Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Teaching Moral Values Through the Film, "Children of Heaven": A Review and Qualitative Analysis of Islam as a Way of Life

Islam's moral instructions for exemplary conduct as referenced in Al'Qurʼān are replete with precious family values that form an essential framework for the stabilization of all family units. This study clarifies Islam as a 'way of life' with a focus on the Iranian film “Children of Heaven” (1997, written and directed by Majid Majidi), which depicts moral values that continue to inspire children all over the globe. The film particularly highlights family values as emphasized in the Qurʼān with regard to children who perform the 'best possible' deeds for the benefit of their parents. The lessons shared by this production were examined and compared with passages in the Qurʼān using a simple qualitative survey. Our findings significantly demonstrate that “Children of Heaven” beautifully illustrates moral values that are worthy for the guidance of all children. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015. v6n2s1p331
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 nucleocapsid protein specifically stimulates Mg2+-dependent DNA integration in vitro

The integrase (IN) protein of the human immunodeficiency virus mediates integration of the viral DNA into the cellular genome. In vitro, this reaction can be mimicked by using purified recombinant IN and model DNA substrates. IN mediates two reactions: an endonucleolytic cleavage at each 3' end of the proviral DNA (terminal cleavage) and the joining of the linear viral DNA to 5' phosphates in the target DNA (strand transfer). Previous investigators have shown that purified IN requires Mn2+ or Mg2+ to promote strand transfer in vitro, although Mg2+ is the likely metal cofactor in vivo. IN activity in the presence of Mg2+ in vitro requires high IN concentrations and low concentrations of salt. Here, we show that the viral nucleocapsid protein NCp7 allows efficient IN-mediated strand transfer in the presence of Mg2+ at low enzyme concentrations. This potentiating effect appears to be unique to NCp7, as other small DNA-binding proteins, while capable of stimulating integration in the presence of Mn2+, all failed to stimulate strand transfer in the presence of Mg2+.
"What You Think, Feel, and Experience Shape Your Writing:" Cognitive, Affective, and Contextual Processes in ESESL Writing

The present study positions itself within the research tradition based on the cognitive process and focuses the research lens on young writers, investigating the composing processes of six students at three proficiency levels in their final year in high school. Cognitive-based previous research is generally limited to describing how cognitive strategies interact during writing and how these strategies spell the difference between good and poor writers. There is a need to look at the writing context and varying experiences among writers, which help account for the differences in the cognitive processes among writers and their sources of difficulty. Hence, the present study seeks to describe (1) how secondary graduating students in a product-oriented writing context approach the writing task; and (2) how they are different or similar in terms of cognitive strategies, metacognitve models, emotions while writing, and sources of difficulty. The study underscores that writing should be viewed as multiprocesses including cognitive and emotional processes analyzed within the classroom context and experiences of writers. The findings lead to tentative conclusions and suggest implications for pedagogy and research.
Is There a Seasonal Difference in the Detection of Trichomonas vaginalis by Cervical Cytology?

This objective of our study was to determine the prevalence of a Trichomonas vaginalis diagnosis in routine Papanicolaou smears and whether it is seasonal. We reviewed the diagnosis rendered for 93,681 Papanicolaou smears evaluated at a medical school hospital laboratory between 1992 and 1997. The occurrence of a diagnosis of T. vaginalis was analyzed by year, by quarter, and by month using a generalized linear regression model. The prevalence of a T. vaginalis diagnosis during the 6-year study period was 3.1%. The between-month and between-quarter comparisons of prevalence were not statistically different. In the population reported here, the prevalence of a Papanicolaou smear diagnosis of T. vaginalis was low and no seasonal difference in making this diagnosis was identified.
Pioneer whiteness meets “multicultural” whiteness in farm communities in Washington state

Emphasizing symbolic/material intersections, I employ a spatial approach to contextualize whiteness in migrant farm communities in Washington state. Specifically, I argue that white identity is not detached from physical settings, but evolves in relationship to others in these concrete, but symbolically constructed, locations. Utilizing observations, interviews, and ethnographic mapping, I discuss how participants’ spatial narratives elucidate pioneer and “multicultural” expressions of whiteness. The citation of an agricultural ethos also pervades discourses of whiteness in this community. These specific articulations signal the resiliency of whiteness to morph in response to perceived threats to its position and assuage anxiety over demographic changes.
Are antioxidants or supplements protective for age-related macular degeneration?

OBJECTIVES The relationships between fasting plasma levels of retinol, ascorbic acid, alpha-tochopherol, and beta-carotene and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) were studied in a population enrolled in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA), in which most of the data were collected 2 or more years before assessment of macular status. DESIGN A total of 976 participants in the study were scheduled for a biennial examination from January 1988 through January 1, 1990, which included taking lens and macular photographs. A total of 827 (85%) of the participants had fundus photographs taken, and most plasma data were available for 82% of those subjects with fundus photographs. Age-related macular degeneration was defined as neovascular changes, geographic and nongeographic atrophy, large or confluent drusen, or hyperpigmentation. A total of 226 cases of AMD were available for analysis. RESULTS Logistic regression analyses suggested that alpha-tocopherol was associated with a protective effect for AMD, adjusted for age, sex, and nuclear opacity. An antioxidant index, including ascorbic acid, alpha-tocopherol, and beta-carotene, was also protective for AMD. Our conclusions must be tempered with the knowledge that the population under study was basically well nourished, and few individuals had any clinically deficient status. The study cannot exclude the possibility that quite low levels of micronutrients, lower than those observed in this study, might be risk factors for AMD. CONCLUSIONS The data suggest a protective effect for AMD of high plasma values of alpha-tocopherol. An antioxidant index, composed of plasma ascorbic acid, alpha-tocopherol, and beta-carotene, was also protective. The use of vitamin supplements to prevent AMD is not supported by these data, which showed no protective effect of vitamin use.
Adult literacy students’ metaphors of reading and writing

The purpose of this study was to examine reading and writing metaphors of 144 adults who enrolled in literacy instruction at one of three adult education sites. Participants were given a questionnaire that solicited their metaphors for reading and writing. The adult students selected one reading metaphor from five choices or they could create their own. Likewise, they could select one of five writing metaphors or create their own. Results showed the adult students significantly differed in their reading metaphors, but they did not significantly differ in their writing metaphors. School site and age impacted their chosen reading metaphors, and gender impacted the selected writing metaphors. The most dominant reading and writing metaphor focused on parts or elements or reading and writing. Implications for adult literacy are discussed.
Proper noun anomia in conversation: A description of how a man with chronic anomia constructed referencing turns

Background: Proper noun anomia has received significant attention as a source of evidence for the organisation of the lexicon, and the neuroanatomical bases of language. There is also some evidence that people with aphasia and related disorders may have particular difficulty producing proper nouns. However, very few studies have examined how proper noun anomia manifests in everyday conversation. Aims: This study uses conversation analysis (CA) to describe how a man with chronic anomia constructed turns that referred to people, places, and other entities that can be named with proper nouns. Methods & Procedures: A man with chronic anomia following a closed head injury (Paul) was recorded during everyday conversations involving two friends and the researcher. Approximately 2½ hours of recordings were collected and transcribed. A collection of referencing turns was assembled from this dataset and analysed. Outcomes & Results: Two design features of Paul's referencing turns are identified and described. First, Paul recurrently delayed the production of reference forms in referencing turns. It is speculated that these practices generated extra time for Paul to produce proper nouns. Second, Paul recurrently utilised common noun phrases (e.g., that young bloke) as reference forms in place of proper nouns. These references were easier to produce than proper nouns, and solicited proper nouns from his conversation partners. Securing the involvement of conversation partners allowed Paul to partially distribute the productive and moral responsibility for proper noun generation. Conclusions: It is argued that these turn construction practices represent adaptations to proper noun anomia in conversation. These findings may contribute to the development of interaction-focused interventions targeting referencing by people with anomia. Future investigation should focus on how the referencing turns of people with anomia change over time.
From an Attributional Theory of Emotion to Developmental Psychology: A Round-Trip Ticket?

Attribution theory has proved to be a useful conceptual framework for the study of emotional development. In this paper, we review a program of research on children's developing understanding of emotion from an attributional perspective. A number of prevalent human emotions are examined in this conception, including happiness, sadness, anger, pity, guilt, pride, and gratitude. The implications of a developmental perspective for an “adult” theory of emotion are discussed.
Human Trophoblast Cells Are Permissive to the Complete Replicative Cycle of Human Cytomegalovirus

ABSTRACT Human trophoblast cells were permissively infected by human cytomegalovirus. The kinetics of viral immediate-early, early, and late gene expression was clearly delayed compared to that in fibroblasts. Productive infection was unequivocally proven by the detection of virion particles, infectious virus in trophoblast culture supernatant, and cell-to-cell spread of cytomegalovirus from infected trophoblasts to uninfected fibroblasts. These observations indicate that infected trophoblasts may be involved in maternofetal transmission of human cytomegalovirus.
Parent Involvement in Children’s Education

This exploratory study examined the involvement of Chinese immigrant parents in children’s elementary and secondary education. Participants were 29 low-income, urban parents of public school children working primarily in the hospitality sector. Parents were interviewed about their academic expectations, knowledge of school performance, parent involvement, and barriers to involvement. Participants reported high academic expectations but only half had knowledge of their children’s school performance. Approximately 35% attended parent—teacher conferences, 14% helped with homework, and 10% volunteered at school. No parents participated in school decision making or community collaborations. Limited English and demanding work schedules were major barriers to involvement. Recommendations for educators are presented.
Proteome analysis of differential protein expression in allergen‐induced asthmatic mice lung after dexamethasone treatment

Asthma has become substantially more prevalent in recent decades and is one of the foremost contributors to morbidity and mortality in industrialized countries. Corticosteroids are among the most effective medications for the treatment of asthma, but some patients do not respond well to corticosteroid treatment. In this study, we characterized the responses to an allergen and identified potential molecular targets of dexamethasone (Dex) treatment in acute asthma. Female BALB/c mice sensitized to ovalbumin (OVA) were challenged with aerosolized OVA for 1 week. During the challenge period, mice were treated daily with Dex by intraperitoneal injection. Phosphate‐buffered saline treated and non‐challenged mice served as control. Histological evaluation of OVA‐induced mice revealed airway inflammation and goblet cell hyperplasia. In addition, interleukin 4 levels and interferon‐γ levels were increased and decreased, respectively. These changes were moderated by Dex treatment. Protein expression profiles were compared in each experimental group by two‐dimensional gel electrophoresis and identified using matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization‐time of flight/time of flight mass spectrometry. Some proteins were increased, while others were decreased by Dex treatment. These results indicated that the regulation of protein expression might play a role in the immunological and pathological development of asthma and could be targeted for therapeutic intervention. These results may assist in the development of quantitative diagnostic markers to monitor disease progression or responses to therapy using proteomic approaches.
Incidences in three dimensions and distinct distances in the plane

We first describe a reduction from the problem of lower-bounding the number of distinct distances determined by a set S of s points in the plane to an incidence problem between points and a certain class of helices (or parabolas) in three dimensions. We offer conjectures involving the new setup, but are still unable to fully resolve them. Instead, we adapt the recent new algebraic analysis technique of Guth and Katz [9], as further developed by Elekes et al. [6], to obtain sharp bounds on the number of incidences between these helices or parabolas and points in R3. Applying these bounds, we obtain, among several other results, the upper bound O(s3) on the number of rotations (rigid motions) which map (at least) three points of S to three other points of S. In fact, we show that the number of such rotations which map at least k ≥ 3 points of S to k other points of S is close to O(S3/k12/7). One of our unresolved conjectures is that this number is O(s3/k2), for k ≥ 2. If true, it would imply the lower bound Ω(s/ log s) on the number of distinct distances in the plane.
The Subjectivity of Subjective Experience: A Representationalist Analysis of the First-Person Perspective.

This is a brief and accessible English summary of the "Self-model Theory of Subjectivity" (SMT), which is only available as German book in this archive. It introduces two new theoretical entities, the "phenomenal self-model" (PSM) and the "phenomenal model of the intentionality-relation" PMIR. A representationalist analysis of the phenomenal first-person persepctive is offered. This is a revised version, including two pictures.
How do Muslim consumers perceive service quality

Purpose – This paper aims to report the development of an Islamic service quality scale that is derived from the literature, verbal protocol method interviews, and survey. Design/methodology/approach Design/methodology/approach – Verbal protocol interviews were conducted with 24 men and 12 women from Indonesia. A pilot testing of the questionnaire was conducted with four Indonesian students. The items were further refined and pilot tested with six Indonesian students. Exploratory factor analysis and reliability analysis (n Findings – The results indicate a robust measure of Islamic service quality: general Islamic values, Halal/Haram, attention to Islamic religious activities, honesty, modesty, and humaneness and trustworthiness. Future researchers can apply the Islamic service quality measure to Muslim consumers in other countries. Successful service providers need to be cognizant of the intrinsic roles played by Islamic values and practices among the Muslim consumers. Research limitations/implications –.
Representations of Children's Voices about Their Health in Social Services Arguments in Support of Their Decision

Research points to the importance of involving children in social investigations, since their perception of their own situation and needs may differ from what others take to be the case. There is however no specific recommendation of how childreni¯s voices should be inscribed in such investigations. This study explores if and how childreni¯s voices are represented in the final part of the social investigations where social workers argue in support of their decision. It has a specific focus on how childreni¯s voices about their health are included when, at the point of initiating an investigation, concerns have been raised about their physical and psychological well-being. Inspired by a social constructionist and discursive analytical approach we analyzed 60 arguments in as many social investigations. The findings are that childreni¯s psychological-, physical health or general well- being was mentioned in 46 of the 60 argumentations. The childi¯s own thoughts about his or her health were represented in12 of these 46 arguments. Instead, childreni¯s health was mostly represented by referrals to other persons. In those 12 arguments where childreni¯s views are presented they were reported in different ways. Their view could, for example, be sparingly reported and be used in order to confirm a previous statement or opinion. Two of the cases go more into details about what the children actually have said about their health. We conclude that if the representation of the childi¯s own voice is excluded it is difficult to understand if and how childreni¯s perspective of their health has been taken into consideration in the decision process.
Emotional Intelligence of Malaysian Academia towards Work Performance.

This paper describes the research conducted in relating to emotional intelligence of university staff to work attitude. The Emotional Intelligence (EI) Scale devised by Schutte et al. (1998) is used in this study, which is more suitable compared to BarOn Emotional Quotient Inventory. Beside their experiences, knowledge and skills, emotion play an important role in pushing individual to produce and perform the best. Emotion is critical in motivating, persuading, communicating, leading and controlling individuals and groups. The role of EI in employees’ work attitude has not been explored in-depth especially in higher institutions which rather focus EI on students and their academic performances. Quantitative method is adopted and questionnaires are distributed among academics and middle-management employees using simple random sampling. The questionnaire has been designed to assess how effectively individual deal with emotion. The findings of this empirical study would highlight the importance of EI in university and give details on EI factors that influence the work attitude among employees. The t-test, correlations and multiple regressions were used to analyze the data. The findings found that EI is positively related to work-attitude. Appraisal and expression of emotion are moderately correlated to job performance and job satisfaction.
LIFE-COURSE TRAJECTORIES OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF OFFENDERS*

The point of departure for this paper is Nagin and Land (1993), who identified four distinctive offending trajectories in a sample of 403 British males—a group without any convictions, “adolescence-limiteds,”“high-level chronics,” and “low-level chronics. ” We build upon that study with a detailed analysis of the distinguishing individual characteristics, behaviors, and social circumstances from ages 10 through 32 of these four groups. The most salient findings concern the adolescence-limiteds. By age 32 the work records of the adolescence-limiteds were indistinguishable from the never-convicted and substantially better than those of the chronic offenders. The adolescence-limiteds also seem to have established better relationships with their spouses than the chronics. The seeming reformation of the adolescence-limiteds, however, was less than complete. They continued to drink heavily and use drugs, get into fights, and commit criminal acts (according to self-reports).
Child and parent engagement in the mental health intervention process: a motivational framework.

BACKGROUND This article proposes a conceptual model of child and parent engagement in the mental health intervention process. METHOD A scoping review was performed of articles on predictors of engagement in mental health interventions, the effectiveness of engagement interventions, and interpersonal aspects of care. A comprehensive search of PsycINFO and PsycARTICLES was performed for literature published in English from 2000 to 2012. RESULTS Based on the review, a motivational framework is proposed in which engagement is defined as a state comprised of a hopeful stance, conviction, and confidence, brought about when therapists optimize engagement processes of receptiveness, willingness, and self-efficacy. CONCLUSIONS Implications concern the need to help clients understand what to expect from the therapy process, and to educate therapists about engagement strategies.
Exponential Stability of Homogeneous Positive Systems of Degree One With Time-Varying Delays

While the asymptotic stability of positive linear systems in the presence of bounded time delays has been thoroughly investigated, the theory for nonlinear positive systems is considerably less well-developed. This technical note presents a set of conditions for establishing delay-independent stability and bounding the decay rate of a significant class of nonlinear positive systems which includes positive linear systems as a special case. Specifically, when the time delays have a known upper bound, we derive necessary and sufficient conditions for exponential stability of: a) continuous-time positive systems whose vector fields are homogeneous and cooperative and b) discrete-time positive systems whose vector fields are homogeneous and order-preserving. We then present explicit expressions that allow us to quantify the impact of delays on the decay rate and show that the best decay rate of positive linear systems that our bounds provide can be found via convex optimization. Finally, we extend the results to general linear systems with time-varying delays.
Do all speech-disordered children have motor deficits?

The performance of four groups of speech-disordered children and a normal control group on tasks assessing volitional and non-volitional oral movements, fine motor skills and speech motor planning (novel word learning) were compared. Children whose phonological and/or articulation skills were slowly following the normal course of development did not appear to have specific difficulty on any of the experimental tasks. Children who consistently used non-developmental phonological rules did not differ from normal controls on tasks which assessed speed, dexterity and co-ordination of fine motor movements, indicating that their deficit is not one of motor control or implementation, motor planning or integration of perceptual and motor information. Further, the results of the new-world-learning task demonstrated that they are as good as the control group when learning to recognize and say new words. Children who made inconsistent speech errors performed as well as normal controls on tasks which assessed the fun.