Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Identifying Mentors for Student Employees on Campus.

Purpose – This exploratory research project aims to seek an effective process for identifying supervisors of part-time student employees who also serve in a mentoring capacity. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is based on a review of literature and an evaluation process focused on established traits and functions of mentoring as applied to supervisors of student employees on a college campus. Findings – Supervisors of student employees may have the desire and capacity to engage students on a higher level but are not viewed and supported to meet this need based on their position within the organization. Untapped resources are being overlooked that would develop the supervisor and the student while advancing the overall institutional mission. Research limitations/implications – A study identifying mentors for part-time undergraduate student employees in higher education settings was necessary as a precursor to future research on the human resource development needs of professional staff in higher ed.
Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome and Thrombotic Events

Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) is one of the most important complications of ovarian stimulation with severe morbidity and is still a threat to every patient undergoing ovulation induction. This manuscript reviews the current evidence regarding the relationship between OHSS and thromboembolism in infertile patients undergoing ovarian stimulation published in the world literature. The PubMed Database was searched for publications on reported cases of OHSS and thromboembolic phenomenon published between 1965 and 2013. One hundred and forty cases of OHSS and thromboembolic phenomena were retrieved. The vascular accident had already occurred in the first cycle of treatment among 119 women (85%), at early stage of OHSS in 43% and late stage in 57% of cases. Venous thrombotic events were recorded mostly in unusual sites, jugular, and subclavian veins, with 69 and 38 thrombotic events, respectively. Coagulation status was found at 86 of the 140 cases (61%). Fifty‐three of the pregnant patients (68%) delivered singleton births and 47% had preterm deliveries, and termination of pregnancy was indicated in 11 cases (14%). The most serious complication associated with OHSS is thrombotic phenomena as shown in the present review of 140 cases, world data, on both arterial and venous side. Thromboprophylaxis should be initiated in patients with thrombophilia and who develop moderate‐to‐severe OHSS.
Visualising multilevel models: the Initial Analysis of Data

This paper considers the use of the freeware package XLISP-STAT (Tierney, 1990) and the add-on package ARC (Cook and Weisberg, 1999) to explore multilevel data structures before more formal modelling. Exploratory data analysis (Chatfield, 1988) is regarded as an essential before further analysis. XLISPSTAT is highly interactive and with ARC can be used to investigate multilevel structures graphically. This feature is used to demonstrate how exploratory analysis can be carried out for a range of multilevel models including those with binary or ordinal outcome variables. The advantages of this software are that it can be used to identify potential outliers before models are fitted and it is also possible to decide on suitable models for a more formal multilevel analysis.
Stochastic models of evidence accumulation in changing environments

Organisms and ecological groups accumulate evidence to make decisions. Classic experiments and theoretical studies have explored this process when the correct choice is fixed during each trial. However, the natural world constantly changes. Using sequential analysis we derive a tractable model of evidence accumulation when the correct option changes in time. Our analysis shows that ideal observers discount prior evidence at a rate determined by the volatility of the environment, and that the dynamics of evidence accumulation is governed by the information gained over an average environmental epoch. A plausible neural implementation of an optimal observer in a changing environment shows that, in contrast to previous models, neural populations representing alternate choices are coupled through excitation.
Expectations, Use, and Evaluation of Communication Media among Deployed Peacekeepers

As part of an experimental unit, over five hundred active- and reserve-component (AC, RC) soldiers deployed to the Sinai Desert in 1995 on a peacekeeping mission. While most junior enlisted personnel were reservists, leadership positions were shared between components. Before their departure, most soldiers had high expectations regarding their ability to use a variety of communication media to reach their families. While their reported use of communication media was less than what they had expected, almost all soldiers did use the telephone or other means to communicate with home during their deployment. Contrary to our hypotheses, communication media use was not strongly related to rank or component (AC, RC), though junior enlisted personnel were somewhat less likely than other ranks to use some communication media. As expected, married soldiers were somewhat more likely to use telecommunications than unmarried soldiers. While all forms of communication media were deemed useful for conveying information, more interactive forms of communication (e.g., telephone) were preferred for communicating with family and friends, especially with respect to time-sensitive or other more difficult issues.
A Framework for Understanding Equivocation

Information processing theory was used to develop a general model of equivocation that takes into account the various forms of linguistic specificity beyond responsiveness to questions, as well as receivers' comprehensive processing of message content. The model posits causal effects of language specificity and message length on receivers' perceptions of linguistic specificity and their assessments of message clarity, position advocated, and personalization. The results of meta-analyses and causal models of conversation ratings show that message length decreased perceived linguistic specificity but increased message clarity and personalization, perceived specificity increased clarity and identification of position advocated, and clarity increased identification of position advocated and personalization. The immediacy ofthe channel ofpresentation enhanced the role of specificity in the model and inhibited the role of clarity in the model. The practical implications of these findings for the use of equivocation are discussed.
Analysis of the magnetic characteristics of virtual-gap reactors

The virtual air-gap variable reactor is a recently proposed device whose inductive reactance may be continuously varied over a wide range. The performance of this variable reactor is analysed with the help of magnetic field numerical computations. Key constructional features are related to the effects they produce in the magnetic characteristics of the device, from where design guidelines are identified. The circuit response of the device is derived from the magnetic characteristics.
Serum Levels of Inflammatory Markers in Depressed Elderly Patients with Diabetes and Mild Cognitive Impairment

Objective The aim of the study was to determine the serum levels of CRP, IL-6 and TNF-α in elderly diabetic patients with depressive syndrome alone or with coexisting mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Methods 276 diabetics elders were screened for depressive symptoms (using Geriatric Depression Scale: GDS-30) and MCI (using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment: MoCA score). Data of HbA1c, blood lipids and inflammatory markers levels were collected. Results In all groups of patients levels of CRP, IL-6 and TNF-α were significantly higher as compared to controls. The highest level of inflammatory markers was detected in group with depressive mood and coexisting MCI, however IL-6 level didn’t significantly differ as compared to MCI group. We founded correlations between all inflammatory markers in group of patients with depressive mood and in group of subjects with depressive symptoms and coexisting MCI. GDS-30 score was correlated with levels of inflammatory markers in group with depressive mood, and with levels of CRP and TNF-α in group with depressive mood and coexisting MCI. In the group with depressive mood and coexisting MCI we founded that MoCA score was negatively correlated with CRP and TNF-α levels; and HbA1c level was positively correlated with all inflammatory markers. The univariate logistic regression models revealed that variables which increased the likelihood of having been diagnosed with MCI in depressed patients were: higher levels of HbA1c, CRP, IL-6 and TNF-α, previous CVD or stroke, increased number of co-morbidities and microvascular complications, older age, less years of formal education. The multivariable model showed that previous CVD, higher HbA1c and IL-6 levels are significant factors. Conclusions We demonstrated that the presence of depressive syndrome is associated with higher levels of inflammatory markers in elderly patients with diabetes. The presence of MCI in these depressed subjects has additive effect on levels of inflammatory mediators.
Balance and Refinement: Beyond Coherence Methods of Moral Inquiry

Preface, Inrtroduction, Part 1 Strategy, Chapter 1. The Method of Reflective Equilibrium and the No Contact with Reality Objection. Chapter 2. A Strategy for Defending a Method of Moral Inquiry. Part 2: Rationality, Chapter 3. The Case for the Rationality of Radical Reflective. Chapter 4. Naivete, Corruption and the Method of Balance and Refinement. Part 3: Warrant, Chapter 5. A Perceptual Model for the Warrant of Moral Beleifs. Rationality of Radical Reflective
Patient satisfaction as a possible indicator of quality surgical care.

IMPORTANCE In 2010, national payers announced they would begin using patient satisfaction scores to adjust reimbursements for surgical care. OBJECTIVE To determine whether patient satisfaction is independent from surgical process measures and hospital safety. DESIGN We compared the performance of hospitals that participated in the Patient Satisfaction Survey, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Surgical Care Improvement Program, and the employee Safety Attitudes Questionnaire. SETTING Thirty-one US hospitals. PARTICIPANTS Patients and hospital employees. INTERVENTIONS There were no interventions for this study. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Hospital patient satisfaction scores were compared with hospital Surgical Care Improvement Program compliance and hospital employee safety attitudes (safety culture) scores during a 2-year period (2009-2010). Secondary outcomes were individual domains of the safety culture survey. RESULTS Patient satisfaction was not associated with performance on process measures (antibiotic prophylaxis, R = -0.216 [P = .24]; appropriate hair removal, R = -0.012 [P = .95]; Foley catheter removal, R = -0.089 [P = .63]; deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis, R = 0.101 [P = .59]). In addition, patient satisfaction was not associated with a hospital's overall safety culture score (R = 0.295 [P = .11]). We found no association between patient satisfaction and the individual culture domains of job satisfaction (R = 0.327 [P = .07]), working conditions (R = 0.191 [P = .30]), or perceptions of management (R = 0.223 [P = .23]); however, patient satisfaction was associated with the individual culture domains of employee teamwork climate (R = 0.439 [P = .01]), safety climate (R = 0.395 [P = .03]), and stress recognition (R = -0.462 [P = .008]). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Patient satisfaction was independent of hospital compliance with surgical processes of quality care and with overall hospital employee safety culture, although a few individual domains of culture were associated. Patient satisfaction may provide information about a hospital's ability to provide good service as a part of the patient experience; however, further study is needed before it is applied widely to surgeons as a quality indicator.
Students' Attachment and Academic Engagement: The Role of Race and Ethnicity.

Students' attachment to school and their academic engagement are important, yet understudied, aspects of the educational experience. In their study, the authors examined whether students of different racial-ethnic groups vary in attachment and engagement and whether properties of schools (e.g., racial-ethnic composition) influence these outcomes over and above individual characteristics. Using multilevel models with a sample of youths from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, they found important differences across racial-ethnic groups in both attachment and engagement. The racial-ethnic composition of schools is an important factor in students' attachment but not engagement. Moreover, the extent of racial and ethnic differences in both outcomes varies across high schools. These findings are discussed in terms of the challenges facing racially and ethnically diverse schools.
Implication of Ceramide, Ceramide 1-Phosphate and Sphingosine 1-Phosphate in Tumorigenesis

In the last two decades there has been considerable progress in our understanding of the role of sphingolipids in controlling signal transduction processes, particularly in the mechanisms leading to regulation of cell growth and death. Ceramide is a well-characterized sphingolipid metabolite and second messenger that can be produced by cancer cells in response to a variety of stimuli, including therapeutic drugs, leading to cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. Although this is a promising aspect when thinking of treating cancer, it should be borne in mind that ceramide production may not always be a growth inhibitory or pro-apoptotic signal. In fact, ceramide can be readily converted to sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) by the concerted actions of ceramidases and sphingosine kinases, or to ceramide 1-phosphate (C1P) by the action of ceramide kinase. In general, S1P and C1P have opposing effects to ceramide, acting as pro-survival or mitogenic signals in most cell types. This review will address our current understanding of the many roles of ceramide, S1P and C1P in the regulation of cell growth and survival with special emphasis to the emerging role of these molecules and their metabolizing enzymes in controlling tumor progression and metastasis.
Bad Jobs in America: Standard and Nonstandard Employment Relations and Job Quality in the United States

The prevalence of nonstandard jobs is a matter of concern if, as many assume, such jobs are bad. We examine the relationship between nonstandard employment (on-call work and day labor, temporary-help agency employment, employment with contract companies, independent contracting, other self-employment, and part-time employment in “conventional” jobs) and exposure to “bad” job characteristics, using data from the 1995 Current Population Survey. Of workers age 18 and over, 31 percent are in some type of nonstandard employment. To assess the link between type of employment and bad jobs, we conceptualize “bad jobs” as those with low pay and without access to health insurance and pension benefits. About one in seven jobs in the United States is bad on these three dimensions. Nonstandard employment strongly increases workers’ exposure to bad job characteristics, net of controls for workers’ personal characteristics, family status, occupation, and industry.
Applying a social meaning model to relational message interpretations of conversational involvement: Comparing observer and participant perspectives

This investigation explored observer interpretations of relational messages associated with nonverbal conversational involvement and cross‐validated observer interpretations with those provided by participants. Observers each rated five 2‐minute videotaped segments from interactions in which untrained confederates greatly increased or decreased involvement. High involvement, and the specific nonverbal cue complexes associated with it, conveyed greater intimacy (immediacy, affection, receptivity, trust, and depth), composure/relaxation, equality/similarity, dominance, and formality than low involvement. Observers showed high consistency among themselves in their interpretations and some correspondence with participants, a finding which offers qualified support for a social meaning model (i.e., that there are consensually recognized meanings for behavior). However, participants showed a positivity bias, assigning more favorable interpretations on average than did observers.
Selective Imitation of Same-Age, Older, and Younger Peer Models.

BRODY, GENE H. , and STONEMAN, ZOLINDA. Selective Imitation of Same-Age, Older, and Younger Peer Models. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1981, 52, 717-720. While it is well documented that same-age and mixed-age peer relations are important contributors to socialization, relatively little is known about how the age composition of peer groups influences basic social learning processes such as imitation. The present studies were designed to examine children's imitation of same-age, younger, and older peers. The studies were also designed to determine whether peer models affect the acquisition, imitative performance, or both aspects of observational learning. Study 1 examined these questions with a single model format, while study 2 employed a multiple modeling format. The data from study 1 revealed that children displayed selective imitation of same-age and older models, even though they exhibited near perfect acquisition of the information displayed by younger models. The results of study 2 revealed that children selectively imitated both same-age and older models when those models were juxtaposed with a younger peer. Children did not display any selective imitation when older peers were paired with same-age peers.
Patterns of Bully/Victim Problems in Mixed Race Groups of Children

This study investigated the extent of bullying within and between British Asian and White girls and boys (n = 156) and some of the reasons why it occurs. There was no significant difference in the percentage of peers that nominated Asian and White children as either bullies or victims. Contrary to our prediction (derived from Tajfel's social judgement theory), both Asian children and White children were significantly more likely to be named as bullies of same-race classmates than to be named as bullies of other-race classmates. Again contrary to our prediction, for Asian boys and White boys there were no significant correlations between general racial preferences/attitudes on the one hand, and the extent to which they were named by classmates as bullies of other-race children on the other hand. In order to investigate the types of bullying directed at own-race and other-race pupils, a subset of the sample of children (n = 60) were also asked about the specific types of bullying they had experienced, and who was responsible. Some significant racial differences emerged, most notably that proportionally more Asian children than White children reported that they had been teased about their colour or race by children of the other-race, and the opposite was the case for non-racial types of teasing. The implications of these results for children's social development, and for school's attempts to remove bully/victim problems, are discussed. One recommendation was that teasing, and especially racial teasing by racial majority pupils, should be a focus for intervention.
Wikipedia Vandalism Detection Through Machine Learning: Feature Review and New Proposals - Lab Report for PAN at CLEF 2010

Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia that anyone can edit. In this open model, some people edits with the intent of harming the integrity of Wikipedia. This is known as vandalism. We extend the framework presented in (Potthast, Stein, and Gerling, 2008) for Wikipedia vandalism detection. In this approach, several vandalism indicating features are extracted from edits in a vandalism corpus and are fed to a supervised learning algorithm. The best performing classifiers were LogitBoost and Random Forest. Our classifier, a Random Forest, obtained an AUC of 0.92236, ranking in the first place of the PAN'10 Wikipedia vandalism detection task.
Retrograde Signaling by Syt 4 Induces Presynaptic Release and Synapse-Specific Growth

The molecular pathways involved in retrograde signal transduction at synapses and the function of retrograde communication are poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that postsynaptic calcium 2+ ion (Ca2+) influx through glutamate receptors and subsequent postsynaptic vesicle fusion trigger a robust induction of presynaptic miniature release after high-frequency stimulation at Drosophila neuromuscular junctions. An isoform of the synaptotagmin family, synaptotagmin 4 (Syt 4), serves as a postsynaptic Ca2+ sensor to release retrograde signals that stimulate enhanced presynaptic function through activation of the cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)–cAMP-dependent protein kinase pathway. Postsynaptic Ca2+ influx also stimulates local synaptic differentiation and growth through Syt 4–mediated retrograde signals in a synapse-specific manner.
Genotypic Characterization of Canine Coronaviruses Associated with Fatal Canine Neonatal Enteritis in the United States

ABSTRACT Emerging canine coronavirus (CCoV) variants that are associated with systemic infections have been reported in the European Union; however, CCoV-associated disease in the United States is incompletely characterized. The purpose of this study was to correlate the clinicopathological findings and viral antigen distribution with the genotypic characteristics of CCoV in 11 puppies from nine premises in five states that were submitted for diagnostic investigation at Cornell University between 2008 and 2013. CCoV antigen was found in epithelial cells of small intestinal villi in all puppies and the colon in 2 of the 10 puppies where colon specimens were available. No evidence of systemic CCoV infection was found. Comparative sequence analyses of viral RNA extracted from intestinal tissues revealed CCoV-II genotype in 9 out of 11 puppies. Of the nine CCoV-IIs, five were subtyped as group IIa and one as IIb, while three CCoVs could not be subtyped. One of the CCoV-IIa variants was isolated in cell culture. Infection with CCoV alone was found in five puppies, of which two also had small intestinal intussusception. Concurrent infections with either parvovirus (n = 1), attaching-effacing Escherichia coli (n = 4), or protozoan parasites (n = 3) were found in the other six puppies. CCoV is an important differential diagnosis in outbreaks of severe enterocolitis among puppies between 4 days and 21 weeks of age that are housed at high population density. These findings will assist with the rapid laboratory diagnosis of enteritis in puppies and highlight the need for continued surveillance for CCoV variants and intestinal viral diseases of global significance.
Can Measuring Psychosocial Factors Promote College Success?

Research on the validity of psychosocial factors (PSFs) and other noncognitive predictors of college outcomes has largely ignored the practical benefits implied by the validity. We summarize evidence of the validity of PSF measures as predictors of college outcomes and then explain how this validity directly translates into improved identification of high-risk students and improvements in academic success and persistence rates. We discuss how the value of measuring PSFs hinges on the effectiveness of institutional support programs designed to help high-risk students. We recommend that postsecondary institutional research focus on the net effect of systems for identifying and intervening with high-risk students.