Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Combining key elements in training and research: Developing social work assessment theory and practice in partnership

This paper is based on a joint project between staff from a university department of social work and a local social services department and is jointly written by the four people involved. It reports on the development of a package of training and research over the past 5 years designed to improve standards of assessment in the work of child and family social workers employed by the authority. It analyses the positive reception given to the project both from practising social workers and from management. It contends that this model of combining theory, training, research and practice can and should be used more widely as a basis for supporting and developing professional social work. It discusses the introduction of a theoretical framework which anticipated the new national framework for assessment, but which has been used to critically assess it (as well as other models of assessment), and has involved experienced workers in their evaluation.
Exploring and Supporting Teacher Change: Two Third-Grade Teachers' Experiences in a Mathematics and Literacy Staff Development Project

This article examines the process of change experienced by 2 veteran teachers-Elly Marks and Lena Schwarz-during their participation in the University of Colorado (CU) Assessment Project. The purpose of the project was to help teachers design and implement classroom-based performance assessments compatible with their instructional goals in mathematics and literacy. Three patterns of change were prominent in the teachers' experiences: (a) instructional and assessment practices characterized by a greater emphasis on conceptual understanding, (b) higher expectations for students, and (c) a shift in teacher roles characterized by "letting go of control" to facilitate more active student learning. Situational factors such as collaborative working relationships, workshop sessions, and resources provided by the CU team, and personal factors such as beliefs about teaching and learning, and the timing of the project in their lives, contributed to and sometimes challenged the teachers' attempts to change their practices.
Commitment to life roles and work-family conflict among managers in a post-socialist country

– The purpose of this paper is to contribute to work-family literature by examining antecedents and outcomes of work-family and family-work conflict (FWC) in an under-researched post-socialist country. Building on the conservation of resources theory and identity theory, the conceptual model tests relationships among occupational and marital commitment, two types of work-family conflict (WFC) and FWC, and domain satisfaction. , – Data were collected using a self-report survey filled out by married top and middle managers from Slovenia, a Central and Eastern European country. Hypotheses were tested with structural equation modelling. , – While occupational commitment was positively related to perceived time- and strain-based WFC, no support was found for the path between marital commitment and the two types of FWC. The results further reveal that although time- and strain-based FWC were related to career satisfaction, only time-based WFC was associated with marital satisfaction. , – A cross-sectional research design and the validation of the model using a managerial sample limit generalizability. The study points to the relevance of the institutional and cultural context regarding interpretation of links between established concepts. , – The study advances knowledge concerning WFC and FWC in a country that has undergone a process of transition from a socialist regime to a free-market economy. It adopts an integrative perspective and encompasses managers’ professional, as well as personal domains. The study tests how theories developed with samples from traditional capitalist countries apply to post-socialist countries, characterized by disparate values, norms, and societal expectations.
Gendered Pathways to Delinquency

This study examines whether gendered pathways to delinquency posited by general strain theory (GST) operate equivalently for contemporary Korean youth as compared to past studies focused on American youth. The study analyzed longitudinal data from 3,125 South Korean teenagers and revealed some support for GST. The findings suggest that gender equalization transition affected reports of alcohol use but not for aggressive behaviors. The findings also indicate that GST is gender-specific for Korean youth and depends on the type of delinquency, strains, negative emotionality, and conditioning factors. Unlike males, female strains tend to be more psychological and subtle, leading toward deviance through mediation effects of anger and various conditioning factors such as peer delinquency and gender role socialization. The findings also support GST as being applicable to Korean social and cultural contexts, thereby strengthening the theory’s generalizability. However, gendered pathways to delinquency in the GST framework may be conditioned by the contemporary Korean cultural context of asymmetric gender equalization transition.
Providing predictive testing for Huntington disease via telehealth: results of a pilot study in British Columbia, Canada

Predictive testing (PT) for Huntington disease (HD) usually requires several in‐person appointments which acts as a barrier to testing for those from remote regions. This pilot study reports the use of telehealth PT to examine whether such telehealth testing improves access to HD PT while maintaining quality of care and support. Individuals underwent PT via the telehealth protocol or standard in‐person protocol and were asked to complete surveys regarding their experience. Results reveal no significant differences between the in‐person‐tested and telehealth‐tested groups with respect to quality of care, information, counselling and support. The majority of participants in both groups stated that pre‐test counselling had provided them with sufficient knowledge about the advantages and disadvantages of undergoing testing, the opportunity to ask questions, and the ability to make an informed decision. The majority of participants in both groups were satisfied by the manner in which results were delivered and stated they had received sufficient information regarding the implications of these results. This study reveals that telehealth PT improves access while maintaining quality of care and support.
Satisfied and Dissatisfied Couples Positive and Negative Dimensions, Conflict Styles, and Relationships With Family of Origin

The purpose of the present study was to analyze marital functioning of satisfied couples and dissatisfied couples by comparing satisfied couples (85 couples), dissatisfied couples (55 couples), and dissatisfied couples in therapy (86 couples). The sample was composed of totally 226 married couples. Measures addressed topics such as positive and negative dimensions of marital functioning, conflict styles (compromise, violence, avoidance, and offence), and the quality of the relationship with family of origin. Results indicated that in comparison to dissatisfied couples, satisfied couples have more positive and less negative dimensions, a higher ratio between positivity and negativity, more appropriate conflict styles (more compromise and less violence, avoidance, and offence), as well as a better relationship with their family of origin. Satisfied couples significantly showed the highest levels of positive dimensions, while couples in therapy reported the highest levels of negative dimensions. Dissatisfied couples were in-between.
IS200/IS605 family single-strand transposition: mechanism of IS608 strand transfer

Transposase, TnpA, of the IS200/IS605 family member IS608, catalyses single-strand DNA transposition and is dimeric with hybrid catalytic sites composed of an HUH motif from one monomer and a catalytic Y127 present in an α-helix (αD) from the other (trans configuration). αD is attached to the main body by a flexible loop. Although the reactions leading to excision of a transposition intermediate are well characterized, little is known about the dynamic behaviour of the transpososome that drives this process. We provide evidence strongly supporting a strand transfer model involving rotation of both αD helices from the trans to the cis configuration (HUH and Y residues from the same monomer). Studies with TnpA heterodimers suggest that TnpA cleaves DNA in the trans configuration, and that the catalytic tyrosines linked to the 5′-phosphates exchange positions to allow rejoining of the cleaved strands (strand transfer) in the cis configuration. They further imply that, after excision of the transposon junction, TnpA should be reset to a trans configuration before the cleavage required for integration. Analysis also suggests that this mechanism is conserved among members of the IS200/IS605 family.
A multitarget tracking algorithm based on random sets

A multitarget tracking algorithm, based on representing the set of target states and the set of measurements as realisations of finite random sets, is proposed. A measurement model allowing for missed detections and false returns and a motion model allowing for target death are defined. Target births are incorporated by combining the existing track set at the prior scan with a set of proposed birth tracks. Finite-set statistics are used to derive the global posterior density. The realisation of a practical algorithm requires that this global posterior density is approximated in some way. We propose an approximation in which a set of tentative tracks is maintained with each tentative track represented by an existence probability and a density characterising its state.
CA Based Built-In Self-Test Structure for SoC

This paper reports synthesis of a built-in self-test logic for the cores integrated into an SoC. The test logic is developed around a nonlinear cellular automata (CA). The CA based scalable PRPG, synthesized in linear time (O(n)), enables the design of such a highly efficient test logic. The cascadable structure of the PRPG is utilized to construct the on-chip Test Pattern Generators (TPGs) for the SoC implementing multiple cores. It avoids the requirement of disparate test hardware for the SoC cores and thereby ensures drastic reduction in the cost of test logic. Extensive experimentation confirms the better efficiency of the proposed test structure than that of the conventional designs, developed around maximal length CA/LFSR.
ERP investigations into the effects of gaze and spatial attention on the processing of tactile events

Previous research demonstrated that directing one’s gaze at a body part reduces detection speed (e.g., Tipper et al., 1998) and enhances the processing (Forster and Eimer, 2005) of tactile stimuli presented at the gazed location. Interestingly, gaze-dependent modulation of somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs), are very similar to those observed in previous studies of tactile spatial attention. This might indicate that manipulating gaze direction activates the same mechanisms that are responsible for the covert orienting of spatial attention in touch. To investigate this possibility, gaze direction and sustained tactile attention were orthogonally manipulated in the present study. In different blocks of trials, participants focused their attention on the left or right hand while gazing to the attended or to the unattended hand while they had to respond to infrequent tactile targets presented to the attended hand. Analyses of the SEPs elicited by tactile non-target stimuli demonstrate that gaze and attention influence different stages of tactile processing. While gaze is able to modulate tactile processing already 50 ms after stimulus onset, attentional SEP modulations are only observed beyond 110 ms post-stimulus. This dissociation in the timing and therefore the associated locus of the effects of gaze and attention on somatosensory processing reveals that the effect of gaze on tactile processing is independent of tactile attention.
Cross Cultural Model Testing: Inventory of School Motivation

This study was concerned with the factorial validation of the Inventory of School Motivation (ISM), an instrument based on a theory of personal investment and the possible use of derived ISM factor scales as predictors of student motivation to continue with schooling for three cultural groups (aboriginal, anglo, and migrant). Responses to the ISM from a total of 2152 Australian secondary students were subjected to principal axis factor analyses which yielded factor scales congruent with the personal investment theory and which were employed as variables in a series of discriminant analyses. The findings supported the usefulness of both the theoretical framework as well as the validity of the ISM in analyzing influential motivational variables for individuals from different cultural groups in educational settings.
Integrated Circuits Based on 300 GHz fT Metamorphic HEMT Technology for Millimeter-Wave and Mixed-Signal Applications

Advanced circuits based on metamorphic HEMT (MHEMT)technologies on 4 ”GaAs substrates for both millimeter-wave,and mixed- signal applications are presented.Extrinsic cut-off frequencies of ft =293 GHz and fmax =337 GHz were achieved for a 70 nm gate length metamorphic HEMT echnology.The MMIC process obtains high yield on transistor and circuit level.Single-stage low-noise amplifiers demonstrate a small signal gain of 13 dB and a noise figure of 2.8 dB at 94 GHz.An amplifier MMIC developed for D-Band operation features a gain of 15 dB at 160 GHz.The achieved results are comparable to state- of-the-art InP-based HEMT technologies.In order to realize 80 Gbit/s digital circuits,a process with 100 nm gate length enhancement type HEMTs with a transit frequency of 200 GHz is used.Three metalization layers are available for interconnects.The parasitic capacitance of the interconnects is kept low by using BCB and plated air bridge technology.Based on this process,static and dynamic frequency dividers achieve a maximu toggle frequency of 70 GHz and 108 GHz,respectively .
Error Analysis in the Adult EFL Classroom.

Burt, Marina K. Error Analysis in the Adult EFL Classroom. Jun 74 22p. MF-$0.75 Uc -$1.50 PLUS POSTAGE *Adult Students; *English (Second Language); *Error Patterns; Grammar; Language Instruction; Linguistics; Second Language Learning; Syntax; Teaching Techniques In recent years, there has been a growing research interest in the analysis of errors adults make while learning a second language. The underlying objective of most of these analyses has been to reveal the systematicity of adult errors in an effort to understand the process of adult second language learning. This paper deals with errors from a different point of view, namely, from the listener or reader's point of view. The question asked is, which types of errors cause the listener or reader to misunderstand the message intended by the EFL learner? Based on the judgments of native English speakers about the comprehensibility of hundreds of sentences containing errors of EFL learners all over the world, linguistic criteria for determining the communicative importance of learners' errors are suggested. Areas of English syntax that cause important communicative errors usually neglected in most EFL training materials are discussed. The paper concludes with the application of this particular error analysis approach to the EFL classroom. (Author) ;1\0ERROR ANALYSIS IN THE ADULT EFL CLASSROOM Marina K. Burt State University of New York at Albany ABSTRACT t: CA. it 1 UF Efl. :4*ICN S . SELF %41044, S51,TUTEt: CA. it 1 UF Efl. :4*ICN S . SELF %41044, S51,TUTE In recent years, there has been a growing research interest in the analysis of errors adults make while learning a second language. The underlying objective of most of these analyses has been to reveal the systematicity of adult errors in an effort to understand the process of adult second language
Infants’ Visual Recognition Memory for a Series of Categorically Related Items

Six-month-old infants' (N = 168) memory for individual items in a categorized list (e.g., images of dogs or cats) was examined to investigate the interactions between visual recognition memory, working memory, and categorization. In Experiments 1 and 2, infants were familiarized with six different cats or dogs, presented one at a time on a series of 15-second familiarization trials. When the test occurred immediately after the sixth familiarization trial (Experiment 1), infants showed strong novelty preference for items presented on the fourth or fifth familiarization trial, but not for the items presented on the first three trials or on the sixth trial. When a brief (15-second) retention delay occurred between the end of the sixth trial and the test trials (Experiment 2), memory for the sixth item was enhanced, memory for the fourth item was impaired, and memory for the fifth was unchanged relative to when no retention delay was included. Experiment 3 confirmed that infants can form a memory for the first item presented. These results reveal how factors such as interference and time to consolidate influence infants’ visual recognition memory as they categorize a series of items.
Classical R-matrix theory of dispersionless systems: II. (2 + 1) dimension theory

A systematic way of constructing (2 + 1)-dimensional dispersionless integrable Hamiltonian systems is presented. The method is based on the so-called central extension procedure and classical R-matrix applied to the Poisson algebras of formal Laurent series. Results are illustrated with the known and new (2 + 1)-dimensional dispersionless systems.
Surgical management of acute septic pericarditis.

Four patients with acute septic pericarditis were treated by emergency pericardiectomy through a bilateral anterior thoracotomy. The findings of exudative loculated fluid, extensive granulation tissue and septate adhesions, not only indicated the limitations of antibiotic therapy, but portended the development of subsequent chronic constrictive pericarditis. There was immediate relief of cardiac tamponade and dramatic interruption of the septic course. All have been longterm survivors who have exhibited no postoperative complications.
Comprehensive Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging at 3.0 Tesla: Feasibility and Implications for Clinical Applications

Objective:The objective of this study was to examine the applicability of high magnetic field strengths for comprehensive functional and structural cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Subjects and Methods:Eighteen subjects underwent comprehensive cardiac MRI at 1.5 T and 3.0 T. The following imaging techniques were implemented: double and triple inversion prepared FSE for anatomic imaging, 4 different sets of echocardiographic-gated CINE strategies for functional and flow imaging, inversion prepared gradient echo for delayed enhancement imaging, T1-weighted segmented EPI for perfusion imaging and 2-dimensional (2-D) spiral, and volumetric SSFP for coronary artery imaging. Results:Use of 3 Tesla as opposed to 1.5 Tesla provided substantial baseline signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) improvements for anatomic (T1-weighted double IR: ΔSNR = 29%, ΔCNR = 20%, T2-weighted double IR: ΔSNR = 39%, ΔCNR = 33%, triple IR: ΔSNR = 74%, ΔCNR = 60%), functional (conventional CINE: ΔSNR = 123%, ΔCNR = 74%, accelerated CINE: ΔSNR = 161%, ΔCNR = 86%), myocardial tagging (ΔSNRsystole = 54%, ΔCNRsystole = 176%), phase contrast flow measurements (ΔSNR = 79%), viability (ΔSNR = 48%, ΔCNR = 40%), perfusion (ΔSNR = 109%, ΔCNR = 87%), and breathhold coronary imaging (2-D spiral: ΔSNRRCA = 54%, ΔCNRRCA = 69%, 3-D SSFP: ΔSNRRCA = 60%, ΔCNRRCA = 126%), but also revealed image quality issues, which were successfully tackled by adiabatic radiofrequency pulses and parallel imaging. Conclusions:Cardiac MRI at 3.0 T is feasible for the comprehensive assessment of cardiac morphology and function, although SAR limitations and susceptibility effects remain a concern. The need for speed together with the SNR benefit at 3.0 T will motivate further advances in routine cardiac MRI while providing an image-quality advantage over imaging at 1.5 Tesla.
Explaining Pro-Immigrant Sentiment in the U.S.: Social Class, Cosmopolitanism, and Perceptions of Immigrants 1

In the U.S., research on attitudes toward immigrants generally focuses on anti-immigrant sentiment. Yet, the 1996 General Social Survey indicates that half the population believes that immigrants favorably impact the U.S. economy and culture. Using these data, we analyze theories of both pro- and anti-immigrant sentiment. While we find some support for two theories of intergroup competition, our most important finding connects a cosmopolitan worldview with favorable perceptions of immigrants. We find that cosmopolitans – people who are highly educated, in white-collar occupations, who have lived abroad, and who reject ethnocentrism – are significantly more pro-immigrant than people without these characteristics.
What do families of the ‘professional and managerial’ class educate their children for? The links between happiness and autonomy

Based on a qualitative study involving 124 professional and managerial class families in Catalonia (Spain), this paper describes the aims and objectives these families have for the education of their children. During the fieldwork, when asked what they were aiming for in the education of their children, almost all of the parents replied ‘for them to be happy’. But what kind of happiness are they talking about? What kind of education might lead to happiness? Drawing principally on the work of Kellerhals and Montandon and their ‘contractual model of education’ and Bauman’s concepts of ‘secondary security’ and ‘homo eligens’, although also taking into account the related contributions of Lareau, Vincent and Ball, Stefansen and Aarseth, and Kusserow, the paper aims to demonstrate the strong connection these families make between happiness and ‘absolute’ autonomy, understood as two sides of the same coin and seen, by the participants, as the guiding principle that should shape the way they bring their children up.
Inglehart's silent revolution thesis: An examination of life-cycle effects in the acquisition of postmaterialist values

Ronald Inglehart, a political scientist, argues that a "silent revolution" is taking place whereby Western publics are becoming increasingly "postmaterialistic" (endorsing values such as self-expression, aesthetics, and belonging) and less "materialistic" (endorsing values related to economic and security concerns). In this paper we examine Inglehart's reasons for rejecting the possibility that human development factors might play a role in this value shift. Utilizing the work of Erik Erikson, it is argued that the degree to which individuals experience the identity crisis is a predictor of the degree to which they endorse postmaterialist values. Data collected on two samples support the hypothesis that certain developmental factors may be playing a role in the "silent revolution".