Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Modeling of flame radiation at burning of methane-air mixtures at initial stage of development

Modeling of flame radiation at burning of methane-air mixtures at an initial stage of development is executed. The basic analytical dependences for modeling are defined at an assumption, that burning is isothermal on volume and has the sphere form. Calculation of spectral radiant exitance from a surface of fireball is executed. Irradiance on an elementary platform depending on distance to fireball without absorption of the intermediate environment is determined. Adequacy of model has been checked up on the basis of calculated and experimental data of other authors. Maximums of spectral radiant exitance from fireball surface correspond to wavelengths for carbonic gas — 1.34, 4.26, 7.45 microns, for water steams — 1.29, 1.87, 2.66, 2.74 and 6.27 microns. Values of radiant exitance are in a range from 20 to 210 kW/m2 for fireballs with diameters from 0.1 to 5 m. Emissivity of fireball changes in range of values from 0.015 to 0.21 for values of diameters from 0.1 to 10 m.
The intensity and directional interpretation of anxiety: fluctuations throughout competition and relationship to performance.

The purposes of the present investigation were twofold: (a) to investigate the fluctuations of anxiety and self-confidence throughout competition by measuring these variables retrospectively before, during, and after competition and (b) to investigate the relationship between the intensity and directional interpretation of anxiety and perceived performance across competition. Field hockey players (N = 62) completed the modified Mental Readiness Form-Likert (MRF-2) within 30 minutes after competition using the method of retrospective recall. Results indicated significant fluctuations across competition for cognitive anxiety intensity and direction, somatic anxiety intensity, and self-confidence intensity. Results also revealed that the strongest predictors of performance across both halves were self-confidence intensity and direction and cognitive anxiety direction. These findings should have important implications for practitioners and sport psychologists because anxiety measurement and confidence are critical parts of most psychological skills training programs.
Perceived Supervisory Support and Organisational Citizenship Behaviours: Is Job Satisfaction a Mediator?

The mediating influence of job satisfaction on the relationship between perceived supervisory support (PSS) and organisational citizenship behaviours (OCB) was examined. We hypothesised that perceived supervisory support would be positively related to employee satisfaction, which in turn would be associated with performance of citizenship behaviours. Results from two agricultural organisations (N = 270) indicated that job satisfaction partially mediated the PSS-OCB linkage. The implications of the results are discussed.
Language proficiency and the prediction of spontaneous rehearsal in children who are deaf.

This study was an investigation of the role of language proficiency and automatization of language skills in the use of spontaneous rehearsal strategies by children who are deaf. Thirty-one profoundly deaf children, 7 to 13 years old, were given a serial recall task, a test of language proficiency (the Language Proficiency Profile-I), and a rapid automatized naming (RAN) task. Similar to previous studies, when the data were examined by age, an apparent developmental lag was observed in the children's spontaneous use of a cumulative rehearsal strategy. Logistic regression analyses further demonstrated that age was actually a nonsignificant predictor of rehearsal use, but that both language proficiency and the automatization of language skills were highly significant predictors. In subsequent hierarchical analyses, automatized language was a partial mediator of the language proficiency --> rehearsal use relation. These results provided support for the view that automatization of language skills is an important and perhaps necessary contribution to the relation between language proficiency and rehearsal use, but that other additional aspects of language proficiency also affect the child's use of a strategy. These findings were discussed in relation to Cummins' (1984) model of language proficiency.
Outer Hair Cell and Auditory Nerve Function in Speech Recognition in Quiet and in Background Noise

The goal of this study was to describe the contribution of outer hair cells (OHCs) and the auditory nerve (AN) to speech understanding in quiet and in the presence of background noise. Fifty-three human subjects with hearing ranging from normal to moderate sensorineural hearing loss were assayed for both speech in quiet (Word Recognition) and speech in noise (QuickSIN test) performance. Their scores were correlated with OHC function as assessed via distortion product otoacoustic emissions, and AN function as measured by amplitude, latency, and threshold of the VIIIth cranial nerve Compound Action Potential (CAP) recorded during electrocochleography (ECochG). Speech and ECochG stimuli were presented at equivalent sensation levels in order to control for the degree of hearing sensitivity across patients. The results indicated that (1) OHC dysfunction was evident in the lower range of normal audiometric thresholds, which demonstrates that OHC damage can produce “Hidden Hearing Loss,” (2) AN dysfunction was evident beginning at mild levels of hearing loss, (3) when controlled for normal OHC function, persons exhibiting either high or low ECochG amplitudes exhibited no statistically significant differences in neither speech in quiet nor speech in noise performance, (4) speech in noise performance was correlated with OHC function, (5) hearing impaired subjects with OHC dysfunction exhibited better speech in quiet performance at or near threshold when stimuli were presented at equivalent sensation levels. These results show that OHC dysfunction contributes to hidden hearing loss, OHC function is required for optimum speech in noise performance, and those persons with sensorineural hearing loss exhibit better word discrimination in quiet at or near their audiometric thresholds than normal listeners.
Leakage-aware performance-driven TSV-planning based on network flow algorithm in 3D ICs

3D IC has become an attractive technology as it decreases interconnection distance and improves performance. However, it is faced with heat dissipation and temperature problem seriously. The high temperature will increase the interconnection delay, and lead to degradation of performance. Through-silicon-via (TSV) has been shown as an effective way to optimize heat distribution. However, the distribution of TSVs will potentially influence the interconnection delay. In this paper, we propose a performance-driven 3D TSV-planning (3D-PTSP) algorithm, which can generate good TSV distribution, to improve temperature. The thermal effects on critical path delay are analyzed with leakage power-temperature-delay dependence considered. A priority based TSV redistribution algorithm and network flow based signal via allocation algorithm help to improve both TSV number and critical path delay without increasing temperature. Experimental results show that the proposed method can improve total via number by 8.9% and reduce critical path delay by 15.8%.
A Guide to Teaching Practice

A Guide to Teaching Practice is the major standard text for all students on initial teacher training courses in the UK. Authoritative yet accessible, it covers the important basic skills and issues that students need to consider during their practice, such as planning, classroom organization, behaviour management and assessment. The book's focus on the quality of teaching and learning and consideration of the latest regulations and guidelines ensures that it fits comfortably within TTA and OfSTED frameworks.
In Vitro Susceptibility Pattern of Tigecycline against MRSA, ESBL Producing Escherichia coli, Klebsiella Species and Acinetobacter Isolates in a Rural Tertiary Care Hospital

Background: Tigecycline is the first commercially available glycycline, derivatives of the tetracycline antibiotics, having enhanced activity against various pathogens. In vitro activity has been demonstrated against multi drug resistant Gram positive and Gram negative pathogens like MRSA, ESBL producing Esch.coli and Klebsiella spp. and Acinetobacter. Objective: To determine Tigecycline in vitro susceptibility pattern in MRSA, ESBL producing Esch.coli and Klebsiella spp. and Acinetobacter spp. Material and Methods: Investigations were carried out from August 2012-January 2014 to detect MRSA,ESBL producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. as well as Acinetobacter spp. by using a standard protocols and Tigecycline in-vitro susceptibility testing was done by Kirby Bauer Disc diffusion method and it's MIC value against resistant isolates was evaluated.Statistical analysis was done by Fishers extract method. Result: Out of 107 Staphylococcus aureus isolates 52(48.59%) were MRSA, none of them showed resistance to Tigecycline. Out of 82 Esch.coli isolates 14 (i.e 17.07%) were ESBL producers, none of them showed resistance to Tigecycline.Out of 67 Klebsiella isolates 21 (i.e 31.34%) were ESBL producers out of which only 1 (i.e 4.76%) was resistant to Tigecycline.Out of 19 Acinetobacter spp.isolated 3 (i.e 15.78%) were resistant to Tigecycline. The MIC range for ESBL producing Eschcoli, Klebsiella spp. , MRSA and acinetobacter spp were 0.14-0.45 μg/ml,0.25-2.4 μg/ml,0.12-0.26 μg/ml, 1-3.2 μg/ml respectively. Conclusion: The results of the study confirm the excellent in vitro activity of Tigecycline against Gram positive and Gram negative multidrug resistant pathogens.
The Accelerated Reader Program's Relationship To Student Achievement On The English-Language Arts California Standards Test

This study aimed to investigate the potential of the Accelerated Reader (AR) program to positively impact student scores on the English-Language Arts California Standards Test (CST). The degree of attention placed on student reading achievement and improvement in high-stakes student standardized test scores in the state of California, as well as the rest of the country, requires an examination of this potential relationship. The results of such an examination can help teachers determine how to best use their resources. Previously published studies have attempted to determine the relationship between the AR program and student achievement. The results have been mixed. This study used eighth grade student data collected from the AR program over one school year, and compared the data to the same students’ “Reading Comprehension” and “Literary Analysis” reporting clusters on the English-Language Arts CST scores.
How psychotherapists develop: A study of therapeutic work and professional growth

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Hypercalcemia and multiple osteolytic lesions in an adult patient with relapsed pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a case report.

BACKGROUND Hypercalcemia and severe osteolytic lesions are rare complications of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in childhood, and those cases share similar clinical features. Similarly, hypercalcemia is a rare feature in adult ALL. Here, we report an uncommon case of an adult patient with relapsed precursor B ALL (pre-B ALL) who developed multiple osteolytic lesions and hypercalcemia. CASE DESCRIPTION A 24-year-old male patient, diagnosed with pre-B ALL, was admitted in our hospital due to severe lumbar pain. After reviewing laboratory, radiological and clinical findings, the patient was diagnosed as having relapse of a mixed phenotype acute leukemia, according to bone marrow aspiration (9% blasts) and cytogenetic analysis, with multiple osteolytic lesions in all lumbar vertebrae, sacrum and ilium and severe hypercalcemia (13.3 mg/dL). Thus, FLAG-IDA rescue therapy and hydration plus furosemide, corticoids and bisphosphonates were administered. Despite initial amelioration, his hematological condition deteriorated and he died due to severe sepsis as a result of severe immunosuppression. CONCLUSION Two possible mechanisms have been suggested for hypercalcemia in hematological malignancy, either the leukemic infiltration or the paraneoplastic production of a variety of humoral factors and proinflammatory cytokines. However, hypercalcemia and severe osteolytic lesions are rare features in ALL adult patients and their combination may be indicator of poor prognosis. Hippokratia 2015, 19 (1): 78-81.
Phonetic trading relations and context effects: new experimental evidence for a speech mode of perception.

This article reviews a variety of experimental findings, most of them obtained in the last few years, that show that the perception of phonetic distinctions relies on a multiplicity of acoustic cues and is sensi tive to the surrounding context in very specific ways. Nearly all of these effects have correspondences in speech production, and they are readily explained by the assumption that listeners make continuous use of their tacit knowledge of speech patterns. A general auditory theory that does not make reference to the specific origin and function of speech can, at best, handle only a small portion of the wealth of phenomena reviewed here. Special emphasis is placed on several recent studies that obtained different patterns of results depending on whether identical stimuli were perceived as speech or as nonspeech. These findings provide strong empirical evidence for the existence of a special speech mode of perception.
Computation of flat outputs for discrete-time nonlinear systems with mathematica

The paper describes the first attempt to develop the software for computing the so-called flat output of the discrete-time nonlinear control system. The functions are implemented in NLControl, a package for nonlinear control systems, developed within the computer algebra system Mathematica. The implemented algorithm is quite elaborate. It involves the elements from the exterior differential calculus and from the theory of non-commutative polynomial rings, and requires solving large-scale systems of partial differential equations. At present the developed programs are only able to handle simple systems.
Perfectionism: A contributor to social anxiety and its cognitive processes

Abstract The present study aimed to examine how perfectionism is contributing to social anxiety and its cognitive processes of post‐event rumination and self‐perception of performance following a speech task. Forty‐eight undergraduate students completed measures of perfectionism and trait social anxiety prior to performing a 3‐min impromptu speech task. Immediately following the speech task, participants rated their state anxiety and self‐perception of performance, and 24-hr later, their level of post‐event rumination was measured. Structural equation modelling revealed that perfectionism, in the form of socially prescribed perfectionism and doubts about actions, directly influences trait social anxiety, and indirectly influences post‐event rumination and self‐perception of performance through its relationship with trait social anxiety and state anxiety. This is the first study to investigate how perfectionism is contributing to social anxiety and its cognitive processes. The findings of this study provide evidence in support of the potential predictive role of perfectionism in social anxiety.
‘That racism thing’: a critical race discourse analysis of a conflict over the proposed closure of a black high school

Using critical race discourse analysis, this study examines descriptions of a heated controversy over the proposed closure of the only primarily black high school in a large urban city. Participants included community members and the district and school leaders who were key in the controversy. Based on Foucault’s analysis of power we looked for conflicts in the narratives of the participants in their description of the controversy. Four strands of discursive conflict emerged: the purpose of school; the relationship of school and community; communication; and the issue of racism. Taking these four strands together, the themes found in the discourse of the community members enacted an emancipatory knowledge paradigm, while the themes found in the discourse of the administrators enacted a technical-rational, instrumental paradigm of knowledge.
Special Section: Rezoning Pleasure

Much contemporary psychological and psychoanalytic research embraces affects but deletes drives. Tomkins made specific place for both affects and drives in his theory, suggesting that much of interest arose from their conflict and co-assembly. This article explores why drives have been dismissed, and argues for their explanatory usefulness in an embodied science of personality. Possible advantages of Tomkins' affect theory over Freud's are discussed as a prelude to assembling (via Westen) a lean, mean, motivational model of personality development. The model combines a view of drives consonant with contemporary evidence and representative of the early Freud with a differential affect theory indebted to Silvan Tomkins. Applications of the model are explored using as case studies personality research on psychopathy and the role of shame in narcissism. The model explores the way that signature personality profiles emerge as developmental pathways are opened or closed due to affective idiosyncrasy.
The musical playground: global tradition and change in children's songs and games

parental roles in their participation, and an honest respect for their busy lives, there is a lack of recorded recognition of parents’ own expertises as their children’s educators and a lack of information about how the music educator might effect change in the parents themselves. The emphasis, beyond the first year, is rather to regard them as important for praising and encouraging, than contributing to the content of the programme; as they might view the relevance of activities, or the significance of certain interactions to how their children are learning. One is left wondering how much of a failure a parent might feel who finds singing in tune a real challenge. The answer to this, however, may well be in the over-riding positive message of this book; that ‘we all possess a basic music, including singing’ (which) ‘can be stimulated . by an environment rich in specific experiences, in an emotionally positive climate’ (88).
La construcción discursiva del fracaso escolar: Una etnografía sociolingüística crítica en un centro educativo de Madrid

El estudio sociolinguistico y etnografico de las practicas comunicativas en un centro escolar multicultural de Madrid ha permitido identificar el conflicto en las interacciones como una de las dimensiones del fracaso escolar que padece este instituto. El fracaso escolar, entendido desde los planteamientos de Erickson (1987), hace referencia a la falta de interes y confianza mutua entre los protagonistas de la practica escolar para llevar a cabo las tareas de ensenanza-aprendizaje. El conflicto se ritualiza en las interacciones del aula y se extiende a las demas practicas comunicativas del centro en una lucha de los participantes por legitimar lo que cuenta para ellos ser “estudiante” y ser “profesor” dentro de este contexto particular.
An Exploration of Motivations for Two Screen Viewing, Social Interaction Behaviors, and Factors that Influence Viewing Intentions

This study explores whether, and how, motivations for two screen viewing predicted social interaction behaviors and subsequent viewing intention of TV programs. A total of 453 respondents who responded that they use social networking sites (SNSs) via smartphones and actively watch entertainment programs completed an online survey questionnaire. In agreement with uses and gratifications assumptions, motivations for TSV predicted distinctive sets of social interaction behaviors, which mediated the influence of motivations on viewing intentions. Respondents' two screen viewing was meaningfully related with social interaction, engagement with programs, information seeking, and passing time. Results suggest that two screen viewing could provide shared experiences nourishing social capital and reintegrate TV audiences by social adhesive resulting from TV with SNSs.
Effects of aerobic and resistance training on hemoglobin A1c levels in patients with type 2 diabetes: a randomized controlled trial.

CONTEXT Exercise guidelines for individuals with diabetes include both aerobic and resistance training although few studies have directly examined this exercise combination. OBJECTIVE To examine the benefits of aerobic training alone, resistance training alone, and a combination of both on hemoglobin A(1c) (HbA(1c)) in individuals with type 2 diabetes. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS A randomized controlled trial in which 262 sedentary men and women in Louisiana with type 2 diabetes and HbA(1c) levels of 6.5% or higher were enrolled in the 9-month exercise program between April 2007 and August 2009. INTERVENTION Forty-one participants were assigned to the nonexercise control group, 73 to resistance training 3 days a week, 72 to aerobic exercise in which they expended 12 kcal/kg per week; and 76 to combined aerobic and resistance training in which they expended 10 kcal/kg per week and engaged in resistance training twice a week. Main Outcome Change in HbA(1c) level. Secondary outcomes included measures of anthropometry and fitness. RESULTS The study included 63.0% women and 47.3% nonwhite participants who were a mean (SD) age of 55.8 years (8.7 years) with a baseline HbA(1c) level of 7.7% (1.0%). Compared with the control group, the absolute mean change in HbA(1c) in the combination training exercise group was -0.34% (95% confidence interval [CI], -0.64% to -0.03%; P = .03). The mean changes in HbA(1c) were not statistically significant in either the resistance training (-0.16%; 95% CI, -0.46% to 0.15%; P = .32) or the aerobic (-0.24%; 95% CI, -0.55% to 0.07%; P = .14) groups compared with the control group. Only the combination exercise group improved maximum oxygen consumption (mean, 1.0 mL/kg per min; 95% CI, 0.5-1.5, P < .05) compared with the control group. All exercise groups reduced waist circumference from -1.9 to -2.8 cm compared with the control group. The resistance training group lost a mean of -1.4 kg fat mass (95% CI, -2.0 to -0.7 kg; P < .05) and combination training group lost a mean of -1.7 (-2.3 to -1.1 kg; P < .05) compared with the control group. CONCLUSIONS Among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, a combination of aerobic and resistance training compared with the nonexercise control group improved HbA(1c) levels. This was not achieved by aerobic or resistance training alone. TRIAL REGISTRATION clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT00458133.