Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Can curriculum help career success? An empirical research on the perceived employability of students

ABSTRACT Universities exert generous efforts to take advantage of curriculum to help students succeed in the competitive employment market. However, it remains unclear whether perceived employability (PE), as the crucial indicator of the career success of students, can be improved by the curriculum. In accordance with Job Demands–Resources theory, this study examined the influencing mechanism of curriculum, including course workload and course challenge, on the PE of students. Results from a sample of 880 Chinese graduate students confirm that course workload and course challenge positively affect PE via motivational belief; high-level supervisor–student relationships increase the effect of course challenge, and high-level student–student relationships improve the effect of course workload. The results present valuable guidance to universities on how to improve the PE of students through curriculum to help them succeed in their careers.
The Effects of Group-Based Context Personalization on Learning Outcomes and Motivation

THE EFFECTS OF GROUP-BASED PERSONALIZATION ON LEARNING OUTCOMES AND MOTIVATION Jessica J. Resig Old Dominion University, 2017 Director: Dr. Ginger S. Watson The rise of online course enrollments in higher education has highlighted the need to establish and validate effective online instructional strategies focused on improving learning outcomes and affective responses towards instruction. One such strategy, groupbased context personalization, frames instructional materials within contexts relevant to shared interests among groups of students. This study sought to investigate the effects of group-based context personalization on learning outcomes and motivation towards the instruction when materials were contextualized based on a learner’s academic major. This study employed a true experimental design to explore the effects of groupbased context personalization on learning outcomes and motivation for 20 undergraduate fashion merchandising majors enrolled in a four-year institution in the East Central Region of the U.S. Participants were randomly assigned to either the personalization or non-personalization group. The personalization group received an online unit on fair use and copyright contextualized with fashion merchandising examples, while the nonpersonalization group received the same instructional materials but with general, education-related examples. Both groups completed Keller’s (2010) Instructional Materials Motivation Survey and a posttest that consisted of recall, general transfer, and fashion merchandising-related transfer questions. This study found no significant between-groups differences on learning outcomes or motivation towards the instruction, though the within-groups posttest performance on general education questions did approach significance over performance on fashion merchandising transfer questions. Suggestions for future research and implementation of group-based context personalization instructional strategies are provided.
Increasing the coverage of answer extraction by applying anaphora resolution

Off-line answer extraction using patterns is a technique for corpus based Question Answering (QA) that has proven to be very effective. The results typically show a high precision score. However, the main problem with this technique is the lack of coverage of the extracted answers. One way to increase the coverage is to apply anaphora resolution. Using anaphora resolution we can turn information-poor extractions (e.g. she is the queen of Holland) into potential answers (e.g. Beatrix is the queen of Holland). In this paper we show that by applying a simple anaphora resolution technique the number of facts extracted from a Dutch newspaper corpus increased with more than 50% and although precision went down the increase in recall had a positive effect on the performance of a state-of-the art QA system. Povečanje pokritja luščenja odgovorov z uporabo razrešitve anafore Off-line luščenje odgovorov z uporabo vzorcev je metoda na korpusu temelječega sistema za odgovarjanje na vprašanja, ki se je izkazala za zelo učinkovito. Rezultati običajno dosegajo visoko točnost. Vendar pa je glavni problem metode pomanjkljivo pokritje izluščenih odgovorov. Ena od možnosti za povečanje obsega je razrešitev anafore. Z uporabo razrešitve anafore lahko pretvorimo slabo informativne izluščene izraze (npr. ona je nizozemska kraljica) v možne odgovore (npr. Beatrix je nizozemska kraljica). V članku prikažemo, da se z uporabo preproste tehnike razrešitve anafore število izluščenih dejstev iz nizozemskega časopisnega korpusa poveča za več kot 50%. Čeprav se točnost zmanjša, pa ima povečanje pokritja pozitivne učinke na delovanje sodobnega sistema za odgovarjanje
The PvS-Index: An Indexing Method for Local Image Descriptors

In the last twenty years the problem of finding near neighbours to a specified data point in high dimensional space has become of increasing interest to the database community, especially in the context of Time series and Multimedia data. First approaches, published in the 1980s and the early 90s have shown to work very well for up to 12 and in selected cases up to 20 dimensions. In higher dimensional spaces, the performance of these indexing structures degraded drastically, making a sequential scan still the best choice in respect of performance. In this thesis I present the PvS-Index, a new approximate indexing technique for this kind of high dimensional data. Due to its low calculation-cost and a fixed amount of I/O operations it provides a good evaluation time independent from the actual size of the collection. When applying this PvS-Index to the problem of image copyright protection using local descriptors, my measurements showed a performance gain of several orders of magnitude in comparison with a sequential scan through the whole data set.
European technical guidance document for the flexible scope accreditation of laboratories quantifying GMOs

The aim of this guidance document is to facilitate harmonised flexible scope accreditation within Europe, according to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 related to quantitative testing of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) for GM events authorised in the EU or which are in the authorisation process. This document gives guidance to and is intended for laboratories that are considering to acquire a flexible scope of accreditation according to ISO/IEC 17025. At the same time it aims to provide information for assessors involved in the accreditation process of these laboratories. This guidance document has been written by members of the Task Force (TF) Flexible scope accreditation, which has been initiated by European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (EC JRC-IRMM, Geel, BE). After an extensive commenting phase it has been submitted to the European co-operation for Accreditation (EA) in February 2013 for consideration as an EA guidance document. z L A -N A -2547-E N -N ISBN 978-92-79-35936-1
The Regulatory Function of Empathy, Shame and Guilt Proneness in Moral Judgement in Organizational Life

Moral judgment and moral dilemmas are a pervasive part of organizational life and every decision-maker can and will encounter them at some point. Whether people make the utilitarian decision (preferring to maximize overall welfare) or the deontological one (choosing to adhere to moral rules), depends both on the contextual aspects, as well as on individual traits such as empathy and so-called moral emotions - guilt and shame. This paper aims to study the differences between the utilitarian and the deontologists employees in relation with empathy, guilt and shame proneness. In order to discriminate the two categories (utilitarian and deontologist), the well-established “Trolley problem” was used. In the Switch version, the task can be accomplished by using a lever to switch the train track, such that the train only kills one person. On the other hand, in the Footbridge version, pushing a very fat man off a bridge, using his body to stop the train, can save the five. The following questionnaires were used on a sample of 61 participants (47 females and 14 males, aged between M=20,88, AS=1,81): Interpersonal Reactivity Index, and The Guilt and Shame Proneness scale. Results showed a significant difference between the utilitarian and deontologist on the fantasy and empathic-concern scales for the Switch version. However, no significant differences were observed for guilt or shame proneness. As for the Bridge version, the differences were identified only on the empathic-concern scale and on the Guilt‐Negative‐Behavior‐Evaluation scale of GASP
The Effect of Reference Point on Stochastic Network Equilibrium

Following studies of human decision making under risk and uncertainty, an extensive evidence of loss aversion and asymmetric risk-taking behavior around a reference point was found. Prospect theory proposes an alternative framework to the traditional risk-taking modeling in travel behavior, which might be too simplistic. This paper examines the possibility of applying prospect theory for modeling stochastic network equilibrium, and presents an investigation of the effect of reference point value on such equilibrium. Conceptual and methodological issues that could be addressed by further research in transportation research are suggested.
Altered Frequency and Function of Spleen CTLA-4+Tim-3+ T Cells are Associated with Miscarriage†

Abstract Normal pregnancy is associated with several immune adaptations in both systemic and local maternal–fetal interface to allow the growth of semi-allogeneic conceptus. A failure in maternal immune tolerance to the fetus may result in abnormal pregnancies, such as recurrent spontaneous abortion. The regulation of T-cell homeostasis during pregnancy has important implications for maternal tolerance and immunity. Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) and T-cell immunoglobulin mucin-3 (Tim-3) are important negative immune regulatory molecules involved in viral persistence and tumor metastasis. Here we described the lower frequency of splenic T cells co-expressing CTLA-4 and Tim-3 accompanied by higher levels of proinflammatory but lower anti-inflammatory cytokines production in abortion-prone mouse model. Blockade of CTLA-4 and Tim-3 pathways leaded to the dysfunction of splenic T cells. By the higher expression during normal pregnancy, CTLA-4 and Tim-3 co-expression on splenic T cells linked to immunosuppressive phenotype. As the spleen is an important site for peripheral immune activation, our data suggest potential noninvasive biomarkers and therapeutic targets for miscarriage. Summary Sentence The lower frequency of splenic T cells co-expressing CTLA-4 and Tim-3 accompanied by altered cytokines production is associated with miscarriage.
Martial arts injuries.

OBJECTIVE To review the current evidence for the epidemiology of pediatric injuries in martial arts. DATA SOURCES The relevant literature was searched using SPORT DISCUS (keywords: martial arts injuries, judo injuries, karate injuries, and taekwondo injuries and ProQuest (keywords: martial arts, taekwondo, karate, and judo), as well as hand searches of the reference lists. MAIN RESULTS In general, the absolute number of injuries in girls is lower than in boys. However, when expressed relative to exposure, the injury rates of girls are higher. Injuries by body region reflect the specific techniques and rules of the martial art. The upper extremities tend to get injured more often in judo, the head and face in karate and the lower extremities in taekwondo. Activities engaged in at the time of injury included performing a kick or being thrown in judo, while punching in karate, and performing a roundhouse kick in taekwondo. Injury type tends to be martial art specific with sprains reported in judo and taekwondo and epistaxis in karate. Injury risk factors in martial arts include age, body weight and exposure. CONCLUSIONS Preventive measures should focus on education of coaches, referees, athletes, and tournament directors. Although descriptive research should continue, analytical studies are urgently needed.
Genome sequence of the moderately halophilic bacterium Salinicoccus carnicancri type strain CrmT (= DSM 23852T)

Salinicoccus carnicancri Jung et al. 2010 belongs to the genus Salinicoccus in the family Staphylococcaceae. Members of the Salinicoccus are moderately halophilic and originate from various salty environments. The halophilic features of the Salinicoccus suggest their possible uses in biotechnological applications, such as biodegradation and fermented food production. However, the genus Salinicoccus is poorly characterized at the genome level, despite its potential importance. This study presents the draft genome sequence of S. carnicancri strain CrmT and its annotation. The 2,673,309 base pair genome contained 2,700 protein-coding genes and 78 RNA genes with an average G+C content of 47.93 mol%. It was notable that the strain carried 72 predicted genes associated with osmoregulation, which suggests the presence of beneficial functions that facilitate growth in high-salt environments.
Ecological Context, Criminal Propensity, and Recidivism

This study examines whether the relationship between individual-level risk and recidivism varies according to ecological context, measured at the census tract level. It is hypothesized that high-risk offenders—as measured by Minnesota Screening Tool Assessing Recidivism Risk (MnSTARR) 2.0 and Level of Service Inventory–Revised (LSI-R)—will have elevated risk of recidivism when living in disadvantaged neighborhoods and lower risk of recidivism when living in affluent neighborhoods. These hypotheses are tested with hierarchical logistic models predicting rearrest and revocation for a technical violation among a sample of approximately 3,000 offenders released from Minnesota state prisons in 2009. Rearrest was positively related to neighborhood disadvantage and negatively related to neighborhood affluence, while revocation was positively related to neighborhood urbanism. Further, neighborhood disadvantage moderated the association between LSI-R and rearrest; however, this interaction was not in the hypothesized direction. The results contradict prior literature examining similar relationships at the county level.
Using an Epidemiological Model for Phylogenetic Inference Reveals Density Dependence in HIV Transmission

The control, prediction, and understanding of epidemiological processes require insight into how infectious pathogens transmit in a population. The chain of transmission can in principle be reconstructed with phylogenetic methods which analyze the evolutionary history using pathogen sequence data. The quality of the reconstruction, however, crucially depends on the underlying epidemiological model used in phylogenetic inference. Until now, only simple epidemiological models have been used, which make limiting assumptions such as constant rate parameters, infinite total population size, or deterministically changing population size of infected individuals. Here, we present a novel phylogenetic method to infer parameters based on a classical stochastic epidemiological model. Specifically, we use the susceptible-infected-susceptible model, which accounts for density-dependent transmission rates and finite total population size, leading to a stochastically changing infected population size. We first validate our method by estimating epidemic parameters for simulated data and then apply it to transmission clusters from the Swiss HIV epidemic. Our estimates of the basic reproductive number R0 for the considered Swiss HIV transmission clusters are significantly higher than previous estimates, which were derived assuming infinite population size. This difference in key parameter estimates highlights the importance of careful model choice when doing phylogenetic inference. In summary, this article presents the first fully stochastic implementation of a classical epidemiological model for phylogenetic inference and thereby addresses a key aspect in ongoing efforts to merge phylogenetics and epidemiology.
Exploring Individual and Interpersonal Level Factors Associated with Academic Success of College Students at a Women’s, Faith-based Higher Institution

The present study investigated how spirituality, peer connections, and social integration relate to academic resiliency, academic self-efficacy, academic integration, and institutional commitment of college students who identify as female. A sample of 372 undergraduates (ages 18-26) at a Catholic University completed Mapworks survey containing institution-specific questions and spirituality items in Spring 2018. Pearson correlation was used to examine the bivariate relationships between the variables. Canonical correlation analysis (CCA) was conducted to determine if relationships exist among the predictor variables (spirituality, peer connections, social integration) and the criterion variables (academic resiliency, academic self-efficacy, academic integration, institutional commitment). Academic resiliency was the only contributor to the synthetic criterion variable. The contributions of academic self-efficacy, academic integration and institutional commitment to the synthetic criterion variable were very negligible. Social integration and peer connections were the primary contributors to the predictor synthetic variable, with a secondary contribution by spirituality. Social integration, peer connections, and spirituality were all positively related to academic resiliency. Simultaneously addressing the social and spiritual well-being of college students, particularly those who have self-selected to attend a women’s college, are crucial to promoting their academic success.
X10 as a Parallel Language for Scientific Computation: Practice and Experience

X10 is an emerging Partitioned Global Address Space (PGAS) language intended to increase significantly the productivity of developing scalable HPC applications. The language has now matured to a point where it is meaningful to consider writing large scale scientific application codes in X10. This paper reports our experiences writing three codes from the chemistry/material science domain: Fast Multipole Method (FMM), Particle Mesh Ewald (PME) and Hartree-Fock (HF), entirely in X10. Performance results are presented for up to 256 places on a Blue Gene/P system. During the course of this work our experiences have been shared with the X10 development team, so that application requirements could inform language design discussions as the language capabilities influenced algorithm design. This resulted in improvements in the language implementation and standard class libraries, including the design of the array API and support for complex math. Data constructs in X10 such as \emph{places} and \emph{distributed arrays}, and parallel constructs such as \emph{finish} and \emph{async}, simplify implementation of the applications in comparison with MPI. However, current implementation limitations in X10 2.1. 2 make it difficult to achieve scalable performance using the most natural expressions of the algorithms. The most serious limitation is the use of point-to-point communication patterns, rather than collectives, to implement parallel constructs and array operations. This issue will be addressed in future releases of X10.
An adaptive threshold method for spectrum sensing in multi-channel cognitive radio networks

Opportunistic spectrum access feature of cognitive radio systems is a method to improve frequency underutilization of wireless spectrum. One of the techniques for detecting the unused bands is the energy detection for which selection of the threshold defines detection performance. In this paper, the adaptive threshold method is proposed as an alternative approach to estimate the threshold as a function of first and second order statistics of recorded signals. The proposed method does not require estimation of noise variance or signal to noise ratio and aims to minimize the effects of impairments introduced by wireless channel and non-stationary noise. The simulation results indicate that adaptive threshold has low false alarm and missed detection rates that can satisfy the detection requirements of multi-channel cognitive radios for either narrow or wideband spectrum sensing, when the standard deviation coefficient is selected properly.
Time resolved measurements of spin and carrier dynamics in InAs films

We report time resolved measurements of spin and carrier relaxation in InAs films with carrier densities of 1.3×1016 and 1.6×1016cm−3 grown on (001) and (111) GaAs, respectively. We used standard pump-probe and magneto-optical Kerr effect spectroscopy at different excitation wavelengths, power densities, and temperatures. We observed sensitivity of carrier and spin relaxation time to the photoinduced carrier density but not to the variation in temperature. We explain our results using the Elliot–Yafet picture of spin relaxation process in narrow gap semiconductors.We report time resolved measurements of spin and carrier relaxation in InAs films with carrier densities of 1.3×1016 and 1.6×1016cm−3 grown on (001) and (111) GaAs, respectively. We used standard pump-probe and magneto-optical Kerr effect spectroscopy at different excitation wavelengths, power densities, and temperatures. We observed sensitivity of carrier and spin relaxation time to the photoinduced carrier density but not to the variation in temperature. We explain our results using the Elliot–Yafet picture of spin relaxation process in narrow gap semiconductors.
Continuance and Discontinuance in Marital Counseling and Some Observations on Joint Interviews

In the study of continuance and discontinuance 19 continuing cases were used, consisting of the 15 continuing cases on which the previously presented profile was based and 4 additional ones; 15 discontinuing cases THIs IS the fourth and last in a series of articles reporting the findings of research conducted under the author's leadership, on the problem of developing a classification of the various components of the casework process. ' In the first article a typology of casework procedures was presented; in the second the coding and application of the typology were demonstrated; and in the third a profile of early interviews was drawn from the perspective of the typology. " In this article findings derived from a study comparing continuing and discontinuing cases will be presented, and some brief comments will be made on a study of interviews held jointly with husband and wife. The cases used in both studies were taken from the sample of more than a hundred described in the third article in this series, augmented by cases from Family Service of Metropolitan Detroit, Community Service Society of New York, and Family Service of Philadelphia. Florence Hollis, Ph.D., is Professor of Social Work, Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, N.Y.