Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Tone of Writing on Fashion Retail Websites, Social Support, e-Shopping Satisfaction, and Category Knowledge

Quality customer-company dynamics contributes to a satisfactory in-store shopping experience, and lacking this social element in virtual retail contexts can be a critical negativity. In attempting to address the social role of the text-based content in fashion e-tail contexts, this study tested the effect of tone of writing of web content on website socialness and e-shopping satisfaction, the intervening mechanism of social support, and the moderating effect of customers' category knowledge. A fictitious e-tail site selling women's fashion accessories was developed as the stimuli for the main study to reflect two different tone of writing conditions (conversational versus formal). The results indicated the positive, significant effect of conversational tone of the text-based content on website socialness, which subsequently increased e-shopping satisfaction through the social support benefits. The positive effects of emotional and informational supports on e-shopping satisfaction were stronger with the participants of low category knowledge than high category knowledge. Implications and ideas for future research are discussed.
Using Video Prompting With Different Fading Procedures to Teach Daily Living Skills

Two students with developmental disabilities were taught two daily living skills using video prompting with error correction presented on an iPod Touch, and two different fading procedures were implemented. In one fading procedure, individual video clips were merged into multiple larger clips following acquisition of the entire skill. In the second fading procedure, video clips were backward “chunked” during the intervention as individual steps were mastered. A multiple probe across participants design within a reversal design was used. Results showed that video prompting with error correction was effective in teaching both daily living skills. Furthermore, fading the video prompts during the intervention resulted in more rapid learning and higher maintenance and generalization effects than fading after acquisition.
HRM and the beginnings of organizational change

This paper presents a discourse‐analytic approach to the study of human resource management (HRM) and organisational change, which is more sensitive than conventional research designs to the dynamic role of language in shaping processes of change. The prevailing positivism within business and management research is noted, in which language is treated as unproblematic; it simply mirrors or represents an objective “reality” that can be measured in some way. In contrast, discourse‐based studies accept that language is not simply reflective of reality, but is significant in constituting reality. The paper moves on to examine the potential of discourse‐based studies to offer fresh insights into the role of HRM in producing change. Drawing on the work of Ford and Ford, change is treated as a “shift in conversation” and case‐study evidence is presented of the surfacing of a change initiative within a large UK manufacturing firm.
Beware of Publicity! Perceived Distress of Negative Cyber Incidents and Implications for Defining Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying is usually defined by utilizing offline criteria for bullying (repetition, power imbalance, intent to harm). However, this ignores the potential relevance of cyber-specific factors (publicity, medium, type [i.e., denigration]). We compared six factors, each with multiple attributes, with respect to associated socioemotional distress, measured directly (Study 1: N = 58 Ecuadorian adolescents) and by applying adaptive conjoint analyses (Study 2: N = 131 German adolescents; Study 3: N = 82 German young adults). Results indicated that type, publicity, and repetition were most relevant for distress, and that attributes differed significantly in terms of perceived distress. For example, public incidents were perceived to be more distressing than semipublic or private ones. Furthermore, regarding most factors, previous cyber-perpetrators reported lower levels of distress than cyber-nonperpetrators. Implications for defining cyberbullying are discussed.
Assessing newcomers' changing commitments to the organization during the first 6 months of work

The authors examined changes in the level of 4 organizationally relevant constructs and their reconstitution by newcomers to a work organization using J. Schaubroeck and S. G. Green's (1989) confirmatory factor analytic procedure. Results support a general decline in levels (alpha changes) of organizationally relevant attitudes over 3 time periods (1st day, and the 3rd- and 6th-month employment anniversaries). The pattern of decline, though, varied after accounting forgamma and beta changes. Indeed, for 2 of the variables (affective and continuance commitment; N. J. Allen & J. P. Meyer, 1990), the presence of gamma changes (changes in the underlying construct) were so dramatic as to render the pattern of mean differences uninterpretable
Predicting the outcome in elderly patients of hospital admission for acute care in Paris, France: construction and initial validation of a simplex index.

OBJECTIVE: To develop a simple index able to identify at an early stage those elderly patients at high risk of requiring discharge to a residential or nursing home after admission to hospital for acute care. For these patients, early discharge planning might lead to a more effective management and reduce the length of hospitalisation. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS: This was a prospective study conducted in two teaching hospitals in Paris, France. A total of 510 consecutive patients was included. They were aged 75 years or more and had been admitted to acute medical care units through the emergency department. MEASUREMENTS: Demographic data, social support, physical disability, mental disability, and pathologic status were assessed shortly after admission (within 24-48 hours). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Outcome of hospitalisation was defined as discharge to home or residential/nursing home. RESULTS: The index, developed by multiple logistic regression, included six variables: the wish of patients' principal career about their returning home after acute hospitalisation, presence of a chronic condition, ability to perform toileting, ability to know the name of the hospital or the city, their age, and their living arrangements. The sensitivity of the index in identifying patients at high risk of requiring discharge to a residential/nursing home was 74.4%, the specificity 63.8% the positive predictive value was 57.8%, and the negative predictive value was 80.6%. CONCLUSIONS: The simple index, using data available very early in the course of hospitalisation, provides an accurate prediction of the hospitalisation outcome. The performance of the index should be tested in other populations and the practical benefits of risk screening should be assessed in a controlled trial to evaluate whether the intervention is useful and without any adverse effects.
Desensitization and Trafficking of μ-Opioid Receptors in Locus Ceruleus Neurons: Modulation by Kinases

The phosphorylation of μ-opioid receptors (MOPRs) by G protein-coupled receptor kinases (GRKs), followed by arrestin binding, is thought to be a key pathway leading to desensitization and internalization. The present study used the combination of intracellular and whole-cell recordings from rats and mice, as well as live cell imaging of Flag-tagged MOPRs from mouse locus ceruleus neurons, to examine the role of protein kinases in acute desensitization and receptor trafficking. Inhibition of GRKs by using heparin or GRK2-mutant mice did not block desensitization or alter the rate of recovery from desensitization. The nonselective kinase inhibitor staurosporine did not reduce the extent of [Met5]enkephalin (ME)-induced desensitization but increased the rate of recovery from desensitization. In the presence of staurosporine, ME-activated FlagMOPRs were internalized but did not traffic away from the plasma membrane. The increased rate of recovery from desensitization correlated with the enhancement in the recycling of receptors to the plasma membrane. ME-induced MOPR desensitization persisted and the trafficking of receptors was modified after inhibition of protein kinases. The results suggest that desensitization of MOPRs may be an early step after agonist binding that is modulated by but is not dependent on kinase activity.
Welfare state type, labour markets and refugees: a comparison of Jews from the former Soviet Union in the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany

The massive exodus of Jews from the former Soviet Union [FSU] has been accompanied by welfare state retrenchment and labour market restructuration in the two preferred destination countries of refugee resettlement: the United States and Germany. This study compares the resettlement policies and outcomes of FSU Jews and shows how the context of resettlement, viz. differences in welfare state type, labour market formation and host ethnic community, yield marked differences in formal job market adaptation. FSU Jews in Germany are almost twice as likely as their American counterparts to rely on some form of refugee cash assistance for their primary means of support, whereas the American cohort is twice as likely to be employed in the formal labour market. However, informal labour market adaptation is quite similar. Findings suggest unwitting system convergence, each exercising a different form of social exclusion - welfare stigma and under employment for refugees in the United States, and high labour market r.
Distinguishing Optimism from Denial: Optimistic Beliefs Predict Attention to Health Threats

Research has yielded conflicting views of the adaptiveness of optimistic beliefs in confronting negative events and information. To test whether optimism functions like denial, the authors examined the prospective relation of optimistic beliefs to attention to threatening health information presented by computer in a college student sample (N= 57). Optimistic beliefs about one's health predicted greater attention to risk information than to neutral or benefit information and greater levels of recall overall, especially when the information was self-relevant. Results concerning attention to risk information were similar, but weaker, for dispositional optimism. Implications for theoretical treatments of optimistic beliefs are discussed.
Acceptability of ATM and Transit Applications Embedded in Multipurpose Smart Identity Card: An Exploratory Study in Malaysia

The study investigates the acceptance of automated teller machine (ATM) and transit applications (Touch â€˜n Go) embedded in Malaysian multipurpose smart identity card named as MyKad. A research framework was developed based on UTAUT model. Five hundred questionnaires were distributed. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results show that Malaysians do not have strong intentions of using the two applications due lack of understanding of the benefits and the efforts needed to use the applications. In addition, they have the misconception that there are insufficient facilities to support the usage of the applications. Consequently, there is no social support to use the applications. Moreover, they perceive that the applications do not have credibility. Besides, they are unsure if they use of the applications would cause anxieties. Recommendations were given to increase the acceptance and to resolve the issues.
Autoregressive spectral estimation based on asymmetric two-sided prediction

This work proposes an asymmetric two-sided linear prediction (ATSP)-based autoregressive (AR) spectral estimation method using both past and future time series values asymmetrically to estimate the present value. Simulation results show that the ATSP-based AR spectral estimators may alleviate the problem of undesirable spurious peaks when the one-sided linear prediction (OSP)-based AR spectral estimators are used with a large order to resolve frequencies of very closely spaced sinusoids in the presence of observation noise. The proposed spectral estimators may also address the false peaks and spectral line splitting problems inherent in the symmetric two-sided linear prediction (STSP)-based AR spectral estimators proposed by other authors.
Identification and leadership in small groups: Salience, frame of reference, and leader stereotypicality effects on leader evaluations.

Two studies tested the prediction that people who identify strongly with a group base leadership perceptions on the group prototypicality of the leader whereas leadership schemas diminish in importance. Leadership and prototypicality were operationalized as relational construets grounded in people's salient social comparative frame of reference. Study I (N = 82) had participants nominate a group leader and measured perceptions of the leader relative to nonleaders on leadership effectiveness, group prototypicality, and leadership stereotypicality. In Study 2 (N = 164) prototypicality, stereotypicality, and group salience were experimentally manipulated. As predicted, leadership stereotypicality became a weaker basis for leadership among high identifiers. The nile of prototypicality in leadership was complexly affected by identification, which (a ) accentuated leader- follower similarity on perceived prototypicality and leadership effectiveness, (b) changed the salient frame of reference, and (c) thus changed relative prototypicality of group members and leadership perceptions.
Developing Effective School Leaders? Initial Views of the Scottish Qualification for Headship (SQH)

Abstract This article outlines the rationale for and the development of the Scottish Qualification for Headship (SQH). It describes the context of standards and competences within which the SQH has been developed, and the nature of the consultation process undertaken. The qualification itself has a four-unit structure, with two units of school-based learning. It may be taken in two modes, a full four-unit form and an accelerated route for those with attestable experience. Evaluation data are reported from the first group of candidates to complete the qualification, who had followed the accelerated route. The findings are very positive, which might be expected from an enthusiastic first group of volunteers, but they also raise a series of questions for further study, particularly in relation to assumptions about a single model for headship of schools of all sizes and sectors, and for candidates with a very varying range of prior experience
A -Optimality for Active Learning of Logistic Regression Classifiers

Over the last decade there has been growing interest in pool-based active learning techniques, where instead of receiving an i.i. d. sample from a pool of unlabeled data, a learner may take an active role in selecting examples from the pool. Queries to an oracle (a human annotator in most applications) provide label information for the selected observations, but at a cost. The challenge is to end up with a model that provides the best possible generalization error at the least cost. Popular methods such as uncertainty sampling often work well, but sometimes fail badly. We take the A-optimality criterion used in optimal experimental design, and extend it so that it can be used for pool-based active learning of logistic regression classifiers. A-optimality has attractive theoretical properties, and empirical evaluation confirms that it offers a more robust approach to active learning for logistic regression than alternatives.
The Effects of Different Intensities and Durations of the General Warm-up on Leg Press 1RM

Abstract Barroso, R, Silva-Batista, C, Tricoli, V, Roschel, H, and Ugrinowitsch, C. The effects of different intensities and durations of the general warm-up on leg press 1RM. J Strength Cond Res 27(4): 1009–1013, 2013—The precision of maximum strength assessments (1 repetition maximum; 1RM) is important to evaluate the functional capacity and to prescribe and monitor the training load. Several factors can affect the precision of 1RM tests, including the warm-up procedure. General and specific warm-up routines are recommended to enhance performance. The effects of a specific warm-up have already been acknowledged in improving performance. However, the effects of a general warm-up (GWU) are unclear but seem to depend on its ability to increase muscle temperature while avoiding fatigue. Furthermore, temperature elevation is dependent on both the duration and the intensity of the activity, which may eventually affect 1RM performance. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of different intensities and durations of GWU on 1RM performance. Sixteen strength-trained men were tested for 1RM leg press after 4 GWU conditions after specific warm-up: short duration and low intensity (SDLI; i.e., 5 minutes at 40% V[Combining Dot Above]O2max), long duration and low intensity (LDLI; i.e., 15 minutes at 40% V[Combining Dot Above]O2max), short duration and moderate intensity (SDMI; i.e., 5 minutes at 70% V[Combining Dot Above]O2max), long duration and moderate intensity (LDMI; i.e., 15 minutes at 70% V[Combining Dot Above]O2max), and the control (CTRL) no-GWU condition. Leg press 1RM values were higher (on average 3%) when subjects performed LDLI (367.8 ± 70.1 kg; p = 0.01), compared with the other 4 conditions. After the LDMI condition, 1RM values were lower (on average −4%) than in the other 4 conditions (345.6 ± 70.5 kg; p = 0.01). There were no differences between SDMI, SDLI, and CTRL (359.4 ± 69.2 kg, 359.1 ± 69.3 kg, and 359.4 ± 70.4 kg, respectively; p = 0.99). According to our results, long-duration low-intensity general warm-up seems be appropriately to improve 1RM performance in strength-trained individuals.
The Concept of Physical Literacy

The intention of this paper is to open a debate on the concept of Physical Literacy. This is a term that has been used intermittently over the years but has never received serious analysis. The discussion has three parts. The first sets out, briefly, the findings of earlier research (Whitehead, 1987), which created the ground for this paper. The second proposes a context within which the concept of Physical Literacy may be defined and uses this context to discuss possible components of the concept The presentation is set in an existential and phenomenological context and therefore considers the concept of Physical Literacy from a particular philosophical perspective. The final part of the paper lists a series of questions. These challenge proposals that are made in the paper and, at this stage in the debate, need to be subject to critical consideration.
Culture Matters: The Pivotal Role of Culture for Women’s Careers in Academic Medicine

Purpose Women in academic medicine are not achieving the same career advancement as men, and face unique challenges in managing work and family alongside intense work demands. The purpose of this study was to investigate how a supportive department/division culture buffered women from the impact of work demands on work-to-family conflict. Method As part of a larger intervention trial, the authors collected baseline survey data from 133 women assistant professors at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine in 2010. Validated measures of work demands, work-to-family conflict, and a department/division culture were employed. Pearson correlations and general linear mixed modeling were used to analyze the data. Authors investigated whether work culture moderated the association between work demands and work-to-family conflict. Results Heavy work demands were associated with increased levels of work-to-family conflict. There were significant interactions between work demands, work-to-family conflict, and department/division culture. A culture conducive to women’s academic success significantly moderated the effect of work hours on time-based work-to-family conflict and significantly moderated the effect of work overload on strain-based work-to-family conflict. At equivalent levels of work demands, women in more supportive cultures experienced lower levels of work-to-family conflict. Conclusions The culture of the department/division plays a crucial role in women’s work-to-family conflict and can exacerbate or alleviate the impact of extremely high work demands. This finding leads to important insights about strategies for more effectively supporting the careers of women assistant professors.
Frozen: Citizenship and European unification

Citizenship issues are in the vanguard of the democratization process of the European Union. As a result, much academic debate has centred on the significance, worth, and potential of the status of European Union citizen bestowed on all member state nationals by the Maastricht Treaty. This article traces the growing debate on ‘European’ citizenship in the form of a literature review. It places the debate in the context of the EU's own evolution and argues that citizenship, whether broadly or narrowly conceived, is currently in a frozen condition, since it was one of the major issues whose discussion was postponed by the member governments at the Amsterdam summit of 1997. Nonetheless, the creation of the status of EU citizen has unleashed expectations of greater inclusivity in decision making which the EU cannot afford to ignore if the democratization process is to continue. The likely result is an experiment in post‐national citizenship based on a multilevel Europolity and the separation of ethnic and pol.
Critical Consciousness and Cross-Cultural/lntersectional Social Work Practice: A Case Analysis

Social workers have an ethical responsibility to address the dynamics and consequences of oppression and to promote social justice. Working across cultures and identities requires expanding our comfort zones, owning our power and privilege, and engaging in active self-reflection that interrogates what we hold to be true. These are vital components of “critical consciousness” and critical approaches to practice. This paper presents a complex case example of a refugee Muslim family to articulate the processes that workers can use to deepen critical consciousness when working with clients. The authors describe ways to attend to the complex intersections (of gender, age, ethnicity, religion, immigration status, and socioeconomic status) in multicultural and socially just practice within complex agency and environmental contexts.