Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Worker Motivations, Job Satisfaction, and Loyalty in Public and Nonprofit Social Services

Exploiting a unique data set created in 1999 on a sample of 228 public, nonprofit, and for-profit organizations operating in the social service sector, and on 2,066 workers, the article tests whether workers’ satisfaction and loyalty to the organization is influenced by workers’ motivations and by the incentive mixes offered by different organizational forms. As for satisfaction, intrinsic and relational attitudes toward work exert the greatest influence, whereas workers motivated by economic interests are less satisfied. As for loyalty to the organization, satisfaction with economic and process-related aspects of the job appear to have the greatest impact. The behavior of nonprofit organizations, which form the largest part of the sample, is consistent with these results. The specific strength of their incentive mix is represented by worker involvement and other process-related aspects of the job. By contrast, workers in public bodies are the least satisfied, higher monetary incentives notwithstanding.
Imagery Use in Sport: A Literature Review and Applied Model

Research examining imagery use by athletes is reviewed within the context of an applied model for sport. The model conceptualizes the sport situation, the type of imagery used, and imagery ability as factors that influence how imagery use can affect an athlete. Three broad categories of imagery effects are examined: (a) skill and strategy learning and performance, (b) cognitive modification, and (c) arousal and anxiety regulation. Recommendations are offered for the operationalization and measurement of constructs within the model, and suggestions are provided for how the model may guide future research and application.
Reaction time and response dynamics

The experiments reported were designed to examine the relationship between reaction time and the response dynamics of a finger-press task. Experiments 1 and 2 manipulated force duration and peak force level in both simple and choice reaction-time paradigms. Experiment 3 constrained both force duration and peak force, leading to independent changes in the rate of force production. The findings from all three experiments suggest that the rate of force production, rather than force duration, is the key response parameter determining reaction time. Reaction time decreased as an exponential function of rate of force production independent of force duration and peak force.
Update on radiation-based therapies for prostate cancer

Purpose of review This overview summarizes recent developments in radiation-based therapy for prostate cancer. Recent findings Radiation dose escalation continues to be validated as an effective strategy in prostate cancer. Adjuvant radiation therapy became the standard of care after long-term follow-up of the pivotal Southwest Oncology Group 8794 trial demonstrated an overall survival benefit in patients with pT3 disease or positive margin after prostatectomy. Strategies such as hypofractionation and stereotactic body radiation therapy are becoming more common but have yet to be validated in a large trial. New technologies such as Calypso 4D real-time tumor tracking and volumetric-modulated arc therapy promise to potentially increase cure rates and decrease toxicity due to increased accuracy of radiation delivery. Summary Radiation therapy continues to play a prominent role in the management of prostate cancer. However, new strategies and technologies such as hypofractionation, stereotactic body radiation therapy, volumetric-modulated arc therapy, and Calypso tumor tracking must be prospectively validated.
Routine Activities and Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

This article draws from criminological research on victimization and on organizational models of the social context of sexual harassment to propose a routine activities explanation of sexual harassment victimization. The authors propose that certain features of organizations can be used to conceptualize guardianship as well as the proximity component of target suitability in the routine activities framework. The authors also discuss the features of individuals (target attractiveness) that may make them more or less susceptible to victimization, holding organizational features constant. They test hypotheses from a routine activities explanation of sexual harassment using data from a national company in the U.S. telephone industry. The authors find general support for the importance of both organizational features and individual characteristics in the prediction of sexual harassment victimization. However, they find little evidence that individual characteristics and organizational features interact in the production of harassment victimization, which is counter to a routine activities approach.
NDRG4 is a novel oncogenic protein and p53 associated regulator of apoptosis in malignant meningioma cells

Aggressive meningiomas exhibit high levels of recurrence, morbidity and mortality. When surgical and radiation options are exhausted, there is need for novel molecularly-targeted therapies. We have recently identified NDRG4 overexpression in aggressive meningiomas. NDRG4 is a member of the N-Myc Downstream Regulated Gene (NDRG) family of the alpha/beta hydrolase superfamily. We have demonstrated that NDRG4 downregulation results in decreased cell proliferation, migration and invasion. In follow up to our prior studies; here we demonstrate that the predominant form of cell death following NDRG4 silencing is apoptosis, utilizing Annexin-V flow cytometry assay. We show that apoptosis caused by p53 upregulation, phosphorylation at Ser15, BAX activation, Bcl-2 and BcL-xL downregulation, mitochondrial cytochrome c release and execution of caspases following NDRG4 depletion. Sub-cellular distribution of BAX and cytochrome c indicated mitochondrial-mediated apoptosis. In addition, we carried out the fluorescence cytochemical analysis to confirm mitochondrial-mediated apoptosis by changes in mitochondrial membrane potential (Ψm), using JC-1 dye. Immunoprecipitation and immunofluorescence confirmed binding of NDRG4 to p53. In addition, we demonstrate that apoptosis is mitochondrial and p53 dependent. The proapoptotic effect of p53 was verified by the results in which a small molecule compound PFT-α, an inhibitor of p53 phosphorylation, is greatly protected against targeting NDRG4 induced apoptosis. These findings bring novel insight to the roles of NDRG4 in meningioma progression. A better understanding of this pathway and its role in meningioma carcinogenesis and cell biology is promising for the development of novel therapeutic targets for the management of aggressive meningiomas.
Effects of Explicit Instruction on Math Word-Problem Solving by Community College Students with Learning Disabilities

This study examined effects of two types of instruction on the word-problem solving performance of postsecondary students with learning disabilities. We used an analysis of error patterns to determine the effects of explicit instructions when word-problem language did not directly correspond (i.e., was inconsistent) with required arithmetic operations. Thirty-eight students randomly participated in either a translation training group, a diagram training group, or an attention-control group. Analyses of variance revealed that the diagram group outperformed both the attention-control and the translation group. We interpret these findings as showing the importance of procedural as well as declarative forms of math word-problem solving knowledge.
Research evidence, knowledge management and educational practice: early lessons from a systematic approach

‘Evidence-informed’ education is part of a general move internationally to found policy and practice on a more reliable scientific base. This paper describes a five-year initiative in this area funded by the English Department for Education and Skills in 2000. The paper describes the background to the initiative, the infrastructure developed within it for supporting research synthesis, and some of the challenges experienced by the first review groups.
The Cultural Shaping of Social Anxiety: Concerns About Causing Distress to Others in Han Chinese and Euro-Canadian Outpatients

Given considerable evidence that culture profoundly shapes both normative social behaviors and psychopathology, we argue that social anxiety disorder cannot be properly understood in the absence of cultural context. In particular, there is evidence that Chinese cultural contexts foster concern for whether one is making other people uncomfortable. We examined these concerns in 175 Han Chinese depressed psychiatric outpatients in Changsha, China and 104 Euro-Canadian depressed psychiatric outpatients in Toronto, Canada. As anticipated, anxiety about causing discomfort to others was related to but distinct from social interaction anxiety, with a stronger relation in the Han Chinese sample. Also as anticipated, anxiety about causing discomfort to others was higher in the Han Chinese sample compared to the Euro-Canadian sample, especially in outpatients who acknowledged anxiety in social situations. These findings can be understood in light of research demonstrating that Chinese cultural contexts foster partic.
Early withdrawal of statin therapy in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: national registry of myocardial infarction.

BACKGROUND There is increasing interest in the non-lipid-lowering effects of statins and their effect on outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndrome. It has been suggested that withdrawal of statin therapy during an acute coronary syndrome may attenuate any benefits of pretreatment, thereby providing indirect evidence of the importance of their non-lipid-lowering effects. METHODS This observational study compared the demographic and clinical characteristics and hospital outcomes in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction enrolled in the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 4. Comparison groups consisted of patients previously receiving statins who also received statins within 24 hours of hospital admission (n = 9,001), patients previously using statins in whom therapy was discontinued (n = 4,870), and patients who did not receive statins at any time before or during hospitalization (n = 54,635). RESULTS Of 13,871 patients receiving statins before hospital admission, 35.1% had treatment withdrawn during the first 24 hours of hospitalization. These patients had increased hospital morbidity and mortality rates relative to patients in whom therapy was continued, with higher rates of heart failure, ventricular arrhythmias, shock, and death. In multivariate analyses, these patients were at statistically significant increased risk of hospital death compared with those continuing statin therapy and at similar risk compared with those not receiving statins before or during hospitalization. CONCLUSIONS Withdrawal of statin therapy in the first 24 hours of hospitalization for non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction is associated with worse hospital outcomes. In the absence of data from randomized clinical trials, our findings suggest that statin therapy should be continued during hospitalization for myocardial infarction unless strongly contraindicated.
Georges Woke Up Laughing

Combining history, autobiography, and ethnography, Georges Woke Up Laughing provides a portrait of the Haitian experience of migration to the United States that illuminates the phenomenon of long-distance nationalism, the voicelessness of certain citizens, and the impotency of government in an increasingly globalized world. By presenting lively ruminations on his life as a Haitian immigrant, Georges Eugene Fouron—along with Nina Glick Schiller, whose own family history stems from Poland and Russia—captures the daily struggles for survival that bind together those who emigrate and those who stay behind. According to a long-standing myth, once emigrants leave their homelands—particularly if they emigrate to the United States—they sever old nationalistic ties, assimilate, and happily live the American dream. In fact, many migrants remain intimately and integrally tied to their ancestral homeland, sometimes even after they become legal citizens of another country. In Georges Woke Up Laughing the authors reveal the realities and dilemmas that underlie the efforts of long-distance nationalists to redefine citizenship, race, nationality, and political loyalty. Through discussions of the history and economics that link the United States with countries around the world, Glick Schiller and Fouron highlight the forces that shape emigrants’ experiences of government and citizenship and create a transborder citizenry. Arguing that governments of many countries today have almost no power to implement policies that will assist their citizens, the authors provide insights into the ongoing sociological, anthropological, and political effects of globalization. Georges Woke up Laughing will entertain and inform those who are concerned about the rights of people and the power of their governments within the globalizing economy. “In my dream I was young and in Haiti with my friends, laughing, joking, and having a wonderful time. I was walking down the main street of my hometown of Aux Cayes. The sun was shining, the streets were clean, and the port was bustling with ships. At first I was laughing because of the feeling of happiness that stayed with me, even after I woke up. I tried to explain my wonderful dream to my wife, Rolande. Then I laughed again but this time not from joy. I had been dreaming of a Haiti that never was. ”—from Georges Woke Up Laughing
Metallic electrodes and leads in simultaneous EEG‐MRI: Specific absorption rate (SAR) simulation studies

The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes in specific absorption rate (SAR) in human‐head tissues while using nonmagnetic metallic electroencephalography (EEG) electrodes and leads during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). A realistic, high resolution (1 mm3) head model from individual MRI data was adopted to describe accurately thin tissues, such as bone marrow and skin. The RF power dissipated in the human head was evaluated using the FDTD algorithm. Both surface and bird cage coils were used. The following numbers of EEG electrodes/leads were considered: 16, 31, 62, and 124. Simulations were performed at 128 and 300 MHz. The difference in SAR between the electrodes/leads and no‐electrodes conditions was greater with the bird cage coil than with the surface coil. The peak 1 g averaged SAR values were highest at 124 electrodes, increasing to as much as two orders of magnitude (×172.3) at 300 MHz compared to the original value. At 300 MHz, there was a fourfold (×3.6) increase of SAR averaged over the bone marrow, and a sevenfold (×7.4) increase in the skin. At 128 MHz, there was a fivefold (×5.6) increase of whole head SAR. Head models were obtained from two different subjects, with an inter‐subject whole head SAR variability of 3%. Bioelectromagnetics 25:285–295, 2004. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Converting Land to Nonagricultural Use in China’s Coastal Provinces

Since the mid-1980s, the conversion of land to nonagricultural use in China has been arguably the most widespread in the country’s history, and in no region has the process been more intense than in China’s coastal provinces. Among the more important factors that have contributed to the conversion of land to nonagricultural use are rural-urban migration, rapid economic growth, and increased investments in roads. A study of Landsat photographs of one south Jiangsu region reveals that because rural settlements are scattered and use a large amount of land and because urbanization and industrialization have occurred in a decentralized fashion, the shift in land use has not been restricted to a few major cities but has been widely dispersed. The article concludes by arguing that while the conversion of land to nonagricultural use in the coastal provinces is bound to continue, its pace will be slower than in the recent past.
Classification of linear planar systems with hybrid feedback control

Continuing the authors’ studies of hybrid dynamical systems, i.e. differential equations governed by finite automata, an efficient and complete classification of control linear systems in the plane is offered. The set of all such systems is divided into equivalence classes which are explicitly characterized by some quantitative invariants. The canonical representatives in each class are determined. It is shown how to use this classification to find out whether a given system is stabilizable or not.
Perceptions of weight status: The effects of target features (fat/muscularity level, gender, ethnicity) and rater features (ethnicity and gender)

Previous research has explored self-perception of weight and has established that women tend to overestimate their own weight while men tend to underestimate. New research has also begun to examine parental perceptions of their children’s weight and has indicated that parents tend to be fairly inaccurate, particularly when it comes to recognizing overweight in their own children. No research has focused on the way in which we perceive the weight of the many other individuals we encounter on a daily basis. The present study was designed to investigate the way in which the weight of others is rated and the factors that affect the way in which these ratings are made. Undergraduate male (N = 140) and female (N = 193) students viewed a series of slides depicting male and female figures of varying levels of muscularity and adiposity. The race of the figures was also varied. Each figure was presented once in each racial category (Caucasian, Hispanic, and African American). Participants then filled out questionnaires assessing potential covariates: trait levels of body dissatisfaction, thinideal internalization, muscularity dissatisfaction, proximate social norms, appearance comparison, and social desirability. BMI was calculated from self-reported height and weight. The effects of target race, rater race, and rater gender on ratings were examined. Results indicated that the race of the figure affected the ratings given to the figure, though consistent patterns of influence were not identified. Males consistently rated the weight of the figures higher than females and African American raters consistently assigned lower weight ratings than did Caucasian raters. The analyses failed to identify consistent
A system for automatic measurement of circadian activity deviations in telemedicine

A system for the automatic measurement of the circadian activity deviations in telemedicine has been developed within the framework of a "Health Integrated Smart Home Information System" (HIS/sup 2/). HIS/sup 2/ is an experimental platform for the evaluation and the development of technologies in order to ensure the security and quality of life for patients who need home based medical monitoring. Location sensors are placed in each room of the HIS/sup 2/, allowing the monitoring of patient's successive activity phases within the patient's home environment. We proceeded with a sampling in an hourly schedule to detect weak rhythmic variations. Based on numerous measurements, we established a mean value with confidence limits. These also allowed us to define a zone within which the patient's activity is qualified to be "predictable. " Alerts are set off if the patient's activity deviates from this zone.
The contemporary theory of metaphor — now new and improved!*

This paper outlines a multi-dimensional/multi-disciplinary framework for the study of metaphor. It expands on the cognitive linguistic approach to metaphor in language and thought by adding the dimension of communication, and it expands on the predominantly linguistic and psychological approaches by adding the discipline of social science. This creates a map of the field in which nine main areas of research can be distinguished and connected to each other in precise ways. It allows for renewed attention to the deliberate use of metaphor in communication, in contrast with non-deliberate use, and asks the question whether the interaction between deliberate and non-deliberate use of metaphor in specific social domains can contribute to an explanation of the discourse career of metaphor. The suggestion is made that metaphorical models in language, thought, and communication can be classified as official, contested, implicit, and emerging, which may offer new perspectives on the interaction between social, psychological, and linguistic properties and functions of metaphor in discourse.
Elsevier Editorial System(tm) for Biological Psychiatry Manuscript Draft Manuscript Number: Title: Grey and white matter proportional relationships in the cerebellar vermis altered in schizophrenia

243 words; Text: 3980 words; Figures: 1; Tables: 7; Supplementary Material 0. Grey and white matter proportional relationships in the cerebellar vermis altered in schizophrenia Glenn Lawyer a,∗ Ragnar Nesv̊ag b Katarina Varnäs a,b Gaku Okugawa c Ingrid Agartz a,b,d Department of Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway Department of Psychiatric Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Managing emotions in research with challenging pupils

This paper explores the challenge of matching practice with the ideals of participatory research and the reflexivity and (re)negotiation of the researcher's role. We highlight the centrality of emotions to our study, both in terms of the substantive topic and our observations and experiences as researchers. Building on this experience we argue that recognising and foregrounding the emotional dimensions of research is an essential step towards producing a rigorous and convincing ethnography.
Human rights, politics and intercountry adoption

English Intercountry adoption, once viewed as a means of international charity, has recently been challenged by political and economic forces, leading to vio lation of human rights. The authors compare the experiences of two sending countries – Romania and the Marshall Islands – and suggest the utilization of a bottom-up human rights approach. French L’adoption internationale, autrefois vue comme un moyen d’oeuvre de bienfaisance internationale, a récemment été mise en cause par des forces politiques et économiques, comme concourant à la violation de droits de l’homme. Les auteurs comparent les expériences de deux pays d’origine – la Roumanie et les Iles Marshall – et suggèrent l’utilisation d’une approche intégrée des droits de l’homme, de la base au sommet. Spanish La adopción entre países, una vez que se ha visto como significado de caridad internacional, ha sido un reto reciente para las fuerzas políticas y económicas, principalmente en lo que se refiere a la violación de los derechos humanos. Los autores comparan las experiencias de dos países emisores – Rumanía y las Islas Marshall – y sugieren la utilización de un acercamiento al fondo de los derechos humanos.