Ig from the parental lime was shown to disappear in several instances. Special analyses were carried out on a human hybridoma secreting antibody specific for tetanus toxoid and tetanus toxin and stable subclones were derived. These studies suggest that EBV- transformed lines will prove useful in human hybridization studies, thus making a large library of B cell lines available for the generation of human monoclonal antibodies.
Instrumental Actualization: A Theory of Mediated Conflicts

Mediated conflicts are controversies between at least two parties who exchange information and arguments indirectly by the mass media. The discourse in mediated conflicts is influenced by its public character. By forwarding information and arguments to the media, conflict parties attempt to gain support from their constituencies and persuade their opponents. This raises the question of the role the media plays in selecting news about such conflicts. Events which support the position of either one of the protagonists in a conflict are called instrumental. The publication of information on these events is called instrumental actualization. It may be regarded as one of the major goals of the conflicting parties and one important activity of journalists. The relevance of instrumental actualization in news selection is analysed with a survey of 213 print and broadcast journalists, and a content analysis of their news reporting about the dispute concerning the 35-hour working week. The results indicate that instrumental actualization plays a significant role in mediated conflicts.
Gender and personality differences in coping in sport

[Introduction]: Inability to cope with stress in sport has been associated with sport withdrawal (Klint & Weis, 1986; Smith, 1986), decreased performance (Lazarus, 2000), and athletes not being able to pursue careers in professional sport (Holt & Dunn, 2004). It is therefore crucial to both researchers and practitioners working with athletes to have a greater understanding of coping in sport in order to design effective interventions and to make sport a more satisfying experience (Nicholls & Polman, 2007a). Since the 1990s there has been an increase in published studies in coping in sport. However, the understanding of factors which might influence coping in sport is still unclear and under researched. For example, gender appears to be a moderator variable influencing the stress and coping process. Nevertheless the relationship between gender and coping in sport appears to be equivocal. Some studies have reported gender differences in coping preferences (e.g., Hammermeister & Burton, 2004; Nicholls, Polman, Levy, Taylor, & Cobley, 2007) whereas other studies did not find differences between male and female athletes in coping preferences (e.g., Bebetsos & Antoniou, 2003; Kowalski, Crocker, Hoar & Niefer, 2005). Also, as suggested by the mainstream psychology literature, personality has been considered to be a moderator factor that could influence each aspect of the stress-coping process. However, little is known about this relationship between personality and coping in sport. This is true for the basic dimensions of personality (The Big Five) and the sport specific personality trait mental toughness. An understanding about male and female coping preferences is essential from both an applied and theoretical perspective. For example, it would allow practitioners to develop gender specific programmes for males and females to cope more effectively with stress. Also, further knowledge into the relationship between personality and coping is required, in order to design effective intervention programmes that fit individual needs.
The Psychological Need Satisfaction in Exercise Scale

The purpose of this study was to provide initial construct validity evidence for scores derived from the Psychological Need Satisfaction in Exercise (PNSE) scale, a multidimensional instrument designed to measure perceived psychological need satisfaction in line with Deci and Ryan's (1985, 2002) self-determination theory (SDT). Participants in two studies (n1 = 426; n2 = 581) completed the PNSE along with proxy measures of need satisfaction. The results of an exploratory factor analysis in Study 1 supported the retention of a 3-factor measurement model underpinning PNSE responses. Confirmatory factor analysis conducted in Study 2 corroborated the tenability of the 3-factor measurement model in males and females and indicated partial support for invariance of PNSE scores across gender. Additionally, the scores on both the PNSE-Competence and PNSE-Relatedness subscales displayed a pattern of convergence with proxy measures. High internal consistency estimates (Cronbach alpha > 0.90) were observed for all PNSE subscale scores, and participants in both studies reported high levels of need satisfaction in exercise contexts. Overall, the findings suggest that the PNSE displays a number of psychometric characteristics that render the instrument useful for examining psychological need satisfaction in exercise contexts.
Between Ideas, Institutions and Interests: Analysing Third Way Welfare Reform Programmes in Germany and the United Kingdom

Abstract This article examines the policy detail of welfare state reform agendas in two countries in which self-proclaimed ‘Third Way’ governments have been in power – Germany and the United Kingdom – in order to explore the competing influences on social policy of an ostensibly common set of ideas and contrasting institutionalised policy legacies. In so doing, it assesses the analytic utility of Bevir and Rhodes’ ideationally rooted interpretive approach against institutionally rooted claims of path dependency. It concludes that while the interpretive approach rightly stresses the need for a stronger focus on ideas as an explanation for policy change, the detail of actual Third Way policy reforms can only be understood from within the two nations’ institutionalised policy legacies. In addition, it argues that policy networks have had a considerable influence on reform trajectories too. The article advocates a closer synthesis of perspectives centred around ideas, interests and institutions in order to further our understanding of processes of policy change.
Vector channel modeling and prediction for downlink beamforming in frequency-division duplex systems

Researchers have studied the behavior of the vector channel in order to study the quality of beamforming methods and to increase downlink signal power and signal-to-interference ratio. Jeng (see IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol.46, p.749-57, 1998) showed that knowledge beyond simply directions of arrival of the vector channel at one frequency may not be useful at another. We propose that if the ratio between two frequencies, f/sub 1/ and f/sub 2/, is close to one, then the autoregressive (AR) coefficients which model the behavior of the vector channel at f/sub 1/ are essentially the same AR coefficients as those which model the vector channel at f/sub 2/. This implies that accurate predictions of the vector channel at f/sub 2/ can be performed knowing only the channel at f/sub 1/, as well as enough knowledge of the channel at f/sub 2/ in order to provide initial conditions. Ray-tracing simulations of downtown Austin, TX, show that this hypothesis holds for f/sub 1/ = 1.85 GHz and f/sub 2/ = 1.93 GHz, which correspond to uplink and downlink frequencies, respectively, in US personal communications systems.
Drawing New Maps: A Radical Cartography of Developmental Disabilities

Developmental disability is explored using a post-disciplinary approach through social construction and cultural cartography metaphors. It is drawn on social maps as a cultural territory created by the totalizing, mystifying science of positivism. People described as "having" developmental disabilities inhabit landscapes that are pathologized and marginalized, surrounded by impermeable label borders created by processes of quantification and numbering. Although seen as necessary by some in order to obtain adequate services for their survival in schools and other institutions of modernist society, these borders do not benefit those they contain. Instead, cartographies created by special education and other human service practices become reified, commodified, and objectified, providing a rationale for continued de-humanization and oppression. Alternative metaphors to labeling and other educational practices are suggested as new ways of drawing cultural maps. Policy implications for those educational and research sites seeking to change professionalized discourse to include labeled, otherized persons are discussed.
Application of Stress and Coping Models to Runaway Youths

Runaway youths are at high risk of developing stress, and it is critical to improve our conceptualization of the relationships between stress and coping for them. Thus, this paper compares two theoretical models of stress and coping: (a) the Resiliency Model (RM) of Family Stress, Adjustment, and Adaptation; and (b) the Lazarus and Folkman's Stress, Appraisal, and Coping Model (SACM). Stress and coping among runaway youths are explained through the application of these two theoretical models. The RM explains stress and coping among “throwaway” youths and at-risk youths living with their families. The SACM is better suited for explaining runaway youths who are currently living in shelters or on the streets, as well as “systems” or “independent” youths. This theoretical framework can be utilized in planning and developing crisis assessment and interventions for runaway youths experiencing high levels of stress.
Emotion: An Absent Presence in Career Theory

Abstract This article couples a review of some of the recent UK literature on careers and career interventions with arguments for greater attention to be given to the role of emotion in career development. In the United Kingdom, changes in the employment context have led career theory to become more concerned with understanding adult work-role transitions, and somewhat less emphasis is now given to initial occupational entry. Accordingly, the aims of career interventions have been extended to promote “career management” skills as well as career decision-making skills. It is argued that ideas from the literature on emotion can be employed to elaborate current notions of career management to take more account of the feelings and emotions underlying career transitions. In particular, examining sequences of cognition, affect, and behavior seems to be a promising way forward in further understanding changes to individuals' psychological contracts with their employing organizations. The literature on emotion generally and on emotional labor also has potential in understanding the dynamics of career counseling and in developing narrative approaches to counseling. An examination of the provision of career interventions in organizations shows how attending to the emotional dimensions of practice highlights some of the challenging political issues inherent in this context.
Stereotactic body radiation therapy for non-spine bone metastases--a review of the literature.

BACKGROUND Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) has the ability to deliver significantly higher biologically equivalent doses (BED) compared to conventional radiation treatment. The main goal of SBRT is to improve local tumor control while reducing pain. The side effects however may be greater than those of conventional treatment. METHODS A review of the literature was conducted and articles pertaining to studies of SBRT in non-spine bone metastases were included. Data on outcomes and toxicities were collected in addition to inclusion and exclusion criteria for each study. RESULTS A total of 14 studies were included in this review. Very rarely were grade 3 and 4 toxicities reported. Endpoints for the studies varied significantly, which made conclusions of overall local control and progression free survival near impossible. In studies that reported local control rates, these rates were all greater than 85%. Progression free survival varied significantly between studies. CONCLUSIONS Due to the lack of consistency in endpoint definitions, it is difficult to compare outcomes across trials. There is a need for consensus in endpoint definitions.
Faculty Rank System, Research Motivation, and Faculty Research Productivity: Measure Refinement and Theory Testing

A system of faculty ranks serves as a hierarchical structure for faculty members to pass through during their careers. Each step represents a promotion that typically results in an upgrade of status and salary. In general, faculty performances on institutional criteria determine a faculty member's rank. Educational attainment, seniority, teaching, and service are some of the criteria. However, studies show that faculty research productivity is the major criterion for promotion in universities granting Ph.D. degrees [24, 27, 33, 36]. 1 Some believe that the possibility of promotion has a motivating effect on faculty research behavior. For instance, because of his worry about the aging effect on reducing the overall research productivity of American faculty, Tuckman [36] has suggested changing the academic reward structure by increasing the numbers of ranks that faculty can attain. In Ruscio's [32] interview study a faculty respondent commented about research publications: "Half to three quarters of what I read, if I asked myself why was this written, the answer normally is 'promotion'. " Recently, in order to help faculty apply for more research grants and gain recognition from countries in Asia, the Pacific, and Europe, the University of Hawaii community colleges changed their only rank title of instructor to a system of faculty ranks like those of four-year institutions [31]. Even outside the United States, the Executive Yuan in Taiwan submitted a plan to the legislature to change their present rank
Emerging adults in America: coming of age in the 21st century

by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett and Jennifer Lynn Tanner (Eds.) Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2006. 341 pp. ISBN 1-59147-329-2. $79.95Reviewed by Judith L. Gibbons Brien K. Ashdown What do laboratory rats, men, and college students have in common? They have often been studied by psychologists as representatives of a larger group, such as nonhuman animals or people in general. More recently, psychologists have turned to studying the species-typical behavior of rats and the roles and behavior of men and boys with respect to their masculine gender. Likewise, college students have served psychologists as representatives of humanity in studies of cognition and social and emotional behavior, but they have been studied infrequently as occupying a distinct developmental period. With some notable exceptions (e.g., Perry, 1970/1999), studies of the development of college-age persons in their own right were scarce until 2000, when Jeffrey Jensen Arnett (2000) proposed a new developmental period. Arnett posited that in modern industrial societies there is a distinct interim between adolescence and adulthood (roughly ages 18 through 25). The term he coined for this period was
Imitation, Theory of Mind and Related Activities in Autism

Systematic naturalist observations of imitation, theory of mind and other related activities (play and social contact) were conducted for five groups of subjects. The groups comprised children with autism, adults with autism, children with mixed learning disabilities, and normally developing 3- to 4-year-olds and 5- to 6-year-olds. Very little imitation was observed in any group other than the 3- to 4-year- old normal children, making it difficult to draw any conclusion about the specificity and universality of a deficit in spontaneous imitation. However, autistic subjects showed less interaction with peers, more manipulative activity, less symbolic play and less evidence of understanding mental states. The quality of these behaviours, when they did occur, also differed between groups. Comparisons across school and play situations indicated no major situational differences. The implications of the results are discussed with regard to Rogers and Pennington’s intersubjectivity theory of autism.
Sex-specific foraging strategies and resource partitioning in the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina)

The evolution of resource specializations is poorly understood, especially in marine systems. The southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) is the largest of the phocid seals, sexually dimorphic, and thought to prey predominantly on fish and squid. We collected vibrissae from male and female southern elephant seals, and assessed stable C and N isotope ratios along the length of the vibrissae. Given that whiskers grow slowly, this sampling strategy reflects any variation in feeding behaviour over a period of time. We found that isotopic variation among females was relatively small, and that the apparent prey choice and trophic level of females was different from that for males. Further, males showed a very broad range of trophic/prey choice positions, grouped into several clusters, and this included isotopic values too low to match a broad range of potential fish and cephalopod prey tested. One of these clusters overlapped with data for South American sea lions (Otaria flavescens), which were measured for comparison. Both male southern elephant seals and southern sea lions forage over the continental shelf, providing the potential for competition. We discuss the possibility that individual southern elephant seals are pursuing specialist foraging strategies to avoid competition, both with one another, and with the South American sea lions that breed nearby.
Co-constructing Student Involvement: An Examination of Teacher Confirmation and Student-to-Student Connectedness in the College Classroom

In order for students to succeed academically instructors must foster a supportive and connected learning environment. Importantly, not only do instructors need to connect with students, they also need to allow students the opportunity to connect with one another. Following that framework, aligned with the Dimensions of Learning model, we examined teacher confirmation behaviors and student-to-student connectedness as predictors of students' willingness to talk in class and preparedness for class (e.g., reading assigned chapters). Results found student-to-student connectedness mediated the relationships between teacher confirmation behaviors and in-class student involvement. Thus, this co-constructed, positive classroom climate nurtures student involvement. Student-to-student connectedness also served as a stronger predictor of student involvement than class size. Regardless of class size, student-to-student connectedness is an important classroom resource that instructors need to tap into as they try to engage their students.
The WHO quality of life assessment instrument (WHOQOL-100) - Investigating its discriminant ability for psychiatric outpatients

This study scrutinizes the ability of the WHO quality of life assessment instrument (WHOQOL-100) to discriminate (1) between psychiatric outpatients and the general population, and (2) between subgroups of psychiatric outpatients. A sample of Dutch adult psychiatric outpatients (N = 410) completed the WHOQOL-100. In addition, DSM-IV Axis-I and Axis-II diagnoses were obtained. Compared with the general population, psychiatric outpatients scored significantly lower on all aspects of self-reported quality of life (QOL). Within the group of outpatients, participants with DSM-IV diagnoses had lower scores than those without. Participants with diagnoses on both Axis-I and Axis-II of DSM-IV (comorbidity) had the lowest self-reported QOL. It is concluded that in psychiatric outpatients, outcome scores of self-reported QOL were negatively related to presence and degree of psychopathology. The WHOQOL-100 has good discriminant ability for psychiatric outpatients.
Hubble Space Telescope Identification of the Optical Counterparts of Ultraluminous X-Ray Sources in M51

We present the results of a search for optical identifications of ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) in M51 by using mosaic images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope(HST) Advanced Camera for Surveys (ASC) in filters F435W (B), F555W (V), F814W (I), and F658N (Hα). Our sample, consisting of nine ULXs, is defined by analyzing the three Chandra observations of M51 performed in 2000 June, 2001 June, and 2003 August. We found that four ULXs have one or two candidates for counterparts, while two have multiple stars within their error circles. The other three have no candidate counterparts. Four ULXs are located near or in a star cluster, while others have no association with a cluster. These results indicate that the companion stars, environments, and origins of ULXs are probably heterogeneous.