Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Biotemplated Synthesis of Anatase Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles via Lignocellulosic Waste Material

Anatase titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2-NPs) were synthesized by sol-gel method using rice straw as a soft biotemplate. Rice straw, as a lignocellulosic waste material, is a biomass feedstock which is globally produced in high rate and could be utilized in an innovative approach to manufacture a value-added product. Rice straw as a reliable biotemplate has been used in the sol-gel method to synthesize ultrasmall sizes of TiO2-NPs with high potential application in photocatalysis. The physicochemical properties of titanium dioxide nanoparticles were investigated by a number of techniques such as X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), ultraviolet visible spectra (UV-Vis), and surface area and pore size analysis. All results consensually confirmed that particle sizes of synthesized titanium dioxide were template-dependent, representing decrease in the nanoparticles sizes with increase of biotemplate concentration. Titanium dioxide nanoparticles as small as 13.0 ± 3.3 nm were obtained under our experimental conditions. Additionally, surface area and porosity of synthesized TiO2-NPs have been enhanced by increasing rice straw amount which results in surface modification of nanoparticles and potential application in photocatalysis.
On Geometric and Analytic Constraints in the ${H}^{{\infty} }$ Fixed-Lag Smoothing

Limiting factors on achievable performance in the continuous- and discrete-time fixed-lag smoothing problems are shown to include geometric constraints, inherited from the fixed-interval (Linfin) problem, and analytic constraints, affected by the preview interval. Thus, the fixed-lag problem is viewed as a constrained version of its fixed-interval counterpart. The analysis sheds light on the dependence of achievable performance on the preview length and, in particular, on the generic presence of performance saturation at a finite preview interval.
WHO READS TO YOUNG CHILDREN?: IDENTIFYING PREDICTORS OF FAMILY READING ACTIVITIES

Who reads to young children? Analyses of data from the National Household Education Survey of 1995 (NHES:95) are performed to investigate the influences on the frequency of parental reading to young children. The NHES:95 data set is based on a national survey of households utilizing random digit dialing methods and computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) technology. Reports were obtained from the parents and guardians of a representative sample of 7,566 preschoolers and toddlers. Frequency of reading to children was found to vary by ethnicity, primary language spoken in the home, child's age, number of siblings, and mother's educational attainment. Income and number of parents in the home were not found to influence reading frequency when controlling for these other variables. Controlling for income, education, and family size and structure, there are differences among ethnic groups in reported frequency of families reading to children. The development of more culturally sensitive adult/ and or fa.
Examining the Links between Strain, Situational and Dispositional Anger, and Crime

Past research testing General Strain Theory has relied on trait-based, static indicators ofang er, assuming that “anger people” develop angry emotional states (i.e., situational anger) when exposed to strain. Here, the authors explore whether the relationship between strain, anger, and deviant outcomes varies as a function of whether trait-based or situational-based measures ofang er are used. Additionally, using structural equation modeling, they examine whether individuals with high levels of trait anger have an increased likelihood ofe xperiencing strain, becoming angry due to strain, and responding with deviance. The results reveal that relying on trait-based static indicators ofang er is problematic. The findings demonstrate that the relationship between anger and deviant outcomes is attenuated when trait-based measures of anger are used. Moreover, results also reveal that trait anger increases deviant outcomes independent ofthe effects ofstr ain or situational anger, which suggests that different mechanisms are operating.
Preparing for Year 12 examinations: Predictors of psychological distress and sleep

This study examined the influence of protective factors on psychological distress and sleep among Year 12 students 1 month prior to their externally assessed examinations. The sample included 195 Year 12 students who were to sit for at least one examination. Students completed the Adolescent Resilience Questionnaire, a measure of subjective stress, the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales – 21, and measures of sleep. A sizeable minority of students reported high levels of subjective stress, severe symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress, and very inadequate sleep. Freedom from negative cognitions was the factor most strongly associated with protection from psychological distress. None of the factors protected against inadequate sleep. Results showed few gender differences. The findings validate popular concern about the wellbeing of Year 12 students. They also confirm that protective factors do not provide equal protection for all individuals against all adverse outcomes.
A "UNIVERSAL FORCES" DIMENSION OF LOCUS OF CONTROL IN A POPULATION OF SPIRITUAL SEEKERS '

Sz~mmary. -A replication and an extension of the Levenson multidimensional locus of control scales was conducted to investigate control attributed co "Universal Forces" in a population pursuing spiritual development through medication and prayer. The new scale was an independent dimension of locus of control and significantly correlated . 26 with absorption, . 20 with Purpose in Life, . 22 with freqaency of meditation, and . 20 with frequency of prayer. The correlation with social desirability was . 07 and not significant. The concept of locus of control refers to an individual's expectation that the outcomes of various events will be influenced or caused by oneself or various external agents in the environment. The locus of control construct has proven useful in a variety of situations where subjective attribution of causality plays a role, e.g., in studies of coping behavior, psychosocial competence, academic performance, or psychopathology (5). However, its application to religious or supernatural causation has produced conflicting and paradoxical results, suggesting that this dimension of attribution of control may be independent of [he internaexternal dichotomy (9, 13). The question of supernatural locus of control is of interest since it is an explicit and core element in a belief system of growing popularity. In a representative random survey of 354 adults in Charlottesville, Virginia, Palmer (8) found that 82% reported some form of psychic or mystical experience. This paper reports a replication of the construction of Levenson's (6) multidimensional locus of control scale, with the addition of a new set of items to measure belief in "Universal Forces" of causation, without reference to God as conceptualized by a particular religion or denomination. METHOD
Game Performance as a Measure of Comprehension and Skill Transfer

Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) have begun to develop hybrid systems that balance the learning benefits of ITSs with the motivational benefits of games. iSTART-ME (Motivationally Enhanced) is a new game-based learning environment developed on top of an existing ITS for reading comprehension (iSTART). In an 11 session labbased study, 40 high school students interacted with the full iSTART-ME system and completed comprehension measures at multiple time points (pretest, posttest, retention, and transfer). The current work examined students’ comprehension outcomes and how they were related to performance within three integrated practice methods: Coached Practice (non-game), Showdown (game-based), and Map Conquest (game-based). Results indicate that performance within the game-based practice environments was positively related to comprehension outcomes, whereas performance within the non-game environment had no relation to subsequent comprehension measures.
What verbal orientation information do blind and partially sighted people need to find their way around? A study of everyday navigation strategies in people with impaired vision

For wayfinding at museums, galleries, and heritage sites, the majority of people who are blind or partially sighted favour verbal directions over tactile maps. Those who provide such directions are usually fully sighted. Can we assume that details considered important by those with vision are equally helpful to those without? This article presents a study comparing descriptions of familiar routes recalled by fully sighted, partially sighted, and blind participants, highlighting the differences in navigation strategies. All participants cited landmarks, but those with impaired vision also detailed significantly more objects, or ‘milestones’, en route. In the absence of such milestones, they relied on metrics that were often environmental or body-based. Distances were precisely specified, rather than ‘vague’. Landmarks and milestones were accessed multimodally by blind and partially sighted participants, or a combination of landmarks and milestones were sought for corroboration. In contrast, fully sighted participants reported predominantly unimodal information, that is, visual. The findings may have practical implications for improving the type of verbal orientation information provided to assist blind or partially sighted people.
CULTURAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF FAMILY SCHEMAS

This article uses interview data to examine changes over time in the cultural constructions of executive women's family responsibilities. The author delineates two gendered cultural structures: the family devotion schema and the work devotion schema. Respondents are caught in the conflict between each schema's competing vision of a worthwhile life. Older respondents are more likely to accept the devotion schema's definition of an irreconcilable conflict between work and family, prompting many to avoid marriage or childbearing. In contrast, many members of the youngest cohort, who came of age after the early 1970s women's movement, are refashioning the family devotion schema by subcontracting out domestic responsibilities while maintaining demanding careers. Yet, the family devotion schema continues to haunt all cohorts, enduring in its cognitive, normative, and emotional power. Gender, as expressed in cultural models of family, remains a powerful constraint on the hearts and minds of even professionally successful women.
Promoting Children's Resilience and Coping Following September 11, 2001

This study examined a sample of 45 emails written by adults in response to an Internet article on how to help children develop resilience and cope with hardship in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. Most of the sample's recommendations for helping children achieve these goals were similar to those promoted by organizations like the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP). However, the sample responses failed to include school-based support services, suggesting that schools (and other community organizations) may need to increase parental awareness of their services. Limitations of the current study and implications of the use of email data in research are discussed.
A social categorisation approach to distributive justice

In this chapter, I put forward an approach to distributive justice in terms of categorisation processes. It is assumed that a hierarchical set of social categorisations determine the identity of those individuals or groups considered for an allocation in a given situation, and whether or how these potential recipients are subcategorised and differentiated for decisions on their relative entitlement. I review empirical evidence for the approach and its predictions that (1) the salience of a shared inclusive identity enhances perceptions of equal entitlement, whereas (2) perceptions of different entitlements are based on the perceived defining values of the relevant inclusive category. Following from either process, (3) people are more justice motivated when they identify with the relevant inclusive category. Further, (4) subgroup identities influence the representation of the inclusive categorisation and/or the target of one's justice concerns, and thus the meaning of justice.
Linking trust to use intention for technology-enabled bank channels: The role of trusting intentions†

The present research is an attempt to better understand the role of trust in the adoption of technology-based service channels, namely Internet and phone banking. The study conceptualizes and measures trust, distinguishing the cognitive and affective component of trust (the trusting beliefs), the behavioral component of trust (trusting intentions), and the purchase behavior (intention to use), suggesting a mediating role of trusting intentions. Then it tests a model that combines the effect of trusting beliefs and trusting intentions together with the Technology Acceptance Model variables, privacy, and security as well as individual characteristics. Results from 762 retail bank customers revealed a strong mediating role of trusting intention on the intention to use and similar patterns of relationship for the two technology-based bank channels. Several implications for managers and further research are discussed. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Involvement of the C‐terminal end of the prostrate‐specific antigen in a conformational epitope: characterization by proteolytic degradation of monoclonal antibody‐bound antigen and mass spectrometry

Prostate‐specific antigen (PSA), a 237‐amino acid glycoprotein, encoded by the hKLK3 gene, is widely used as a serum marker for the diagnosis and management of prostate cancer. We report here the localization of a conformational epitope recognized by the anti‐total PSA monoclonal antibody (mAb) 11E5C6, by proteolytic degradation of mAb‐bound antigen followed by mass spectrometric analyses of the peptides generated. These two technologies, combined with molecular display, allowed the identification of amino acid residues contained within three different peptides distant on the PSA sequence, but close in the PSA three‐dimensional structure, that may be part of the mAb 11E5C6 epitope. The last four C‐terminal amino acid residues are included in this epitope, as well as certain other C‐terminal residues between Y225 and T232. The involvement of the PSA C‐terminal end in the mAb 11E5C6 epitope was confirmed by western blotting experiments with the recombinant protein proPSA‐RP1, resulting from the cloning of an alternative transcript of the hKLK3 gene, in which the PSA C‐terminal end was deleted and replaced by another sequence. Although the anti‐total PSA mAb 5D5A5 used as a control bound proPSA‐RP1, mAb 11E5C6 did not. The requirement of the C‐terminal end for the recognition by mAb 11E5C6 may be useful for the discrimination of PSA‐related forms. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Exploratory insights into the financial habits of CALD migrants: A case study of first and second wave Vietnamese migrants

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the financial habits and experience of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) migrants via a case study of first and second wave migrants from the Vietnamese community in Australia. Design/methodology/approach – This paper utilises a qualitative approach through semi-structured interviews. A thematic analysis was adopted when coding the interview data which led to the emergence of identified themes related to financial habits and experience. Findings – The findings reveal that first and second wave migrants shared similar views on seeking professional financial advice, but not on the use of community-based financial schemes. When asked about the potential benefits of attending financial education workshops to inform themselves of financial services, most were unwilling to attend. Research limitations/implications – Although the research targets first and second wave Vietnamese CALD migrants, no claims can be made regarding the representation of CALD .
Cross-linguistic cross-modality perception of English sad and happy speech

This paper is a cross-cultural perception study of speech emotions of English utterances by American, Japanese and Korean listeners. The perception of sad and happy speech conveyed through linguistic modality (semantic) and affective modality (prosody) is tested to understand how native and non-native listeners comprehend the speaker’s emotion. It is expected that native subjects would be better than non-natives at perceiving emotion expressed in both modalities because of their competence in accessing the semantic information as well as emotional prosodic information. Results reveal that in general, Americans perceive emotion in English better than Japanese and Koreans. However, native listeners and nonnative Japanese listeners are more successful in discriminating emotion in affective and neutral utterances. Korean speakers are better at perceiving emotions in linguistic utterances. This could be due to English being taught as a second language in many countries. Our findings also indicate that listener’s choice of modality processing is based on emotion types. Happy utterances are better perceived in the affective modality, while sadness is better perceived in the linguistic modality. Results also show that females are better at judging emotion by affective prosody, while males need to heed the semantic coding of emotion. Happy utterances are better perceived by males while sad utterances are better perceived by females. Females in general are better at perceiving emotions than males for all language groups.
Ribosome-binding sites and RNA-processing sites in the transcript of the Escherichia coli unc operon

The polycistronic mRNA encoding the nine genes of the unc operon of Escherichia coli was studied. We demonstrated the ribosome-binding capabilities of six of the nine unc genes, uncB, uncE, uncF, uncH, uncA, and uncD, by using the technique of primer extension inhibition or "toeprinting. " No toeprint was detected for the other genes, uncI, uncG, and uncC. The lack of a toeprint for uncG suggests that this gene is expressed by some form of translational coupling, such that either uncG is read by ribosomes which have translated the preceding gene, uncA, or translation of uncA is required for ribosome binding at the uncG site. RNA sequencing and primer extension in the regions of uncI and uncC, the first and last genes in the operon, respectively, gave less intense signals than those obtained for the other unc genes. This suggested that there are fewer copies of those regions of the transcript and that processing of the unc transcript occurred. Using primer extension and RNA sequencing, we identified sites in the unc transcript at which processing appears to take place, including a site which may remove much of the uncI portion of the transcript. Northern (RNA) blot analysis of unc RNA is consistent with the presence of an RNA-processing site in the uncI region of the transcript and another in the uncH region. These processing events may account for some of the differential levels of expression of the unc genes.
John Wilson’s confused ‘Perspectives on the Philosophy of Education’

In his ‘Perspectives on the Philosophy of Education’ John Wilson laments the confusion that surrounds the current state of the philosophy of education. Unlike other branches of philosophy, he claims, it is not clear what the philosophy of education is about, and a snapshot of current work in the field reveals its lack of coherence. To remedy this he advocates starting ‘from scratch’: the philosophy of education is to be understood as a discipline concerned with the logic of value judgements and focused on questions of learning. While the present paper acknowledges the extent of Wilson’s contribution to the field, it draws attention to the confusion in the position that he holds, and shows that his assessment of the current state of the philosophy of education is both inaccurate and politically blinkered. In the process, the paper challenges his account of the philosophy of education as a branch of philosophy and offers a more coherent characterisation.
Guilt in Marketing Research: An Elicitation–Consumption Perspective and Research Agenda

Guilt regulates many consumption processes and, consequently, marketers frequently use appeals based on guilt to influence consumers' behaviour. Owing to the multidisciplinary interest in this emotion, however, the literature is diverse and fragmented. The effectiveness of guilt appeals is contested, and some authors suggest that the use of this emotion in marketing might be unethical. Furthermore, research to date has not explored the potential relationships between the experience of guilt in consumption and the elicitation of this emotion through marketing appeals. This paper analyses existing research on guilt in marketing, developing four specific contributions based on the evidence reviewed. First, it shows under what circumstances feelings of guilt support consumer self‐regulation processes. Second, it outlines evidence‐based managerial recommendations on how to produce effective guilt appeals and avoid the potentially unethical consequences of marketing through this emotion. Third, it identifies a gap in existing theorizing and presents an elicitation–consumption perspective of guilt in marketing as a framework that complements current approaches to this research topic. Fourth, it develops an agenda for future research and suggests eleven research hypotheses for the advancement of this field. Through the analysis of research produced within different disciplinary perspectives, this study develops a necessary foundation for future work on the role of guilt in marketing processes.
Exploring Survivor Experiences and Emotions Expressed about Loss and Responsibility Following a Thrombosis Event

We explored the experiences and emotions women expressed about having a blood clot, including revelations about family members' decision to avoid disclosing inherited risk for clotting. We do this through analysis of in-depth life reflection interviews (N = 20) of women who experienced a first venous blood clot between the ages of 18 and 50 years. Selective coding reduced the data to an overarching story associated with thrombosis survivorship and loss across multiple life domains. The themes identified include participant revelations about living in the shadow of genetic susceptibility for thrombosis. Participants manage changes associated with lingering health effects, and daily routines for work and life, adapting their lives to manage coagulability. A second theme reveals the fallout linked to the severity of thrombosis encompassed in haunting psychological scenarios, persistent emotional concerns, and social discrimination. Participants assumed responsibility to disclose inherited risk, with the women expressing empowerment in knowing risks and acknowledging possible genetic testing mistakes. The overarching perspective was one of hope through proactive actions in occupational, recreational, and relational realms. We offer our findings as a theoretical depiction of thrombosis survivor identity and the need for public health and clinical communication to support disclosing family history for clotting.