Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
COMPARING THE EFFECTS OF IONTOPHORESIS AND PHONOPHORESIS OF DEXAMETHASONE ON THE TREATMENT OF CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME

Introduction: Using anti-inflammatory medicine injection such as dexamethasone acetate (DXA) is a common treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Iontophoresis and phonophoresis of DXA are two other ways which may help to introduce DXA locally to inflammated tissues. This study has been deigned to compare the effect of iontophoresis and phonophoresis of DXA on the CTS treatment. Materials and Methods : 35 mild or moderate CTS patients (51 affected hands) were randomly assigned in one of the two experimental: iontophoresis (25 affected hands) and phonophoresis (26 affected hands) groups. Subjects in iontophoresis group received 10 sessions of iontophoresis of %0.4 DXA solution (DC, 0.2 mA/cm2, 20 min) over the wrist of the affected hands while the other group received 10 sessions of phonophoresis of %0.4 DXA jell with pulsed ultrasound (1 MHz, 1 W.cm-2, 5 min). The strength of hand and thumb grips, paresthesia, pain, motor and sensory distal latency and evoked potential of median nerve were measured before and after intervention and after 4 weeks follow-up. Results: Comparisons of the mean changes showed more increase in hand grip (P=0.006) and thumb grip (P=0.0002), less pain perception (P=0.001), shorter sensory (P=0.0001) and motor (P=0.0008) distal latency and higher sensory and motor (P=0.0001) action potential in the phonophoresis in compared with the iontophoresis group. Conclusion: Our results show that using phonophoresis of DXA is more effective for CTS treatment, than the iontophoresis method. More studies are needed to investigate the role of different parameters used during phonophoresis of DXA in the CTS treatment. Keywords: Carpal tunnel syndrome, Dexamethasone, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Iontophoresis, Phonophoresis
When a Calling Goes Unanswered: Exploring the Role of Workplace Personalizations as Calling Enactments

Individuals are sometimes unable to realize their callings in their formal careers. The literature has highlighted that such unanswered callings produce negative outcomes in the individual’s career and personal life and that coping strategies, such as job and leisure crafting, can help them buffer such consequences. We developed a grounded theory regarding how people cope with their unanswered callings through a previously unexplored strategy in the calling literature: workplace personalization. Our study revealed that through this strategy, individuals retain the aspects of an unanswered calling in their self-concept and then reduce the consequences of not realizing the calling. Some participants enjoy some of the benefits of perceiving a calling, even without performing it in a formal work role. This phenomenon occurs because workplace personalization can be used to represent unanswered callings performed in the past and present, or that are intended to be performed in the future. This form of enactment produces interpersonal and intrapersonal processes that help buffer the negative consequences of not realizing a calling.
AWARENESS OF MEDICAL ETHICS PRINCIPLES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS AMONG HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS IN PAKISTAN

Background: The importance of medical ethics principles is not emphasized therefore has diminished role in the medical students’ mind. Additionally, practicing in an environment where senior physicians and consultants are not seen prioritizing moral ethical values in their clinical practice, creates an air of indifference. This study was done to assess the awareness of HEC defined objectives for Medical Ethics in the medical curriculum, along with gauging the understanding of key Medical Ethics concepts by way of multiple choice clinical scenarios. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted over three months. Response forms were filled at a private and government hospital. The sample size of 243 subjects was finalized according to the number of available House Officers and Postgraduate trainees. The questionnaire was aimed purely at MBBS graduates from Pakistan.Results: A total of 243 responses were collected, ranging from House Officer level doctors 139(57%) up to Postgraduate level 104(43%). Analysis was done to determine association of awareness of Medical Ethics objectives with their medical school background. Ethical concepts of Confidentiality, Non-malefaience, Informed Consent, Respect for Privacy and Desirable Attitudes in Healthcare Professionals showed significant p-values of 0.006, 0.016, 0.005, 0.013 and 0.045. The number of incorrect responses to the clinical scenarios were: 55(25.3%), 111(51.4%), 87(42%), 119(55.3%), 104(47.9%), 170(78.7%), 50(23.4%). There was no significant difference in response among graduates from different backgrounds or with different years of clinical experience. Conclusion: A significant disconnect exists in the application of the knowledge of medical ethics in the clinical setting with several factors affecting physician judgment in ethical dilemmas. Effective teaching and assessment methods, inclusion of postgraduate ethical courses along with a regulatory ethics committee in each hospital is needed to protect both doctors and patients.
Older Adults' Perceptions Of Their Own Harmful Behaviors

Statistics show an increase in the number of elderly people in the world, which began several decades ago, as life expectancy increased and birth rates declined. These changes in the population structure have both an economic impact (for example, a smaller number of working-age persons have to bear the cost of services for the elderly) and a social one (eg intergenerational relations). The quality of life at old age also depends on the ability of the elderly to self-analyze and identify issues that may be problematic for good adjustment. In older people, changing negative behaviors in relation to others or harmful to them is difficult to achieve. The process of behavior changing could be facilitated in the elderly by reflecting on these behaviors and raising awareness of the factors that determine or strengthen them. The present study was designed to investigate older adults' perceptions of their own harmful behaviors and the factors that prevent them from modifying them. Data were collected from old adults aged between 68 and 75. The research method used was a questionnaire based survey with open questions. Themes derived from subjects' responses refer to harmful behaviors for them but also behaviors which cause conflicts with those around them, these behaviors being attributed mainly to external, uncontrollable factors.
Newsworthiness and the Public’s Response in Russian Social Media: A Comparison of State and Private News Organizations

Social media have become one of the most important news delivery channels due to their interactivity and large audiences. The content published by news organizations on social networking sites is of particular value to sociologists, because it allows measurement of users’ attitude to certain events. However, we understand that the media choose which events become news in accordance with certain criteria, such as news values. In this study, we decided to examine how news values determine the public’s response as expressed by likes, reposts, and comments. To analyze the characteristics of different media and their audiences, we selected four popular newsgroups on the social networking site Vkontakte: TASS and Russia Today, representing the state media, alongside RBC and Meduza, representing the private media. The posts of the selected newsgroups were coded and analyzed by means of Harcup and O’Neill taxonomy of values (2016). The study showed that news organizations tend to have preferences for some news values rather than others. Regression analysis revealed positive relationships between 1) the sharing of likes and good and entertaining content, 2) the sharing of comments and the presence of celebrities or conflicts in news, 3) the sharing of reposts and comments and significant events. An unexpected discovery was a negative dependency between the number of comments and the presence of exclusive content.
Fertility and Parental Labor-Force Participation: New Evidence from a Developing Country in the Balkans

This paper examines the effect of fertility on parental labor-force participation in a developing country in the Balkans, with particular attention to the intervening role of childcare provided by grandparents in extended families. In order to address the potential endogeneity in the fertility decision, I exploit Albanian parental preference for having sons combined with the siblings sex-composition instrument as an exogenous source of variation. Using a repeated cross-section of parents with at least two children, I find a positive and statistically significant effect of fertility on parental labor supply for those parents who are more likely to be younger, less educated or live in extended families. In particular, IV estimates for mothers show that they increase labor supply, especially in terms of hours worked per week and the likelihood of working off-farm. Similarly, father’s likelihood of working off-farm and having a second occupation increase as a consequence of further childbearing. The heterogeneity analysis suggests that this positive effect might be the result of two plausible mechanisms: childcare provided by non-parental adults in extended families and greater financial costs of maintaining more children. JEL Classification: J13, J22, C26
Emotion Recognition Ability in Older Adults

This thesis investigated the extent of age-related emotion recognition deficits across several emotions, presentations, and stimuli types. Evidence suggests that older adults (OAs) are less able than younger adults (YAs) to recognise emotions (Ruffman et al., 2008). However, clarity regarding the breadth of these age-related emotion recognition deficits may be thwarted by difficulties in comparing findings due to methodological variations and sample differences. The current research sought to address some of these issues by comparing the emotion recognition ability of OAs (59 to 84 years) to those of YAs (18 to 29 years). Phase 1 of the research used a series of tightly controlled experiments to measure emotion recognition (for happiness, sadness, fear, anger, disgust) and non-emotion processing from static faces, non-verbal vocalisations, and single words. Phase 2 employed unimodal and cross-modal presentations of dynamic faces and prosodic sentences to measure recognition of the same basic emotions as well as a different set of discrete emotions (joy, amusement, pride, anger, and surprise). In terms of deficits the only emotion for which OAs showed a consistent impairment was anger as seen when static faces were used, when all presentation types were compared in Phase 1 and in one experiment in Phase 2. Moreover there is evidence to suggest that this deficit for anger is a specific function of the older-older (70 years+) adults' performance. OAs were also impaired in recognising joy from prosodic sentences and older-older adults in recognising sad from faces. More generally OAs had a deficit in processing auditory information and older-old adults in processing static faces irrespective of the emotion content. In contrast, OAs showed a superior ability than YAs to recognise emotion from words (particularly sad) and disgust when all presentation types were compared in Phase 1. It is concluded, therefore, that OAs' emotion recognition deficits are not as widespread as previously reported and in many cases performance is maintained and even improves in later years.
TASTE MISSIONS – A NEW AND INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO IMPROVE PUPIL’S HEALTH THROUGH FOOD LITERACY

What makes food, health and children so interesting? Food is one of the primary sources to human life that through a healthy lifestyle can be influencing the future of every individual. Especially children with their future ahead are an important target group that needs focus, since habits are often established at an early age (Piaget, 1969), which also is the case in regards to food and health. To secure the public health and wellbeing of future generations, and to ensure a more sustainable environment and world, we find that teaching children about food, nutrition and health is essential in order to develop a healthy relationship to food and eating habits (Bas? kale, et al., 2009). Learn4Health, an EU Erasmus+ project, was created in 2016 to develop new and innovative methods to food literacy in European schools, to promote a broader knowledge of the origin of food and food systems, and to foster better health practices through new knowledge and self-efficiency. In the project, we seek to develop several innovative and new approaches that aim to increase food knowledge through interdisciplinary hands-on activities. It is our belief, that such methods can foster motivation and a better understanding of when, what and how food is grown, and thereby improve pupils action competencies in relation to food and health now and in the long-term. This paper focuses on one of the Learn4Health activities, Taste Missions, developed, implemented and evaluated by Wageningen University & Research and aims to illustrate how hands-on food activities can benefit pupils in European public schools. Further, it will describe, analyze and conclude upon the activity, and finally, summarize by discussing Taste Missions in the larger Learn4Health context and in the broader perspective of the public by presenting the HOFA Handbook.
An Investigation of Perfectionism and Life Satisfaction with Elementary Gifted Students

iv Chapter 1: Introduction of Topic. 1 Chapter 2: Review of Literature.6 Chapter 3: Method. 22 Chapter 4: Results. 26 Chapter 5: Discussion. 33 References. 39 Appendix A: Table of Specifications. 43 Appendix B: Empirical Research in Perfectionism. 52 Appendix C: Human Subjects Approval. 54 Appendix D: Consent Form. 56 Appendix E: Directions to Student Participants. 58 Appendix F: Demographics Questionnaire.59 Appendix G: Almost Perfect Scale-Revised . 60 Appendix H: Brief Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale. 61 AN INVESTIGATION OF PERFECTIONISM AND LIFE SATISFACTION WITH ELEMENTARY GIFTED STUDENTS
Training of Trainer (TOT) Dukungan Psikologis dan Self Empowerment Paska Bencana Bagi Staf dan Mahasiswa Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Mataram

Abstract: Bencana adalah peristiwa atau rangkaian peristiwa yang mengancam dan mengganggu kehidupan dan penghidupan masyarakat yang disebabkan, baik oleh faktor alam dan/atau non-alam maupun faktor manusia sehingga mengakibatkan timbulnya korban jiwa manusia, kerusakan lingkungan, kerugian harta benda, serta dampak psikologis. Beberapa dampak psikologis yang sering muncul meliputi perubahan emosional akibat pengalaman traumatis, kekhawatiran akan kelangsungan hidup dan masa depan, dan kecemasan terkait keutuhan keluarga dan lingkungan sosial. Hingga bulan Agustus 2018, tercatat telah terjadi 395 kali gempa yang melanda Provinsi NTB, dengan beberapa gempa besar dengan pusat yang berbeda-beda. Gempa bumi yang melanda provinsi NTB sejak 29 Juli 2018 ini telah menelan banyak korban jiwa dan menimbulkan banyak kerusakan, sehingga tentu saja menimbulkan ketidakseimbangan kondisi psikologis masyarakat. Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Mataram sebagai pusat pendidikan ingin berperan serta mengatasi dampak psikologis ini dengan mengadakan Training of Trainer (ToT) dukungan psikologis dan self empowerment paska gempa bagi staf dan mahasiswa kedokteran. Dengan konsep ToT, staf dan mahasiswa kedokteran tidak hanya diajarkan untuk mampu melakukan dukungan psikologis untuk dirinya sendiri, tetapi mampu mengajarkan ke orang lain di lingkungannya maupun kepada penyintas lain saat mereka ditugaskan di lokasi bencana. Kata kunci: Training of Trainer (TOT); Dukungan Psikologis; Self Empowerment
Driven To Be a Non-Traditional Student: Measurement of the Academic Motivation Scale with Adult Learners After Their Transition to University

Non-traditional students represent an important group of university students, and that is why their motivation to study is an important factor that affects current university education. This study investigates the academic motivation of Czech students who are considered non-traditional because of their age (they are older than 26) and at the same time have experienced a break of at least one year in their formal educational trajectory. The Czech version of the Academic Motivation Scale (AMS) has been used to measure academic motivation. The purpose of this study is to examine the factor structure of the Czech version of the AMS on a sample of 1,885 first-year students at Masaryk University and determine if this tool is functional even on a specific group of non-traditional students and to identify differences in particular types of academic motivation between traditional and non-traditional students. The results of confirmatory factor analysis showed that the Czech version of the AMS is a valid scale with a factor structure corresponding to the original model, and based on measurement invariance analysis we can state that the Czech version of the AMS can be used to compare traditional and non-traditional students. The results of regression analyses suggest that non-traditional students had significantly higher values for all types of intrinsic motivation and lower values for most types of extrinsic motivation. In the case of amotivation, it was again the non-traditional students with significantly lower values, which suggests that the absence of a motivation to study tends to be more common in younger students who are continuously receiving formal education.
Walking the walk: The need for school leaders to embrace teaching as a clinical practice profession

There have been longstanding concerns with teacher pre-service education. The model of university coursework plus practicum has been criticised. Despite attempts to rectify this situation, only a minority of beginning teachers in Australia rate themselves as being well prepared or very well prepared when they begin teaching. This paper examines such concerns before offering an alternative. There are two aspects to this new model. Firstly, a clinical approach to teacher pre-service education coupled with new roles, practices and structures designed to overcome the so-called theory practice gap and enable implementation of evidence-based interventionist practice. One such approach is highlighted. Secondly, the adoption of a clinical approach to teacher education and teaching practice requires understanding, knowledge, commitment and support from education leaders. Educational leaders require a thorough grounding in instructional leadership for clinical teaching if real change towards evidence-based teaching practice for improved student achievement is to occur in schools. Approaches to addressing these needs are outlined.
Bilingual Education in Massachusetts: The Emperor Has No Clothes. Book Summary. Pioneer Paper No. 10.

The book "Bilingual Education in Massachusetts: The Emperor Has No Clothes" is summarized. The summary outlines the demographic situation of the limited-English-proficient (LEP) population and the status of bilingual education in the state, within the context of existing legislation. Issues in the debate over availability and type of bilingual education to be provided are examined, and current instructional approaches and techniques are noted. Differences in program provision that are linked to language group are discussed, and research concerning the effectiveness of bilingual education is reviewed briefly. Three additional issues discussed include the identification and transitioning of eligible students, costs of transitional programs, and public opinion on bilingual education. Eight recommendations are made for regulatory and legislative reform to improve educational programs for LEP students: freeing school districts from legal obligation to provide native language instruction; increasing LEP population size needed to trigger a self-contained classroom; requiring parent consent for enrollment in self-contained classroom; requiring English language fluency for LEP program teachers; changing entry/exit criteria for self-contained classrooms; eliminating specific class-size ceilings; better research; and improved program structure. (MSE) ******************************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ********************************************************************************
Examining the Relationship Between Alcohol Use and Work in the Professional Theater

Objective: The perception of a culture within the professional theatrical community that promotes problem drinking has been discussed anecdotally within the industry. No meaningful research has been conducted within this population. This study presents initial epidemiological survey data on the drinking habits of professional theatrical community (PTC) members as compared to the general public (GP) in order to confirm whether the phenomenon exists for further study. Methods: Data are from a convenience sample of 104 members of the PTC and GP who were each provided two previously clinically validated measures of problem drinking, the AUDIT and CAGE questionnaire. Drinking habits were also coded into a risk category using criteria from the NIAAA. The prevalence of problematic drinking (PD), understood as clinical significance on either measure or behaviors that indicated at-risk drinking or above, was compared between the two groups. Results: 79% of the PTC sample met criteria for problematic drinking, significantly above the 48% observed in the GP sample. Individually, all three measures of alcohol consumption were found to be significantly elevated within the PTC sample. Over half of PTC participants had an AUDIT or CAGE score that was above the measure’s clinically significant threshold and two-thirds of the sample displayed at-risk or above drinking. Conclusions: The study empirically confirms the previously anecdotal perception that problem drinking is more prevalent within the PTC than the GP. The findings strongly indicate that future research is necessary to better understand how occupational factors unique to the professional theater contribute to this prevalence so that occupational, clinical and public health prevention and intervention programs can appropriately respond.
A Qualitative Case Study of the Influences of the 2016 U.S. Election and Subsequent Presidency on Elementary Classrooms and Children

ABSTRACT The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine to what extent and in what ways teachers and families from an elementary school perceived the 2016 U.S. presidential election and subsequent presidency as influencing classrooms and children. Participants included 4 teachers and 10 families from the 2nd-6th grade classes. Teachers participated in interviews and families completed online questionnaires. Analysis of the data resulted in identification of five themes focused on teaching government to children, intergenerational transmission of political attitudes, classroom context and child characteristics, emotion, and time and the chronosystem. This article includes a presentation of these themes as well as discussion of assertions and reflections based on the findings of the study.