Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Print-Focused Read-Alouds in Early Childhood Special Education Programs

The purpose of this study was to examine the impacts of print-focused read-alouds, implemented by early childhood special education (ECSE) teachers alone or in conjunction with caregivers, on the print knowledge of children with language impairment (LI). Using random assignment to conditions, children with LI were exposed, over an academic year of preschool, to one of three conditions specifying the way in which teachers and caregivers were to read storybooks with them. Based on a print-knowledge composite, children whose teachers used print-focused read-alouds had significantly better print knowledge (d = .21) in spring of the year compared to children whose teachers used their typical reading practices. When teachers and caregivers implemented print-focused read-alouds simultaneously, children’s Spring print knowledge was modestly higher (d = .11) than that of children whose teachers and parents used their typical reading practices, but the effect was not statistically significant. Examination of intervention moderators showed that children with lower levels of nonverbal cognition benefited substantially from exposure to the intervention. Educational implications are discussed.
Qigong as a Mindfulness Practice for Counseling Students

This qualitative study explores the effects of qigong, an ancient Chinese mindfulness practice involving movement, on master's-level counseling students. Students responded in writing both after an initial experience of qigong and after practicing the movements for 15 weeks during a mindfulness-based course in self-care. Themes of physical, emotional, and mental changes were present in both sets of responses. Additional themes of familiarity with the practice as well as group consciousness and interdependence emerged in the final experience of qigong. The results of this study indicate qigong is a contemplative practice that could have positive outcomes for counseling students. Because of its accessible nature, immediate results, and ability to foster connectedness, qigong is currently underutilized as a form of teaching mindfulness.
Clean Streets: Controlling Crime, Maintaining Order, and Building Community Activism

itself dualistically, even though some people may reject the two-sided, either/or forms of discussion, preferring the subtleties of gray and multiplicity. Nevertheless, legal discourse of prosecution and defense, “win and lose,” and journalistic prose of objectively presenting “both sides” of the story, lends themselves to reinforcing dualistic thinking. Finally, in her dynamic study of the interaction of the differing vantage points of the legal system, journalism, and the public, she offers her most provocative discussion on diverse public reactions. Chancer is at her masterful prescient when discussing individual and group social-psychological reactions from a Freudian defense mechanism perspective rooted not in childhood experiences of the individual, but rather stemming from social sources and group-identity experiences. What Chancer speculates about and calls for more study of in the future are “social defenses” that, quite frankly, I wish she would have developed in this treatise. She discusses the familiar psychological concept of splitting as part of a larger process of “partialization” that she defines as “a process through which people channel their thoughts and feelings in support of, or against, one of two sides” (p. 256). In terms of partialization in provoking assaults, Chancer contends that there is bequeathed at least three related social-psychic dynamics—“substituting,” “reversing,” and “exceptionalizing”—all defensive in character, that operate unconsciously to socially defend against the inadmissibility of social responsibility for the symbolic cases of discrimination raised by these high-profile crimes. In these instances, social responsibility is denied through “blaming the victim,” “defending the defendant,” or having “yes but” reactions respectively. Overall, High-Profile Crimes as an intertextual analysis of the convergence of journalism, legal cases, and social causes makes a significant contribution toward conceptually linking the interdependent fields of cultural studies, racial and gender studies, and newsmaking criminology. Clean Streets: Controlling Crime, Maintaining Order, and Building Community Activism, by Patrick J. Carr. New York, NY: New York University Press, 2005. 208 pp. $22.00 paper. ISBN: 0814716636.
Interest and Metacognitive Word Knowledge.

It was hypothesized that students' metacognition would be enhanced on content that aroused situational interest or that was related to students' topic interests. A metacognitive evaluation procedure was used in which students estimated their word knowledge, which was then determined objectively by a multiple-choice vocabulary test. Students could then update their vocabulary knowledge by reading a passage dealing with heart disease in which all of the previously encountered words were defined explicitly or implicitly. With differences in prior knowledge controlled, nursing students, for whom the content was related to topic interests, made more accurate metacognitive judgments than did freshmen. None of the other main effects or interactions was significant. The implications of the findings for research on interest, its relationship to prior knowledge, and the assessment of metacognition are discussed.
Secreted human glycyl-tRNA synthetase implicated in defense against ERK-activated tumorigenesis

Although adaptive systems of immunity against tumor initiation and destruction are well investigated, less understood is the role, if any, of endogenous factors that have conventional functions. Here we show that glycyl-tRNA synthetase (GRS), an essential component of the translation apparatus, circulates in serum and can be secreted from macrophages in response to Fas ligand that is released from tumor cells. Through cadherin (CDH)6 (K-cadherin), GRS bound to different ERK-activated tumor cells, and released phosphatase 2A (PP2A) from CDH6. The activated PP2A then suppressed ERK signaling through dephosphorylation of ERK and induced apoptosis. These activities were inhibited by blocking GRS with a soluble fragment of CDH6. With in vivo administration of GRS, growth of tumors with a high level of CDH6 and ERK activation were strongly suppressed. Our results implicate a conventional cytoplasmic enzyme in translation as an intrinsic component of the defense against ERK-activated tumor formation.
Transactional development of parent personality and child temperament

Stability and change in parental extraversion and neuroticism were studied in transaction with their views of their child's temperament from the age of six months to the age of five‐and‐a‐half years in 109 mother–father–child triads (parent–daughter: n = 61, parent–son: n = 48). While parental traits showed high stability, infants' higher positive affectivity predicted an increase in parental extraversion over 5 years, and infant's higher activity predicted a decrease in parental neuroticism. Parent‐rated temperament showed expected heterotypic continuity. Initially higher parental extraversion predicted an increase in the child's effortful control, and higher parental neuroticism predicted an increase in the child's negative affectivity. The results indicate that parental personality and child temperament develop in transaction promoting change in each other. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Using Outcome to Improve a Career Development Course: Closing the Scientist-Practitioner Gap

The use of outcome data can serve as an important catalyst for improving career interventions. A follow-up to the Reese and Miller study was conducted over a 2-year period to assess whether modifications made to the course using the Reese and Miller data as a baseline resulted in subsequent improvements. Using a prepost group design that compared students in a career course designed for deciding students to a quasi-control group, data from modifications in the first year demonstrated a large increase in effect size (from 0.55 to 1.09) on a measure of career decision-making self-efficacy. The improvements in the course were maintained the second year (0.90). Uneven improvement, however, was found on a measure of perceived career difficulties from baseline. An overview of the modifications made to the course and the implications for incorporating outcome data in the provision of career services are discussed as are considerations for future research.
The Economics of Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is an integral part of economic change and growth. Yet until recently it has been largely neglected by economists. In The Economics of Entrepreneurship, Simon C. Parker draws on theoretical insights and recent empirical findings to show how economics can contribute to our understanding of entrepreneurship. The book is based on an earlier work, The Economics of Self-employment and Entrepreneurship (Cambridge, 2004), that has quickly become an essential reference for academics researching the economics of entrepreneurship. Written in a more accessible style, this book contains much that made this earlier work so successful and, in addition, includes improved pedagogical features and new material on the theory of the firm, spin-offs, nascent entrepreneurship, growth-enhancing knowledge spillovers and social entrepreneurship. It can be used both as a reference text for academics from a variety of disciplines and as a textbook for graduate students.
Effects of Reading Ability on Children's Comprehension Evaluation and Regulation

Good and poor readers in the sixth grade (M age = 11.92 years) were videotaped reading inconsistent stories presented one sentence at a time. Children's comprehension evaluation was assessed with on-line (reading times) and verbal report measures; comprehension regulation was assessed by examining look-backs during reading. All children read inconsistencies more slowly than consistent control information but good readers were more likely than poor readers to look back at inconsistencies during reading, to give accurate verbal reports of passage consistency following reading, and to recall text inconsistencies. Results highlight the importance of using multiple comprehension monitoring measures in assessing children's abilities and of treating comprehension monitoring as a multidimensional process.
DSSim Results for OAEI 2008

A multiple layer connection system for compactly connecting a plurality of surface mount integrated circuit packages to a printed circuit board is disclosed. A plurality of staggered metal legs is respectively inserted into a plurality of slots formed along an edge of an intermediate plastic sheet. A first outside sheet and a second outside sheet sandwich the intermediate sheet between themselves. The first outside sheet has a plurality of foil conductors formed on an inside layer thereof to connect with a first portion of the staggered legs. A plurality of feed through holes are in electrical connection with the first conductive traces and with a plurality of first outside foil traces which are connectable by soldering to the legs of a surface mount integrated circuit package. A second plurality of inside foil traces is formed on an inside layer of the second plastic sheet and contacts a second group of the legs. A second plurality of feed through holes connects the second plurality of inside foil to a second plurality of outside foil traces formed on an outside layer of the second sheet. A second integrated circuit surface mount device is connectable by soldering to the second plurality of outside conductive traces.
Enhancing the Perceived Self-Relevance of Technology to Influence Attitudes and Information Retention

Based on existing theory and research, it was proposed that reactions to novel technologies are substantially shaped by factors that influence their apparent fit with individuals' self-conceptions. Three studies, one in the field and two in the laboratory, involving three different manipulations aimed at influencing perceived self/novel (to the participants) technology fit were done to test this proposition. In Studies I and 2, the manipulations yielded significantly more positive attitudes toward a novel technology (both studies) and better retention of information about it (Study 2). In Study 3, measurement of the strength of a major chronic value tied to self-definition (individualism/collectivism) among subjects was crossed with a manipulation of apparent self/technology fit. Significant main and interaction effects of these factors on two types of attitudes toward the technology and on memory for information about it were found. Applied implications of these results are discussed.
Commutation Methods for Jacobi Operators

Abstract We offer two methods of inserting eigenvalues into spectral gaps of a given background Jacobi operator: The single commutation method which introduces eigenvalues into the lowest spectral gap of a given semi-bounded background Jacobi operator and the double commutation method which inserts eigenvalues into arbitrary spectral gaps. Moreover, we prove unitary equivalence of the commuted operators, restricted to the orthogonal complement of the eigenspace corresponding to the newly inserted eigenvalues, with the original background operator. In addition we compute the (matrix-valued) Weyl m -functions of the commuted operator in terms of the background Weyl m -functions. Finally we show how to iterate the above methods and give explicit formulas for various quantities (such as eigenfunctions and spectra) of the iterated operators in terms of the corresponding background quantities and scattering matrix. Concrete applications include an explicit realization of the isospectral torus for algebro-geometric finite-gap Jacobi operators and the N -soliton solutions of the Toda and Kac–van Moerbeke lattice equations with respect to arbitrary background solutions.
Home Sweet Home? The Impact of Poor Housing on Health

Alex Marsh, David Gordon, Christina Pantazis, Pauline Heslop Policy Press, £16.99, pp 90 ISBN 1 86 134 176 8 Rating: ! [Graphic][1] ! [Graphic][2] ! [Graphic][3] “The impact of multiple housing deprivation would appear to be the same order of magnitude as addressing the issue of smoking and the risk to health posed by multiple housing deprivation seems to be, on average, greater than that posed by excessive alcohol consumption. ” Furthermore, “housing history matters,” as adults who are currently living in good housing circumstances are more likely to be ill if they experienced adverse housing conditions earlier in life. These represent some of the key findings of this study, which are particularly important within the context … [1]: /embed/inline-graphic-1.gif [2]: /embed/inline-graphic-2.gif [3]: /embed/inline-graphic-3.gif
Socio-economic and ecological impacts of global protected area expansion plans

Several global strategies for protected area (PA) expansion have been proposed to achieve the Convention on Biological Diversity's Aichi target 11 as a means to stem biodiversity loss, as required by the Aichi target 12. However, habitat loss outside PAs will continue to affect habitats and species, and PAs may displace human activities into areas that might be even more important for species persistence. Here we measure the expected contribution of PA expansion strategies to Aichi target 12 by estimating the extent of suitable habitat available for all terrestrial mammals, with and without additional protection (the latter giving the counterfactual outcome), under different socio-economic scenarios and consequent land-use change to 2020. We found that expanding PAs to achieve representation targets for ecoregions under a Business-as-usual socio-economic scenario will result in a worse prognosis than doing nothing for more than 50% of the world's terrestrial mammals. By contrast, targeting protection towards threatened species can increase the suitable habitat available to over 60% of terrestrial mammals. Even in the absence of additional protection, an alternative socio-economic scenario, adopting progressive changes in human consumption, leads to positive outcomes for mammals globally and to the largest improvements for wide-ranging species.
Cultural diversity and differences in formal reasoning ability

To test the hypothesis that cultural diversity contributes to the development of formal reasoning, samples of adolescents from three predominately white middle-class communities located in areas that varied in the extent to which they offered cultural diversity (i.e., rural, suburan homogeneous, suburban heterogeneous) were administered a test of formal reasoning and a test of analytical intelligence. Results showed significant differences in formal reasoning in favor of the suburban heterogeneous sample on complex reasoning items. The suburban groups showed equal performance (but superior to the rural Ss) on the test of analytical intelligence. On the less complex reasoning items and on one item embedded in a rural farming context, the rural Ss showed relatively better performance. Implications for using science instruction to promote formal reasoning are discussed.
3D Object Detection and Viewpoint Estimation with a Deformable 3D Cuboid Model

This paper addresses the problem of category-level 3D object detection. Given a monocular image, our aim is to localize the objects in 3D by enclosing them with tight oriented 3D bounding boxes. We propose a novel approach that extends the well-acclaimed deformable part-based model [1] to reason in 3D. Our model represents an object class as a deformable 3D cuboid composed of faces and parts, which are both allowed to deform with respect to their anchors on the 3D box. We model the appearance of each face in fronto-parallel coordinates, thus effectively factoring out the appearance variation induced by viewpoint. Our model reasons about face visibility patters called aspects. We train the cuboid model jointly and discriminatively and share weights across all aspects to attain efficiency. Inference then entails sliding and rotating the box in 3D and scoring object hypotheses. While for inference we discretize the search space, the variables are continuous in our model. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach in indoor and outdoor scenarios, and show that our approach significantly outperforms the state-of-the-art in both 2D [1] and 3D object detection [2].
Including the other in self : Implications for judgments of equity and satisfaction in close relationships

This study tested the hypothesis that the association between equity and satisfaction is moderated by relationship level thinking—conceptualized as a sense of “we-ness. ” Support was found for the hypothesis that there would be a weaker association between equity and satisfaction among respondents with a high level of “we-ness” or cognitive interdependence than those with a low level. The Arons' Inclusion of Other in Self Scale (IOS) was used as a measure of “we-ness. ” Research participants were 483 college undergraduates who completed surveys regarding their closest relationship: 62% responded with reference to a romantic relationship, 23% with reference to a close friendship, and 1 5% with reference to a spouse. There was support for the research hypothesis among students who responded with reference to romantic relationships and close friendships. The lack of support for the hypothesis among married respondents was attributed to a lack of statistical power and to differences in the equity issues faced b.
Prevalence, Distribution, and Correlates of Math Anxiety in College Students.

While counseling psychologists are becoming increasingly involved in the treatment of math anxiety, little is yet known about its prevalence, nature, or effects. The present study, an investigation of factors related to the prevalence and intensity of math anxiety in college students, utilized 652 subjects obtained from two math courses and one psychology course at a large midwestern university. Results indicated that math anxiety occurs frequently among college students and that it is more likely to occur among women than among men arid among students with inadequate high school math backgrounds. Higher levels of math anxiety were related to lower mathematics achievement test scores, higher levels of test anxiety, and higher levels of trait anxiety. Implications for the identification and treatment of math-anxious students and for the process of educational/vocational counseling are discussed.
Changes in protein abundance during powdery mildew infection of leaf tissues of Cabernet Sauvignon grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.)

A comparative analysis of differentially expressed proteins in a susceptible grapevine (Vitis vinifera ‘Cabernet Sauvignon’) during the infection of Erysiphe necator, the causal pathogen of grapevine powdery mildew (PM), was conducted using iTRAQ. The quantitative labeling analysis revealed 63 proteins that significantly changed in abundance at 24, 36, 48, and 72 h post inoculation with powdery mildew conidiospores. The functional classification of the PM‐responsive proteins showed that they are involved in photosynthesis, metabolism, disease/defense, protein destination, and protein synthesis. A number of the proteins induced in grapevine in response to E. necator are associated with the plant defense response, suggesting that PM‐susceptible Cabernet Sauvignon is able to initiate a basal defense but unable to restrict fungal growth or slow down disease progression.
Never Too Old to Play: The Appeal of Digital Games to an Older Audience

This study aimed to explore the use of digital games among older adults and provide a set of ‘‘benchmark data’’ with respect to the uses and gratifications of these players. To find out who these older players of digital games are, what games they prefer, and what playing motives they have, an exploratory survey was administered among 124 individuals aged between 45 and 85 years old. The results of this survey confirm that the majority of the older digital game audience exists of solitary players with a particular fondness for casual PC games. The most popular playing motive among the respondents was challenge, while social interaction proved to be the most important predictor for the time that respondents invested in playing digital games.
Relationships between Environmental Values and the Acceptability of Mobile Telecommunications Development in a Protected Area

Abstract This paper seeks to enhance understandings of underlying reasons for attitudes towards a recent landscape phenomenon— mobile telecommunications development— in a protected area. A public questionnaire survey was conducted, using photographs of mobile telecommunications development installed in the Peak District National Park, England. Building on existing theories about landscape perceptions and environmental values, the study examined the factors influencing the acceptability of such development: a) the degree of human influence in landscape; b) the purpose of development; and c) environmental values. The study highlights the fundamental influence of environmental values on people's attitudes towards incremental landscape change. The paper discusses the implications of people's generally high level of sensitivity to landscape change in a protected area and the predominance of ecocentric values for landscape planning and management.