Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Evaluation of Lifelong Learning Tendencies of Pre-service Teachers

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to evaluate teacher-candidates’ tendencies on Lifelong Learning (LLL). The research group comprised 137 teacher-candidates. The “LLL Scale” was used as the data collection tool. The teacher-candidates’ total LLL and all subdimensions scores were slightly above the mean score of the scale. Significant differences were determined between female and male teacher-candidates’ scores for perseverance, self-regulation and curiosity. There was no significant difference between grades and the LLL subdimensions. Also, there was no statistically significant difference between grades and the whole scale. When all the subdimensions and the whole scale was examined in terms of perception of academic achievement, a significant difference occurred. There was a significant difference in LLL tendency of students, in relation to their willingness for graduate studies, when assessed with both the whole scale, and the tendency of students’ motivation and perseverance subdimension scale.
RECOVERY AS POLICY IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES: STRATEGIES EMERGING

High efficiency, post regulation of auxiliary outputs in multiple output-power supplied is provided by connecting a regulating switching device in parallel with a filter inductor connected in the current path from the rectifiers to the output terminal. For minimum output power for that auxiliary output, the switching device is held off at all times. When increased power is required, the switching device is turned on for a short period during each cycle of the inductor voltage. The switching system may be configured to conduct current from the output end of the inductor to the input end of the inductor or vice versa or either one selectively, in accordance with the particular regulation scheme chosen. Efficiency is maximized since current flows in the switching device for only a small portion of each cycle of the inductor voltage.
Telling their stories: Using Appreciative Inquiry to explore the lived experience of students in clinical nursing education

The purpose of this research was to discover and understand an untapped aspect of previous research in clinical nursing education that addressed the positive experiences of students in clinical nursing education, essentially what “gives life” to their experiences and fosters student learning. The overall intent was to move the study of nursing education away from problem solving rhetoric and towards a more positive and affirming celebration of action. The impetus to use an Appreciative Inquiry (AI) into students lived experiences in nursing clinical education arose from the plethora of deficit-based research in nursing education, specifically that of incivility in nursing and nursing education. The overarching research question that guided this study was, how do nursing students describe, “What gives life” to their experience in clinical nursing education environments? A qualitative transcendental phenomenological research design was utilized for this study. This approach utilized AI, an action research methodology, to uncover what “gives life” to student’s clinical experience. Seven recent graduates from an associate degree nursing program participated in the study and through their stories, provocative propositions were crafted to provide faculty, program directors, and higher education administrator’s evidence upon which to develop effective teaching-learning environments that foster student success.
Relating lexical and syntactic processes in language: Bridging research in humans and machines

Title of dissertation: RELATING LEXICAL AND SYNTACTIC PROCESSES IN LANGUAGE: BRIDGING RESEARCH IN HUMANS AND MACHINES Allyson Kate Ettinger, Doctor of Philosophy, 2018 Dissertation directed by: Professor Colin Phillips Department of Linguistics Professor Philip Resnik Department of Linguistics, UMIACS Potential to bridge research on language in humans and machines is substantial—as linguists and cognitive scientists apply scientific theory and methods to understand how language is processed and represented by humans, computer scientists apply computational methods to determine how to process and represent language in machines. The present work integrates approaches from each of these domains in order to tackle an issue of relevance for both: the nature of the relationship between low-level lexical processes and syntactically-driven interpretation processes. In the first part of the dissertation, this distinction between lexical and syntactic processes focuses on understanding asyntactic lexical effects in online sentence comprehension in humans, and the relationship of those effects to syntactically-driven interpretation processes. I draw on computational methods for simulating these lexical effects and their relationship to interpretation processes. In the latter part of the dissertation, the lexical/syntactic distinction is focused on the application of semantic composition to complex lexical content, for derivation of sentence meaning. For this work I draw on methodology from cognitive neuroscience and linguistics to analyze the capacity of natural language processing systems to do vector-based sentence composition, in order to improve the capacities of models to compose and represent sentence meaning. RELATING LEXICAL AND SYNTACTIC PROCESSES IN LANGUAGE: BRIDGING RESEARCH IN HUMANS AND MACHINES
Socioeconomic impact on prevalence of chronic suppurative otitis media in school going children in a tribal district of India

Background: Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is one of the most common ear diseases in the South East Asia having a prevalence of approximately 5.2% in the general population. The socioeconomic cost of CSOM can hamper the auditory development of the child, thus putting a burden on the society. Objective: To find the prevalence of CSOM in school going children and its relation with socioeconomic status. Materials and Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study involving 990 schools going children in Nanded District of Maharashtra. Result: The prevalence of CSOM was found to be 6.4%, with tubotympanic type constituting majority 87.50% trailed by atticoantral type 12.50%. With respect to socioeconomic groups, upper and lower groups had 37.5%, and lower group had 34.37% prevalence. The most patients presented with moderate hearing impairment 43.75% and mild hearing impairment 31.25%. Conclusion: The socioeconomic cost of CSOM puts an immense burden on the growth of a child. Improvement of health care facilities and awareness among health-care providers would definitely be helpful in reducing the prevalence of ear diseases in the developing countries like ours.
Locked Intramedullary Nailing for Displaced and Unstable Proximal Humerus Fractures

While the majority of proximal humerus fractures are stable and can be treated by closed means, certain fracture patterns are more subject to deforming forces and require stabilization to restore shoulder function. In a recent meta-analysis of the treatment of such unstable proximal humerus fractures, Misra and associates concluded that operative treatment resulted in improved outcomes compared with nonoperative treatment. Although the data from this study were insufficient to make specific treatment recommendations based on demographics and fracture pattern, there has been a recent trend toward increased use of internal fixation based on a greater experience with the limitations of hemiarthroplasty in achieving good functional results. Intramedullary fixation has become increasingly popular in the treatment of long bone fractures for several reasons: (1) the fixation is load-sharing and results in minimal bending moments at the fracture site; (2) intramedullary devices can be inserted with minimal soft tissue stripping; (3) static locking produces multiplanar stability that permits early use of the extremity; and (4) these devices result in a high rate of union. Recent advances in implant design have allowed intramedullary nails to provide secure fixation of more complex fracture patterns, including those in the metaphyseal and periarticular areas. Biomechanical studies of 3-part fracture fixation techniques have shown that locked intramedullary nailing is comparable to plate and screw fixation and superior to flexible rods with tension band wires in terms of torsional and bending stiffness. Limited fracture exposure is particularly important in proximal humerus fractures, especially higher energy and comminuted injuries that may be prone to avascular necrosis. Appropriate use of this technique combines the advantages of intramedullary nailing with the goals of internal fixation in treating displaced and unstable fractures. These concepts are coupled with a growing recognition that clinical outcomes depend heavily on the adequacy of tuberosity reduction.
Le fauteuil roulant chez le blessé médullaire, facteur déterminant de l'insertion sociale. État des lieux et effets de la locomotion en dévers sur les astreintes physiologiques

Introduction. Les capacites et les possibilites de deplacement en fauteuil roulant manuel (FRM) sont determinantes pour l'integration sociale et professionnelle des usagers. Objectifs. Approfondir la connaissance des contraintes de deplacement en FRM a travers 2 etudes. La 1ere pour identifier les habitudes et preciser les difficultes des usagers ; la 2nde, induite par les resultats de la 1ere, pour evaluer les effets du devers, encore meconnus, sur les astreintes cardiaques, energetiques, musculaires et subjectives. Methodes. La 1ere etude a ete menee par questionnaire complete par 118 sujets paraplegiques en FRM. La 2nde etude, en laboratoire avec 25 hommes paraplegiques, comporte 2 tests : un test d? effort sur ergocycle a bras et un test de propulsion de 300 m et 8 conditions combinant 4 devers (0, 2, 8 et 12 %) et 2 vitesses (0,97 m.s-1 et une vitesse choisie "de confort"). Resultats. La 1ere etude revele un environnement peu adapte, avec des moyens de transport et des bâtiments souvent inaccessibles sans aide, et des genes limitant les sorties des usagers parmi lesquelles figure le devers. La 2nde etude indique des astreintes cardiaques, energetiques et musculaires significativement modifiees par le devers et par la vitesse (p < 0,01). L'astreinte subjective n'est pas modifiee par la vitesse. Des differences entre 0 et 2 % sont faibles mais existent. Un devers de 12 % est difficilement realisable. Les equilibres des activites musculaires changent des 2 % de devers. Le niveau lesionnel modifie de facon tres importante les strategies de deplacements et les niveaux d'astreintes mesurees ou percues. Discussion-Conclusion. Les effets du devers sont perceptibles des 2 % et sont nets et deleteres a 8 %. Ce travail permet de proposer de facon plus argumentee un modele d'astreintes qui conforte le seuil de devers fixe reglementairement a 2 % permettant a la grande majorite des usagers de FRM de se deplacer de facon autonome et de rester actifs
By Our Selves

By Our Selves documents a four-day walk made by the English Poet John Clare from an asylum in the Epping Forest up into Northamptonshire. Toby Jones, Iain Sinclair and a Straw Bear follow in his footsteps exactly 150 years after his death. En route they bump into Highland musician and poet MacGillivray, and graphic novelist Alan Moore. Captured in black & white photography, they discover the only truth of the road: whatever our hopes and delusions, we are always By Our Selves.
Toxicological and Pharmacological Studies of Picrasma crenata (Vell.) Engler (Simaroubaceae) in Mice and Rats

SUMMARY. The toxicity and the anti-inflammatory, anti-ulcer, anti-hyperglycemic, hypoglycemic and anti-hyperlipidemic effect of the hydroalcoholic extract from woods (without bark) of Picrasma crenata (Vell.) Engler (Simaroubaceae) were investigated. The extract showed low toxicity in mice. Additionally, in agreement with the popular use to treat gastric ulcer and diabetes, anti-ulcer and blood glucose lowering effect were detected in rats. However, anti-inflammatory, anti-hyperglycemic and anti-hyperlipidemic effects were not observed in these animals. RESUMEN. “Estudios Toxicologicos y Farmacologicos de Pricrasma crenata (Vell.) Engler (Simaroubaceae) en ratones y ratas”. Se investigo la toxicidad, actividad anti-inflamatoria, anti-ulcera, anti-hiperglucemiante, hipoglucemiante y anti-hiperlipidemica del extracto hidroalcoholico de tallo (sin corteza) de Picrasma crenata (Vell.) Engler (Simaroubaceae). El extracto presento baja toxicidad en ratones. Ademas, de acuerdo al uso popular de esta especie en el tratamiento de la gastritis y de la diabetes mellitus, se observo um efecto anti-ulcera e hipoglucemiante en ratas. Sin embargo, no fue observado ningun efecto anti-inflamatorio, anti-hiperglucemico ni anti-hiperlipidamico en estos animales.
Simulating an agent’s decision-making process in black-box managerial environment: An estimation-and-optimisation approach

Abstract With the growing need to guide decision-making in today’s complex managerial environment, researchers of the Operations Research/Management Science community have shown a considerable interest in modelling complex managerial systems using the agent-based modelling and simulation technique. This paper presents an estimation-and-optimisation (ESTOPT) architecture to simulate an agent’s decision-making process in black-box managerial environment. An ESTOPT agent’s behaviour is considered as a two-stage process of solving its optimisation problem, some parameters of which are uncertain and need to be estimated. In the first stage, the agent collects and records information for estimation; in the next stage, it attempts to solve the optimisation problem. The solution guides the agent’s actions on the environment which, in turn, provides the agent with new information and payoff as feedback. In this paper, two agent-based models are introduced to demonstrate the implementation of the ESTOPT approach. The simulation outcomes compare favourably with both empirical and theoretical results, suggesting that the ESTOPT approach can be used to simulate an agent’s decision-making process in black-box managerial environment.
Accretion discs trapped near corotation

We show that discs accreting on to the magnetosphere of a rotating star can end up in a trapped state, in which the inner edge of the disc stays near the corotation radius, even at low and varying accretion rates. The accretion in these trapped states can be steady or cyclic; we explore these states over a wide range of parameter space. We find two distinct regions of instability: one related to the buildup and release of mass in the disc outside corotation, and the other to mass storage within the transition region near corotation. With a set of calculations over long time-scales, we show how trapped states evolve from both non-accreting and fully accreting initial conditions, and also calculate the effects of cyclic accretion on the spin evolution of the star. Observations of cycles such as found here would provide important clues on the physics of magnetospheric accretion. Recent observations of cyclic and other unusual variability in T Tauri stars (EXors) and X-ray binaries are discussed in this context.
Evaluation of HIV-1 viral load and genotypic resistance assays for resource-limited settings

There is an urgent need for low-cost assays for HIV-1 quantitation to ensure adequate follow-up of HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource-limited countries. Two low-cost viral load assays are evaluated, a reverse transcriptase activity assay (ExavirLoad v2, Cavidi) and a real-time reverse transcriptase PCR assay (Generic HIV viral load, Biocentric). Both tests were compared with the ultrasensitive HIV Amplicor Monitor assay. Samples were collected in Mombasa, Kenya, from 20 HIV-1 seronegative and 150 HIV-1 seropositive individuals of whom 50 received antiretroviral treatment (ART). The ExavirLoad and the Generic HIV viral load assay were performed in a local laboratory in Mombasa, the Amplicor Monitor assay (version 1.5, Roche Diagnostics) was performed in Ghent, Belgium. ExavirLoad and Generic HIV viral load reached a sensitivity of 98.3% and 100% and a specificity of 80.0% and 90.0%, respectively. Linear regression analyses revealed good correlations between the Amplicor Monitor and the Generic HIV viral load (r= 0.935, p< 0.001) with high accuracy (100.1%), good precision (5.5%) and a low percent similarity coefficient of variation (5.4%). Bland–Altman analysis found 95% of the samples within clinically acceptable limits of agreement (−1.19 to 0.87 log copies/ml). Although, the ExavirLoad also showed a good linear correlation with the Amplicor Monitor (r= 0.901, p< 0.001), a problem with false positive results was more significant. The cost per test remains relatively high (US$ 30 for ExavirLoad and US$ 20 for the Generic HIV viral load). Hence, false positive results and the need for an expensive PCR instrument for the Generic HIV viral load assays still limit the implementation of these tests in less equipped, less experienced laboratories. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Impact of a pre-laboratory organic-extraction simulation on comprehension and attitudes of undergraduate chemistry students

Many students perform extraction experiments without connecting relevant molecular features to corresponding macroscopic features. Two versions of an Organic Extraction Simulation, one with text captions and the other with narration accompanying the animation, were developed based on a cognitive view of multimedia learning. This instructional module was intended to help students to visualize extraction concepts at the molecular level, and to connect these concepts with corresponding macroscopic procedure. Organic Chemistry I students (N = 106) were randomly assigned to use one of two versions of the simulation (with text or narration). They completed a spatial ability test, and a pre-test and a post-test on organic extraction concepts. Post-test scores for both versions were significantly higher than pre-test scores. MANCOVA with a pre-test score covariate indicated that simulation version had a significant effect on lower-order cognitive questions (p = 0.036), while spatial ability was significantly correlated with higher-order cognitive questions (p = 0.004). Students in the narration group had significantly more positive attitudes towards the effectiveness of the simulation than did those in the text group.
Lung Biopsy Interpretation

in their own particular areas of interest, and provide up-to-date and readable accounts of the different facets of the problem. Dr Borriello himself has contributed four excellent chapters on microbiological aspects; Cl difficile toxins are expertly reviewed by Drs Lyerly and Wilkins (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, USA) and Drs Thelestam and Florin (Karolinska Insitute, Stockholm); while Dr Fekety (Ann Arbor, Michigan) provides an excellent account of experimental animal models. Authoratitive contributions by Dr Tedesco (Medical College of Georgia, USA), Drs George and Mulligan (Wadsworth Medical Center, LA, USA) and Dr Burdon (Birmingham, UK) provide a splendid balance of clinical information, covering the spectrum of the disease, epidemiological considerations, aetiology, diagnosis, and management. An informative chapter by Dr Price (Northwick Park Hospital, UK) describes the pathology of the disease. The whole text is supported by some 350 well-chosen end references.
Linguistic transfer and dialect levelling: a sociophonetic analysis of contact in the regional French of Béarn.

This thesis investigates the genesis and evolution of the regional variety of French spoken in Bearn, southwestern France, by considering phonetic and phonological changes taking place in two different contact situations: language contact between French and Bearnais, and dialect contact with other contemporary varieties of French. Through an examination of linguistic transfer, in a situation of bilingualism, and of levelling and diffusion during dialect contact, the thesis challenges two long-standing assumptions about regional French: that it results from ‘substrate residue’ and that this ‘residue’ is ephemeral and will therefore be lost over time. The methodology is sociophonetic, combining traditional Labovian data collection techniques with detailed acoustic phonetic analysis. The acoustic analyses focus on the mid-vowel and nasal unit systems of Bearnais and French, first examining L1-to-L2 transfer and subsequently investigating apparent-time changes taking place in regional French as a result of dialect contact. The findings show that, while this variety of regional French contains clear cases of ‘substrate residue’ from Bearnais, its formation during language contact is better accounted for by a combination of linguistic transfer, divergence and innovation, with structural correspondences between the surface phonologies of the languages influencing the outcomes of contact in each case, as predicted by Flege’s Speech Learning Model. The assumption that regional French features are transitory is refuted: the results of the apparent-time study show that young speakers in Bearn are not simply involved in the wholesale adoption of the northern French norm over time. Contemporary regional French in Bearn is shown to constitute a distinctive combination of local, supralocal and innovative features resulting primarily from the various mechanisms which constitute Kerswill’s model of Regional Dialect Levelling.
Werkdruk bewezen. Eindrapport werkdrukonderzoek rechterlijke macht

Hoe is het gesteld met de werkdruk binnen de rechterlijke macht? Op die vraag wil de Nederlandse Vereniging voor Rechtspraak (NVvR), de beroepsvereniging en vakbond voor de rechterlijke macht, graag een antwoord. Zij vroeg de Hogeschool Utrecht om in samenwerking met de Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen een onderzoek uit te voeren naar de door haar leden gepercipieerde werkdruk en naar de achterliggende factoren die die werkdruk zouden kunnen verklaren
Unidimensional and Evolution Methods for Optimal Transportation

Sur une droite, le transport optimal ne pose pas de difficultes. Recemment, ce constat a ete utilise pour traiter des problemes plus generaux. En effet, on a remarque qu'une habile desintegration permet souvent de se ramener a la dimension un, ce qui permet d'utiliser les methodes afferentes pour obtenir un premier resultat, que l'on fait ensuite evoluer pour gagner en precision.Je montre ici l'efficacite de cette approche, en revenant sur deux problemes deja resolus partiellement de cette maniere, et en completant la reponse qui en avait ete donnee.Le premier probleme concerne le calcul de l'application de Yann Brenier. En effet, Guillaume Carlier, Alfred Galichon et Filippo Santambrogio ont prouve que celle-ci peut etre obtenue grâce a une equation differentielle, pour laquelle une condition initiale est donnee par le rearrangement de Knothe--Rosenblatt (lui-meme defini via une succession de transformations unidimensionnelles). Ils n'ont cependant traite que des mesures finales discretes ; j'etends leur resultat aux cas continus. L'equation de Monge--Ampere, une fois derivee, donne une EDP pour le potentiel de Kantorovitch; mais pour obtenir une condition initiale, il faut utiliser le theoreme des fonctions implicites de Nash--Moser.Le chapitre 1 rappelle quelques resultats essentiels de la theorie du transport optimal, et le chapitre 2 est consacre au theoreme de Nash--Moser. J'expose ensuite mes propres resultats dans le chapitre 3, et leur implementation numerique dans le chapitre 4.Enfin, le dernier chapitre est consacre a l'algorithme IDT, developpe par Francois Pitie, Anil C. Kokaram et Rozenn Dahyot. Celui-ci construit une application de transport suffisamment proche de celle de M. Brenier pour convenir a la plupart des applications. Une interpretation en est proposee en termes de flot de gradients dans l'espace des probabilites, avec pour fonctionnelle la distance de Wasserstein projetee. Je demontre aussi l'equivalence de celle-ci avec la distance usuelle de Wasserstein.