Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Learning and Attitudes towards the Knowledge of the Young Producers of Visual Culture.

Abstract This study strives to investigate the practices of youths as producers of visual culture that occur out of school. We attempted to determine how and where young people acquire the knowledge that they apply to their productions and identify their attitudes and interactions in relation to the learning processes. Consequently, we observed that the use of digital technologies and P2P learning dynamics, encouraged by the widespread use of the Internet, are central to the growing proliferation of creative practices engaged in by youth. All this occurs in a space of affinities, in which creation becomes indistinguishable from the learning and the socialisation. This is very different from what school can currently offer these students. Keywords: visual culture production, youth studies, learning relationships ----- Bibliography: Aguirre, Imanol: Learning and Attitudes Towards the Knowledge, IJREE, Vol. 3, Issue 2-2015, pp. 36-49. http://dx.doi. org/10.3224/ijree.v3i2. 20888
PAC-learnability of determinate logic programs

The field of Inductive Logic Programming (ILP) is concerned with inducing logic programs from examples in the presence of background knowledge. This paper defines the ILP problem, and describes the various syntactic restrictions that are commonly used for learning first-order representations. We then derive some positive results concerning the learnability of these restricted classes of logic programs, by reduction to a standard propositional learning problem. More specifically, k-clause predicate definitions consisting of determinate, function-free, non-recursve Horn clauses with variables of bounded depth are polynomially learnable under simple distributions. Similarly, recursive k-clause definitions are polynomially learnable under simple distributions if we allow existential and membership queries about the target concept.
Prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among physical therapists.

BACKGROUND Health professions like dentistry, nursing and physical therapy have been reported at high risk for developing work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Results of studies conducted in these occupational groups may help formulate prevention strategies. However, no such data among physical therapists has been reported in India. MATERIAL AND METHODS We conducted an online survey among 100 physiotherapists in Delhi. RESULTS The response rate was 75%. The prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders is found to be high since 92% of them reported to feel some pain after joining physical therapy which affects daily activities and even sometimes forces them to change their work. Physical therapists specialty, gender, furniture used in clinic and duration of patient contact are found to be related to the pain development (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS We need to emphasize the role of ergonomics and techniques of patient handling in development of work-related pain symptoms.
La diferenciación en acción: el Modelo de Currículo Integrado

espanolEste articulo presenta una vision general del Modelo Integrado del Curriculum (ICM) y demuestra su aplicacion al curriculum diferenciado en cada una de las materias principales. El articulo tambien subraya el contexto teorico y las evidencias de investigacion relativas a la efectividad del modelo con estudiantes de altas capacidades y otras poblaciones especiales de estudiantes en Ciencias, Lenguaje y Sociales. El ICM demuestra la potencia de la utilizacion de una aproximacion basada en un diseno claro ligado a estandares de cada materia, junto con fuertes elementos de diferenciacion para los mas capaces, como una formula para un curriculo de exito. Todas las variables incluidas en el ICM estan descritas como consideraciones criticas orientadas a satisfacer las necesidades de los estudiantes con altas capacidades en cada area del aprendizaje y en cada nivel de desarrollo. La implementacion del modelo tambien se explora en relacion a quien se beneficia en mayor medida de las unidades de estudio organizadas en torno al ICM y los tipos de evaluacion utilizados. EnglishThis article presents an overview of the Integrated Curriculum Model and demonstrates its application to differentiated curriculum in each of the core subject areas. The article also highlights the theoretical backdrop and the research evidence of effectiveness of the model with gifted learners and other special populations of learners in the subject areas of science, language arts, and social studies. The ICM demonstrates the power of using a clear design approach, linked to subject-based standards, coupled with strong elements of differentiation for the gifted, as a formula for successful curriculum. All of the variables that comprise the ICM are described as critical considerations in meeting the needs of gifted learners in each area of learning and at each developmental level. Implementation of the model is also explored in respect to who benefits the most from units of study organized around the ICM and the types of assessment employed.
The Art of Positive Emotions: Expressing Positive Emotions Within the Intersubjective Art Making Process (L'art des émotions positives : exprimer des émotions positives à travers le processus artistique intersubjectif)

ABSTRACT Emotional expression through art creation is an understudied yet key concept that undergirds the foundation of the profession of art therapy. The purpose of this arts-based research study is to explore the dynamics of expressing positive emotions, within the intersubjective art-making process. The research design is arts-based research, as art making was the primary means of inquiry, employed to enlarge perception and knowledge about the expression of positive emotions through art-making processes. Results include visual art, poetry, qualitative themes, and an art-based emergent theoretical model. The analysis of the data resulted in artistic works and qualitative themes. Based upon the findings, the emergence of emotions within the intersubjective context was conceptualized as an iterative process beginning with metaphors of life and nature, the development of trust, revelations of emotion, empathic responses, reflexivity and joint art making creating and causing destabilization, deconstruction, reconstruction, and reimagining of perceptions and meanings.
EFEKTIVITAS PROGRAM PEMBERDAYAAN USAHA GARAM RAKYAT (PUGAR) TAHUN 2014 TERHADAP TINGKAT KEBERDAYAAN PETANI GARAM RAKYAT DI KECAMATAN KALIORI

Upaya peningkatan kapasitas pelaku usaha garam rakyat yang ada di Kecamatan Kaliori, Kabupaten Rembang didukung dengan adanya program pemberdayaan masyarakat yaitu Program Pemberdayaan Usaha Garam Rakyat (PUGAR). Prinsip program ini adalah masyarakat yang merencanakan kegiatan untuk mengoptimalkan hasil dengan menggunakan sumberdaya wilayah. Pelaksanaan Program PUGAR 2014 telah dievaluasi. Hasil dari evaluasi yang dilakukan oleh Dinas Kelautan dan Perikanan Kabupaten Rembang lebih menekankan pada hasil produksi, dan kurang memperhatikan hasil dari proses pemberdayaan terhadap petani garam rakyat.Berdasarkan hal tersebut, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui efektivitas program PUGAR 2014 terhadap tingkat keberdayaan petani garam rakyat di Kecamatan Kaliori. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah petani garam rakyat di Kecamatan Kaliori yang menerima program PUGAR 2014 . Pengambilan sampel menggunakan probability sampling dengan teknikcluster random sampling. Teknik analisis yang digunakan adalah analisis deskriptif, skoring, pembobotan, dan korelasi. Penentuan tingkat efektivitas program dan tingkat keberdayaan petani garam menggunakan skala likert. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pelaksanaan program PUGAR tahun 2014 di Kecamatan Kaliori dinilai cukup berhasil oleh petani garam rakyat , sedangkan keberdayaan petani garam rakyat penerima program tersebut dinilai berdaya. Selanjutnya, hasil analisis korelasi menunjukkan adanya korelasi positif antara efektivitas dengan tingkat keberdayaan atau mempunyai hubungan searah, namun cenderung rendah. Melihat hasil tersebut , maka diusulkan agar sebelum melanjutkan program PUGAR dengan sistem yang baru ,pemerintah dapat memperbaiki hal-hal teknis maupun non-teknis terkait pelaksanaan program , supaya tujuan programyaitu p eningkatan keberdayaan petani garam rakyat dapat tercapai .
Visualization and TV news information gain

Perhaps of some surprise to news directors is this study which finds that a filmed news story is remembered no better than the same story related by a studio anchorman without visualization. Dr. Edwardson is a professor of journalism at the University of Florida where Professor Grooms is also on the faculty. Dr. Pringle is director of mass communications at the University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica.
Pulsation of M-type Mira variables with moderately different mass: search for observable mass effects

Models of M-type Miras with masses of 1 and 1. 2M � , i.e. with envelope masses of about 0.4 and 0. 6M � ,h ave been constructed, and a comparison has been made of their observable properties. Geometric pulsation of continuum-forming layers is found to be little affected by the mass difference. The influence of molecular contamination of near-infrared continuum bandpasses upon interferometrically measured fit diameters ranges from undetectable to quite significant. Some pulsation cycles of the lower-mass model Mira show substantially stronger contamination than that found in any cycle of the higher-mass star. Observations which sample pulsation phase well and continuously are crucial for avoiding misinterpretations, because the assignment of absolute pulsation phases is inherently uncertain by at least 0.1 cycles, diameter changes may be strongly phase-dependent, and cycle-to-cycle variations may be substantial. In accord with expectations, we find that cycle-to-cycle variations that show up in light curves and in near-continuum diameters tend to be larger and more common in the low-mass models, leading to one possible way to discriminate mass. Two other methods, based on high-precision measurements of the pulsation amplitude and on derivation of pre-maximum effective temperatures from diameter measurements, are also discussed. High-layer features that may be strongly affected by mass are not well described by present dust-free models. Ke yw ords: techniques: interferometric ‐ stars: AGB and post-AGB ‐ stars: variables: other.
Termiticidal properties of some wood and bark extracts used as wood preservatives

The feasibility of using naturally extracted solutions as wood preservative chemical was tested. Extracts extracted from mimosa (Acacia mollissima Willd.), quebracho (Shinopsis lorentzii Griseb.), and Pinus brutia Ten. bark were used to treat sapwood of Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), beech (Fagus orientalis L.), and poplar (Populus tremula L.) at two different retention levels (6% and 12% weight/weight) against the subterranean termite Reticulitermes grassei Clement (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae). The lowest mass loss and highest termite mortality rates were recorded for mimosa and quebracho extract treated woods at the 12% concentration level. Pine bark extract seemed to be ineffective as a wood preservative chemical even at the highest retention level. The results suggest that mimosa and quebracho extracts can be utilized as an environmentally-sound alternative wood preservative chemicals for indoor applications against Reticulitermes grassei.
The roles of biologic and nonbiologic factors in cultural differences in vasomotor symptoms measured by surveys

Objective:To review evidence of cultural differences in both biologic and nonbiologic factors as possible explanations for variation across cultures in self-reported vasomotor symptoms from surveys. Design:Literature review and cross-sectional and longitudinal comparisons of ethnic groups with respect to patterns of symptom reporting from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN). Results:The evidence to date indicates that cultural differences in vasomotor symptom reporting on surveys reflect both differences in the underlying biology, which are likely to influence vasomotor symptom occurrence, and differences in nonbiologic sociocultural factors such as attitudes toward menopause, which are likely to be related to vasomotor symptom perception and reporting. Conclusions:It is important to consider interactions of culture and biology in studies of vasomotor symptoms. Recommendations for future studies include using both open- and closed-ended questions, providing concrete definitions of relevant symptoms and response choices for closed-ended questions, including measurements of objective indicators such as reproductive hormone concentrations, measuring both culturally related biologic and nonbiologic factors related to vasomotor symptom occurrence or reporting, and using the same general study protocol for multiple cultural groups being compared.
The Transformation of Urban Political Leadership in Western Europe

This overview article sets out the broad themes behind the transformation of local political leadership, in particular the forces that have led to the introduction of stronger forms of local executive, such as directly elected mayors. After setting out the role of local political leadership in traditional local government and different traditions and patterns across Western Europe, the article sets out the likely factors driving the changes toward a stronger form of leadership in the more complex pattern of governing described as local governance: complex networks, the 'new political culture', Europeanization of public policy and institutional mimetism. The article observes that the articles in this symposium do not fully confirm these hypotheses, showing the complexity of the responses and the different contexts across Western Europe. The concluding sections draw together the implications of the stronger forms of local executive for the current practice and functioning of local politics and policy-making: the legitimacy crisis that may have emerged from more autonomous political leaders, which combines with the decline in the conventional measures of local political participation; the lack of complementary institutional resources to assist the performance of the enhanced executive function; and the emergence of a new north-south divide in governing styles. Copyright Joint Editors and Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2004.
German Alcohol Language Corpus - the Question of Dialect

Speech uttered under the influence of alcohol is known to deviate from the speech of the same person when sober. This is an important feature in forensic investigations and could also be used to detect intoxication in the automotive environment. Aside from acoustic-phonetic features and speech content which have already been studied by others in this contribution we address the question whether speakers use dialectal variation or dialect words more frequently when intoxicated than when sober. We analyzed 300,000 recorded word tokens in read and spontaneous speech uttered by 162 female and male speakers within the German Alcohol Language Corpus. We found that contrary to our expectations the frequency of dialectal forms decreases significantly when speakers are under the influence. We explain this effect with a compensatory over-shoot mechanism: speakers are aware of their intoxication and that they are being monitored. In forensic analysis of speech this `awareness factor’ must be taken into account.
The Development, Validity, and Reliability of the Minnesota Screening Tool Assessing Recidivism Risk (MnSTARR)

This study presents findings on the development, validity, and reliability of the Minnesota Screening Tool Assessing Recidivism Risk (MnSTARR), a prediction instrument that assesses risk for four types of recidivism for male prisoners (sexual, nonsexual violent, nonviolent, and felony) and three types for females prisoners (nonsexual violent, nonviolent, and felony). Logistic regression modeling was used to develop the MnSTARR on 11,375 male offenders and 1,100 females offenders released from Minnesota prisons between 2003 and 2006. Bootstrap resampling was used to not only refine the selection of predictors, but also to internally validate the model. The optimism-corrected area under the curve (AUC) values ranged from . 73 to . 80 for male offenders and . 73 to . 81 for female offenders. In addition to showing a relatively high degree of calibration between MnSTARR values and observed recidivism, the results showed the instrument can, for the most part, be scored consistently across raters. Intraclass correlation coefficient values ranged from . 79 to . 86 for male offenders and . 81 to . 96 for female offenders.
A Common Variant of the FTO Gene Is Associated With Not Only Increased Adiposity but Also Elevated Blood Pressure in French Canadians

Background—FTO is the first gene established as contributing to common forms of obesity. The gene is highly expressed in the hypothalamus and is thought to mediate this effect through its influence on energy homeostasis. The hypothalamus, however, also regulates blood pressure (BP). Therefore, we investigated whether the FTO-risk variant is associated not only with increased adiposity but also with elevated BP and whether the latter may be mediated, in part, by increased sympathetic modulation of vasomotor tone. Methods and Results—The primary study was carried out in 485 adolescents recruited from a French Canadian founder population who underwent detailed body-composition and cardiovascular phenotyping. Body fat was examined with MRI, bioimpedance, and anthropometry. BP was recorded beat to beat at rest and during physical and mental challenges. Sympathetic modulation of vasomotor tone was assessed with power spectral analysis of BP. We found that individuals with the FTO-risk genotype compared with those without it demonstrate greater adiposity, including the amount of intra-abdominal fat (by 38%). They also showed higher systolic BP throughout the entire protocol, with a maximum difference during a mental stress (6.4 [1.5 to 11.3] mm Hg). The difference in BP was accompanied by elevated index of sympathetic modulation of vasomotor tone. A replication in an independent sample of adults from the same founder population confirmed the association between FTO and BP. Conclusions—These results suggest that, in a French Canadian founder population, FTO may increase not only risk for obesity, as demonstrated in other populations, but also for hypertension. The latter may be related, at least in part, to the regulation of sympathetic vasomotor tone.
A fodder mycotoxicosis of ruminants caused by contamination of a distillery by-product with Aspergillus clavatus

Cattle and sheep, grazed successively on the same pasture and given the same supplementary feeding, developed ataxia and several animals became recumbent. Three cattle died within two weeks and the worst affected sheep were killed for laboratory examination. The supplementary diet which consisted largely of a distillery by-product, malt culms, was submitted for mycological examination and fed to two housed lambs. Aspergillus clavatus was cultured from the culms, and both the affected sheep and the housed lambs showed cerebrospinal degenerative changes. The clinical signs and neuropathology were closely similar to a mycotoxicosis, attributed to A clavatus, which is seen infrequently in cattle in France, Bulgaria, South Africa and China.
Enhancing preschool educators’ ability to facilitate conversations during shared book reading

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether professional development enhanced educators’ use of conversational strategies during shared book reading with small groups of preschoolers. Twenty preschool educators and small groups of children from each of their classrooms were randomly assigned to the experimental or control group. The 10 educators in the experimental group received instruction in shared book reading strategies as well as individual classroom coaching sessions. Each educator was video-recorded reading two storybooks to a small group of preschoolers at pretest and posttest. The video-recordings were transcribed and coded to yield the measures of the book-related talk. The findings revealed that the educators in the experimental group used a greater number of open questions, responsive statements and different words compared to the control group. The educators and children in the experimental group also maintained longer book-related conversations and had more conversations that were five or more turns in length compared to the control group. These findings suggest that professional development that includes group instruction and individual coaching can enhance educators’ ability to facilitate book-related conversations with preschool-age children.
Families and Forgiveness: A Theoretical and Therapeutic Framework

Although forgiveness is a concept with which families from various cultures have been familiar for ages, there has been little in the way of therapeutic literature that seeks to define and delineate methodology to help families in the process of forgiving. This article examines a theoreticalframework in which therapeutic forgiveness is conceptualized as afour-station process of insight, understanding, giving the opportunity for compensation, and overt forgiving. A definition of forgiveness, theoretical reasoning for forgiveness, and how the framework is applied in family therapy are discussed.
Inhibitory effect of amylin (islet amyloid polypeptide) on insulin response to non-glucose stimuli. Study in perfused rat pancreas.

Amylin, also called islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP), can inhibit the glucose-induced insulin secretion in perfused rat pancreas at 75 pmol/l, a concentration comparable to that found in the effluent of this experimental model. To further explore the influence of amylin on insulin release, we investigated the effect of synthetic rat amylin (75 pmol/l) on insulin response to non-glucose secretagogues. These agents stimulate B-cell secretion via different mechanisms, such as a dihydropyridine derivative (BAY K 8644, 10 mmol/l) which activates Ca(2+)-channels, a sulfonylurea (tolbutamide, 0.2 mmol/l) which blocks ATP-dependent K(+)-channels, KCL (11 mmol/l) which depolarizes B cells and the 26-33 fragment of cholecystokinin (8-CCK, 1 nmol/l) which increases phospholipid turnover. The study was performed in perfused rat pancreas. Amylin significantly inhibited insulin response to BAY K 8644 (65%), KCI (60%) and 8-CCK (80%) as well as the early phase of tolbutamide-induced insulin output (70%). Thus, amylin can inhibit insulin release induced by secretagogues that interact at different levels of B-cell stimulus-secretion coupling. This inhibition may be due to a multifarious influence of amylin on the B-cell secretory mechanism and/or a disturbing effect on a distal, crucial step in the insulin-releasing mechanism, e.g. by affecting exocytosis of the secretory granule or by inhibiting an essential metabolic pathway within the B cell.
Women's Employment, Marital Happiness, and Divorce

The relationship between women's employment and the risk of divorce is both complex and controversial. The role specialization (or interdependence) view of marriage argues that the gains to marriage for both partners decrease when both are in the labor force, and hence women's employment destabilizes marriage. In contrast, the economic opportunity hypothesis asserts that female labor force participation does not intrinsically weaken marriage, but gives women resources that they can use to leave unsatisfactory marriages. Here we use data from the two waves of the National Survey of Families and Households to conduct the first large-scale empirical test of those conflicting claims. Our results provide clear evidence that, at the individual level, women's employment does not destabilize happy marriages but increases the risk of disruption in unhappy marriages.