Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Cognitive developmental levels of preschool children in relation to peer relationships†

The purpose of the study is to investigate the cognitive developmental levels of five- to six-year-old preschool children with regard to their peer relationships. The relational survey method was used in the study. One hundred and fifty one children aged five- to six-years-old participated in the study. The Child Behaviour Scale, Peer Victimisation Scale and the Marmara Developmental Scale-Cognitive Development subscale were filled out by preschool teachers. The data was analysed using the Basic Linear Regression Technique. According to the results of the study, five- to six-year-old children's cognitive development levels have a significant predictor on variables of peer relationship.
Sikap Kewirausahaan Siswa Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan

800x600 Abstract: Entrepreneurship Attitudes of Vocational School Students . The aim of this correlational-survey study is to analyze the relationship between residential environment as well as family economics education and students' entrepreneurship attitudes through motivation business. This study involved a sample of 124 second-year students of vocational schools and their parents. The results of path analysis show that residential environment and the intensity level of family economics education have positive influence on the students' entrepreneurship attitudes, and business motivation appears to have the highest influence. It is, therefore, suggested that schools create a learning atmosphere which enables their students to develop their entrepreneurship attitudes through real experiences. Abstrak: Sikap Kewirausahaan Siswa Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan . Penelitian ini mengungkap penga­ruh lingkungan tempat tinggal dan intensitas pendidikan ekonomi keluarga terhadap sikap kewirausahaan melalui motivasi usaha. Penelitian ini dilakukan pada konteks Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan, dengan mempergunakan rancangan survei korelasional. Penarikan sampel dilakukan dengan menggunakan rumus Slovin, dan diperoleh sampel sebesar 124 responden, yaitu siswa SMK kelas II di Kota Malang dan orang tua siswa yang menjadi responden. Analisis dilakukan teknik analisis jalur (path analysis) untuk menguji hubungan antarvariabel. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa sikap kewirausahaan dikem­bangkan dengan memperhatikan lingkungan tempat tinggal, intensitas pendidikan ekonomi keluarga, dan motivasi usaha sebagai prediktor. Sekolah perlu menciptakan lingkungan belajar yang memung­kinkan para siswa berada pada konteks suasana sesungguhnya melalui program kerjasama dengan dunia usaha untuk membangun sikap kewirausahaan. Normal 0 false false false IN X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:. 0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
Fish community and food web responses to a whole-lake removal of coarse woody habitat

Abstract As lakeshores are developed, property owners often thin the riparian forest and remove older logs or fallen limbs from the adjacent littoral zone. This practice alters fish habitat and produces unknown ecosystem changes. To assess potential effects on fish communities and food web interactions, we removed more than 75% of the coarse woody habitat (CWH) from the treatment basin of Little Rock Lake, Wisconsin, while leaving the reference basin unaltered. Prior to CWH removal, the food webs in both basins were similar and dominated by aquatic prey. After CWH removal, largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) in the treatment basin consumed less fish, ate more terrestrial prey, and grew more slowly relative to the population in the reference basin. Yellow perch (Perca flavescens) in the treatment basin declined to extremely low densities as a consequence of predation and little or no recruitment. In contrast, perch in the reference basin were replenished by several successful cohorts produced in consec.
Collaborative care skill training workshop: how Australian carers support a loved one with an eating disorder

ABSTRACT This study examined the impact of participating in the Collaborative Care Skill Training Workshops on carers’ coping strategies, expressed emotion (EE), burden, distress, confidence in their loved one's capacity to change, as well as the previously unexplored dimension of accommodating and enabling of their loved one's eating disorder behaviour. A non-experimental research design was implemented and 77 carers from Victoria, Australia participated in the study and completed questionnaires at pre-and post-intervention and an 8-week follow-up. Significant reductions occurred in accommodation and enabling of some eating disorder behaviours, as well as in carers’ maladaptive coping, EE, eating-disorder-specific burden and psychological distress. Increased confidence that their loved one could change was also observed. These changes were maintained at a follow-up. Results suggest that the workshop can be effective in decreasing carer use of maladaptive coping, carer distress and burden. Notably, it targets and had contributed to reducing factors associated with maintaining eating disorders such as accommodation and enabling of certain eating behaviours and high levels of EE. Modification to the content of the workshop may be required to improve carers’ adaptive coping and reduce certain behaviours which accommodate and enable the eating disorder.
Assessment guiding learning: developing graduate qualities in an experiential learning programme

As industry demands increase for a new type of graduate, there is more pressure than ever before for higher education (HE) to respond by cultivating and developing students who are prepared for these workplace challenges. This paper explores an innovative experiential learning programme built on the principles of work-related learning that develops students to attain graduate qualities for competitiveness in the business sector. The role and importance of assessment as a core influence for learning is recognised and embedded into the programme, as well as the prevalence of meeting the needs of its stakeholders. Issues concerning assessing work-oriented learning are explored as well as what assessment methods might be most appropriate for enhancing and evaluating learning in this context. Feedback from stakeholders on the structure of the programme and its assessment are discussed as well as the question of how to maintain work-related programmes in HE. If such programmes continue to focus assessment and design around student learning, students will not only have the opportunity to apply their knowledge in a practical context, they will also be maximising their personal learning outcomes with the added advantage of being better equipped to compete in an increasingly competitive marketplace.
The primes of our times?

Claims by political and news elites about the influence of visual images are far more common than actual evidence of such effects. This research attempts to gain insight into the ‘power’ of visual images, specifically those that accompany lexical–verbal messages in the press. We argue that the widely held notion that vivid images often drive public opinion is overly simplistic; in contrast, we posit that images most often interact with individuals' existing understandings of the world to shape information processing and judgments. With this in mind, we conducted an experiment in which news coverage was systematically altered – as including a famous photograph widely attributed great influence, or not – within otherwise constant information environments. Findings suggest that visual news images (a) influence people's information processing in ways that can be understood only by taking into account individuals' predispositions and values, and (b) at the same time appear to have a particular ability to ‘trigger’ considerations that spread through one's mental framework to other evaluations.
Methylation‐specific digital karyotyping of HPV16E6E7‐expressing human keratinocytes identifies novel methylation events in cervical carcinogenesis

Transformation of epithelial cells by high‐risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) types can lead to anogenital carcinomas, particularly cervical cancer, and oropharyngeal cancers. This process is associated with DNA methylation alterations, often affecting tumour suppressor gene expression. This study aimed to comprehensively unravel genome‐wide DNA methylation events linked to a transforming hrHPV‐infection, which is driven by deregulated expression of the viral oncogenes E6 and E7 in dividing cells. Primary human keratinocytes transduced with HPV16E6E7 and their untransduced counterparts were subjected to methylation‐specific digital karyotyping (MSDK) to screen for genome‐wide DNA‐methylation changes at different stages of HPV‐induced transformation. Integration of the obtained methylation profiles with genome‐wide gene expression patterns of cervical carcinomas identified 34 genes with increased methylation in HPV‐transformed cells and reduced expression in cervical carcinomas. For 12 genes (CLIC3, CREB3L1, FAM19A4, LFNG, LHX1, MRC2, NKX2‐8, NPTX‐1, PHACTR3, PRDM14, SOST and TNFSF13) specific methylation in HPV‐containing cell lines was confirmed by semi‐quantitative methylation‐specific PCR. Subsequent analysis of FAM19A4, LHX1, NKX2‐8, NPTX‐1, PHACTR3 and PRDM14 in cervical tissue specimens showed increasing methylation levels for all genes with disease progression. All six genes were frequently methylated in cervical carcinomas, with highest frequencies (up to 100%) seen for FAM19A4, PHACTR3 and PRDM14. Analysis of hrHPV‐positive cervical scrapes revealed significantly increased methylation levels of the latter three genes in women with high‐grade cervical disease compared to controls. In conclusion, MSDK analysis of HPV16‐transduced keratinocytes at different stages of HPV‐induced transformation resulted in the identification of novel DNA methylation events, involving FAM19A4, LHX1, NKX2‐8, PHACTR3 and PRDM14 genes in cervical carcinogenesis. These genes may provide promising triage markers to assess the presence of (pre)cancerous cervical lesions in hrHPV‐positive women. Copyright © 2013 Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Indoor magnetic navigation for the blind

Indoor navigation technology is needed to support seamless mobility for the visually impaired. This paper describes the construction of and evaluation of a navigation system that infers the users' location using only magnetic sensing. It is well known that the environments within steel frame structures are subject to significant magnetic distortions. Many of these distortions are persistent and have sufficient strength and spatial characteristics to allow their use as the basis for a location technology. This paper describes the development and evaluation of a prototype magnetic navigation system consisting of a wireless magnetometer placed at the users' hip streaming magnetic readings to a smartphone processing location algorithms. Human trials were conducted to assess the efficacy of the system by studying route-following performance with blind and sighted subjects using the navigation system for real-time guidance.
Study mode, general ability and performance in accounting: a research note

An increasing number of Australian students do not follow the traditional path from secondary school to university. The primary purpose of this paper is to assess the effect different entry paths to tertiary education have on performance in a second year management accounting course. A secondary purpose was to assess the effect of other features of students background on performance. Background factors selected on the basis of a literature review were prior study of accounting, general ability, language, gender and study mode (full-time or part-time). The findings are that part-time students perform better than full-time students. In addition entry qualifications together with general ability explained performance in second year management accounting. The prior study of accounting at secondary school, gender and language background had no significant effect on performance. These findings have implications for selection processes and teaching practice in undergraduate accounting education.
The production of secondary potassium depletion, sodium retention, nephrocalcinosis and hypercalcaemia by magnesium deficiency.

Studies of dietary magnesium depletion in the rat have been made by Kruse, Orent & McCollum (1932), Watchorn & McCance (1937) and Tufts & Greenberg (1938). These workers reported an early stage of vasodilatation and hyperexcitability followed by a chronic stage of cachexia. Little or no change was found in the magnesium content of the tissues other than bone, teeth and serum (Watchorn & McCance, 1937), although Tufts & Greenberg (1938) reported minor changes in muscle and brain. The failure of magnesium-deficient diets to produce changes of magnesium content in the soft tissues contrasts with the marked decreases in muscle potassium produced by potassium deficiency (Heppel, 1939). For this reason it was considered that a fuller investigation of magnesium deficiency was necessary. This has been undertaken by using specific flame-spectrophotometric techniques.
An occupational perspective of the lived experience of familial dementia caregivers: A thematic review of qualitative literature

Dementia caregiving is thought to have a negative impact on health and wellbeing. This critical review of qualitative literature explored the lived experience of familial dementia caregivers from an occupational therapy perspective. The method was informed by systematic review and qualitative research methodologies and was structured within the occupational dimensions framework of doing–being–becoming–belonging. A comprehensive search of major databases was undertaken which identified 484 studies on the topic; 14 met the inclusion criteria and were included in the review. Ten themes emerged within the doing-being-becoming-belonging framework from the analysis of the studies. The occupational participation of caregivers is conveyed within the ‘doing’ domain. Ways in which caregiving impacts upon opportunities for self-nurture are presented within the ‘being’ domain. The ‘becoming’ domain elucidates ways in which caregivers redefine themselves, their values and their priorities through their caregiving role. The ‘belonging’ domain depicts ways in which caregivers’ connections with their care recipient and others are shaped over time. Practice implications for health and social care practitioners who work with familial dementia caregivers are presented in light of the findings.
The High School Musical Experiences of College Students

by MEGAN EILEEN CLAY CONSTANTINE The purpose of this study was to explore reasons why participants chose to enroll in, drop out of, or never enroll in high school music. A secondary purpose of this study was to identify what types of non-traditional music offerings participants would have been interested in as high school students. A researcher-designed survey was administered to 416 participants at six participating universities, each representing one of MENC‟s geographic regions. Participants responded to survey questions examining external and internal factors that may have affected their decision to enroll in high school music, which included: scheduling, socioeconomic status, teachers, parents, peers, social identity, intrinsic motivation, attitude, attributions, and self-concept. Participants also responded to questions pertaining to types of courses offered at their high school and their level of interest in non-traditional high school music offerings. One-way ANOVAs revealed significant differences among the groups on most of the survey factors. Overall, those participants who were never enrolled in high school may have had difficulty fitting school music into their schedule, less parental encouragement, lower musical selfconcept, and lower opinions of music teachers than those who were enrolled in high school music all four years or those who dropped out. In general, the participants who
Retinoic acid inducible gene-I (RIG-I) signaling of hepatic stellate cells inhibits hepatitis C virus replication in hepatocytes

Retinoic acid inducible gene-I (RIG-I) is critical in the activation of the type I IFN-dependent antiviral innate immune response to hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. We examined whether hepatic stellate cells (HSC; LX-2) possess a functional RIG-I signaling pathway and produce antiviral factors that can inhibit HCV. We showed that LX-2 cells treated with the RIG-I ligand (5′ppp-dsRNA) expressed significantly higher levels of IFN-β and IFN-λ than the control cells. The RIG-I activation in LX-2 cells also induced the expression of Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) and IFN regulatory factor-7 (IRF-7), the key regulators of the IFN signaling pathway. When HCV Japanese fulminant hepatitis (JFH)-1-infected hepatocytes were co-cultured with LX-2 cells stimulated with 5′ppp-dsRNA or incubated in media conditioned with supernatant (SN) from 5′ppp-dsRNA-stimulated LX-2 cells, HCV replication in hepatocytes was suppressed significantly. This LX-2 cell action on HCV replication was mediated through both IFN-β and IFN-λ, as Abs to IFN-α/β or IFN-λ receptors could neutralize the LX-2 SN-mediated anti-HCV effect. The role of IFNs in LX-2 cell-mediated anti-HCV activity is further supported by the observation that LX-2 SN treatment induced the expression of IFN stimulated genes, 2′-5′-oligoadenylate synthase-1 (OAS-1) and myxovirus resistance A (MxA), in HCV-infected Huh7 cells. These observations highlight the importance of HSC in liver innate immunity against HCV infection via a RIG-I-mediated signaling pathway.
Repeat expansion in the budding yeast ribosomal DNA can occur independently of the canonical homologous recombination machinery

Major eukaryotic genomic elements, including the ribosomal DNA (rDNA), are composed of repeated sequences with well-defined copy numbers that must be maintained by regulated recombination. Although mechanisms that instigate rDNA recombination have been identified, none are directional and they therefore cannot explain precise repeat number control. Here, we show that yeast lacking histone chaperone Asf1 undergo reproducible rDNA repeat expansions. These expansions do not require the replication fork blocking protein Fob1 and are therefore independent of known rDNA expansion mechanisms. We propose the existence of a regulated rDNA repeat gain pathway that becomes constitutively active in asf1Δ mutants. Cells lacking ASF1 accumulate rDNA repeats with high fidelity in a processive manner across multiple cell divisions. The mechanism of repeat gain is dependent on highly repetitive sequence but, surprisingly, is independent of the homologous recombination proteins Rad52, Rad51 and Rad59. The expansion mechanism is compromised by mutations that decrease the processivity of DNA replication, which leads to progressive loss of rDNA repeats. Our data suggest that a novel mode of break-induced replication occurs in repetitive DNA that is dependent on high homology but does not require the canonical homologous recombination machinery.
The Impact of Mood on Adjustment from Self-Generated Anchors

v CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION . 1 Affective Feelings and Cognitive Mistakes . 1 Anchoring Effects . 3 A Flexible Influence of Affective Feelings on Processing Style . 7 Self-Generated Anchors . 9 The Proposed Research . 10 CHAPTER TWO: METHODS . 13 Participants . 13 Materials and Procedure . 13 Analyses . 14 CHAPTER THREE: RESULTS . 16 Manipulation Check Results . 16 Anchoring Results . 16 Exploratory Analyses . 17 CHAPTER FOUR: DISCUSSION . 19 APPENDIX A: MOOD INDUCTION . 23 APPENDIX B: ANCHORING INSTRUCTIONS AND STOP RULE MANIPULATION. 26 APPENDIX C: ANCHORING QUESTIONS . 28 APPENDIX D: MOOD MANIPULATION CHECK . 30 APPENDIX E: ANCHOR CHECK . 33 APPENDIX F: 18-ITEM NEED FOR COGNITION SCALE . 36 REFERENCE LIST. 39 VITA . 43
Kaftar Kouh of Ferdous, Comprehensive Evidence of Paleolithic Population in Southern Khorasan, Iran

The eastern part of Iran, especially Khorasan, has remained in a completely unclear and vague state in spite of the fact that Paleolithic studies have been the pioneer of archeological research. In the meanwhile, the condition of the lower Paleolithic period is wretchedly worse, so that the only evidence of this period is that obtained of two widely-cited sites, namely Kashfroud and Daroungar River(Artian); while in other parts of Khorasan no evidence indicating the presence of Pleistocene hominin populations has been published to this date, which is largely questionable and requires a revise on the archaeology of the Paleolithic era in this part of Iran. Kaftar Kkouh site of Ferdous is among the latest Paleolithic evidence found in southern Khorasan, located in the southeastern part of Ferdous, 2km from the city of Ferdous, on the hills overlooking Ferdous Plain. From among the Lithic artifact obtained from these two sites, Bifacial chopper-core, Unifacial chopper-core, radial cores, crude flakes, and Levallois that according to the knapping type and technique used are likely to be attributed to the late lower Paleolithic era and the early Middle Paleolithic period. In the present paper, the authors seek to provide a relative chronology for these devices in addition to their morphology, and compare them with the surrounding Paleolithic sites such as Kashfroud, Daroungar, etc.
The evolution of cardiopulmonary bypass: lessons to be learned

John Gibbon conceived cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and performed the first intracardiac repair using extracorporeal perfusion in 1953. This achievement stimulated rapid development of the knowledge base and equipment necessary for accurate diagnoses and successful intracardiac operations. In the early 60s increasing evidence indicated that exposure of blood to nonendothelial cell surfaces produced bleeding and thrombotic complications and a massive inflammatory response. Early efforts to discover a synthetic, nonthrombogenic surface gave way to efforts to control the ‘whole-body inflammatory response’ by pharmacological means. These efforts are ongoing; progress is slow; and heparin is still required for most applications of extracorporeal perfusion technology. Nevertheless, CPB now enables over one million cardiac surgical operations each year. Future progress and the development of artificial internal organs that process blood depend upon control of the blood -surface interface without anticoagulants.
The effects of ethical work climate on organizational commitment in Taiwanese Military units

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between overall ethical work climate (EWC) and overall organizational commitment (OC) and test the effects of types of EWC on three components of OC in Taiwanese military context. Design/methodology/approach – A literature review on EWC and OC provides the basis for the research model and hypotheses. A self-completion questionnaire survey, involving 508 respondents (92.36 per cent response rate) from military officers in Taiwan included both full-time training officers of the National Defense University and officers of Department of Defense. The authors use statistical analysis, including hierarchical regression and structural equation model to test hypotheses about the relationships above. Findings – The results indicated that overall EWC and some climate types significantly positively or negatively influenced overall OC, affective commitment, continuance commitment and normative commitment. Practical implications – The findings can provi.