Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Associate Teacher Perspectives of the Triumvirate Relationship in Teacher Education: The Role of Faculty Advisors

The literature suggests that teacher candidates identify the field experience as a valued aspect of their pre-service education. In field experience, associate teachers are significant contributors to the success of the triumvirate relationship (associate teacher/teacher candidate/faculty advisor). A study was conducted using an anonymous questionnaire to explore, from the perspective of associate teachers, potential strategies and/or recommendations that may strengthen this relationship. The findings of the study, specifically related to the expectations concerning the role of the faculty advisor to support associate teachers, are presented. Reflective practice is discussed in terms of its relevance to the triumvirate relationship. The article concludes with a discussion of the implications of the findings in terms of strengthening the triumvirate relationship in teacher education.
JAK / STAT 3 pathway → LIFR / gp 130 → cardiotrophin-1 Exercise rescued chronic kidney disease by attenuating cardiac hypertrophy through the

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is usually associated with cardiac apoptosis and/or cardiac hypertrophy. We hypothesized that exercise can reduce the CKD-induced cardiac damage. Methods and results: The doxorubicin-induced CKD (DRCKD) model was used in rats to compare two exercise models: 60-min running and 60-min swimming. Results indicated that in healthy normal groups, the signals cardiotrophin1 (CT-1), interleukin 6 (IL-6), leukaemia inhibitory factor receptor (LIFR), and gp130 were upregulated and janus kinase (JAK) and signal transducer and activation of transcription (STAT) were downregulated by both exercises. In contrast, all signals were highly upregulated in CKD. After exercise training, all signals (CT-1, IL-6, LIFR, gp130, and STAT) were downregulated, with JAK being only slightly upregulated in the running group but not in the swimming group. The myocyte death pathway (CT-1/IL-6! LIFR/gp130! PI3K! Akt! Bad) was excluded due to no change found for Bad. Nitric oxide (NO; normal, 15.63 0.86 mmol/l) was significantly suppressed in CKD rats (2.95 0.32 mmol/l), and both running and swimming training highly upregulated the NO level to 30.33 1.03 mmol/l and 27.82 2.47 mmol/l in normal subjects and 24.0 3.2mmol/l and 22.69 3.79 mmol/l in the DRCKD rats, respectively. The endothelial progenic cells CD34 were significantly suppressed in DRCKD rats, which were not rescued significantly by exercise. In contrast, the CD 34 cells were only slightly suppressed in the healthy subjects by exercise. Conclusion: Both exercise regimens were beneficial by rescuing cardiac function in CKD victims. Its action mechanism was by way of inhibiting myocyte death and rescuing cardiac hypertrophy.
Anterolateral Ligament Radiographic Landmarks for Locating the Femoral Origin and Tibial Insertion of the Knee

http://ajs.sagepub. com/content/early/2014/08/07/0363546514543770 The online version of this article can be found at: DOI: 10.1177/0363546514543770 published online August 7, 2014 Am J Sports Med Gomes Gobbi, Jose Ricardo Pecora and Gilberto Luis Camanho Camilo Partezani Helito, Marco Kawamura Demange, Marcelo Batista Bonadio, Luis Eduardo Passareli Tirico, Riccardo Anterolateral Ligament Radiographic Landmarks for Locating the Femoral Origin and Tibial Insertion of the Knee
Title : Interactive biotic and abiotic regulators of soil carbon cycling : evidence from controlled climate experiments on peatland and boreal soils Running head : Biotic and abiotic interactions and C cycling

This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/gcb.12585 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Received Date : 17-Dec-2013 Revised Date : 07-Feb-2014 Accepted Date : 20-Mar-2014 Article type : Primary Research Articles
Measurement-Based Vehicle Load Model for Urban Expressway Bridges

Significant changes in vehicle loads have occurred in China due to the development of the automobile industry and transportation within the past two decades, particularly the rapid increase in traffic flow and the large-scale emergence of heavy trucks. However, research into vehicle loadings on urban bridges is not well developed. In this study, based on traffic flow data collected using a weigh-in-motion system installed on an expressway in an urban logistics zone, we analyzed the traffic flow, vehicle types, and gross vehicle weight (GVW) features and developed models for the vehicle load and fatigue load. According to the axle space, axle types, and axle number, the trucks in the traffic flow were classified into 10 representative vehicle types. The probability distribution of the GVW was fitted to a three-class mixed log-normal distribution. Using the improved Gumbel method, we determined the extreme value distribution of the vehicle loadings in the purpose reference period and assessed the vehicle loadings of urban bridges. In addition, using the equivalent damage theory, six equivalent vehicle models were established according to the measurements of the axle weight and axle space, thereby obtaining a simplified model of fatigue vehicle loadings on urban expressway bridges.
Annual and Semiannual Cycle of Equatorial Atlantic Circulation Associated with Basin-Mode Resonance

Seasonal variability of the tropical Atlantic circulation is dominated by the annual cycle, but semi-annual variability is also pronounced, despite weak forcing at that period. Here we use multi-year, full-depth velocity measurements from the central equatorial Atlantic to analyze the vertical structure of annual and semi-annual variations of zonal velocity. A baroclinic modal decomposition finds that the annual cycle is dominated by the 4th mode and the semi-annual cycle by the 2nd mode. Similar local behavior is found in a high-resolution general circulation model. This simulation reveals that the annual and semi-annual cycles of the respective dominant baroclinic modes are associated with characteristic basin-wide structures. Using an idealized linear reduced-gravity model to simulate the dynamics of individual baroclinic modes, it is shown that the observed circulation variability can be explained by resonant equatorial basin modes. Corollary simulations of the reduced-gravity model with varying basin geometry (i.e. square basin versus realistic coastlines) or forcing (i.e. spatially uniform versus spatially variable wind) show a structural robustness of the simulated basin modes. A main focus of this study is the seasonal variability of the Equatorial Undercurrent (EUC) as identified in recent observational studies. Main characteristics of the observed EUC including seasonal variability of transport, core depth, and maximum core velocity can be explained by the linear superposition of the dominant equatorial basin modes as obtained from the reduced-gravity model.
Effects of Informal Contracts on Innovative Cooperation among Enterprises in Industrial Clusters: An Evolutionary Game Analysis

Industrial cluster theory has important guiding significance for regional industrial development and industrial agglomeration advantages. Cooperation among enterprises is the corner stone of industrial clusters. The purpose of the paper is to explore the effects of cluster informal contracts on cluster enterprises and the behavior of external partners. Based on the dynamic evolutionary game theory, this paper constructs a model, which incorporates several main factors influencing the innovative cooperation among local and external cluster enterprises. By calculating the replicator dynamics equations and analyzing the evolutionary stable strategies, this paper discusses the evolution process of cooperation strategies of enterprises in different situation. Furthermore, by using MATLAB software to simulate the model, this paper verifies the accuracy and reliability of the game model. Results show that, in addition to the formal market contract, effective implementations of cluster informal contracts can reduce opportunistic behavior in innovative cooperation among internal and external enterprises. Meanwhile, we should pay attention to strengthen the external innovative cooperation, increase severity of penalties, enhance the credit network externality, and avoid the relevant risks. The paper enriches our understanding about how informal contracts can help promote and cultivate good cooperative order in innovative cooperation of clusters.
VALUES AND OCB 1 Running Head : VALUES AND OCB Direct and Contextual Effects of Individual Values on Organizational Citizenship Behavior in Teams MARNE L

We utilize Schwartz’s values theory as an integrative framework for testing the relationship between individual values and peer-reported organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) in teams, controlling for sex, satisfaction, and personality traits. Utilizing hierarchical linear modeling in a sample of 582 students distributed across 135 class project teams, we find positive, direct effects for achievement on citizenship behaviors directed toward individuals (OCB-I), for benevolence on citizenship behaviors directed toward the group (OCB-O), and for self-direction on both OCB-I and OCB-O. Applying relational demography techniques to test for contextual effects, we find that group mean power scores negatively moderate the relationship between individual power and OCB-I, while group mean self-direction scores positively moderate the relationship between self-direction and both OCB-I and OCB-O.
Factors Affecting Survival Rates of a Recovering Lake Trout Population Estimated by Mark–Recapture in Lake Superior, 1969–1996

Abstract We used data from a long-term Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources mark–recapture study to examine the dynamics of survival in a recovering population of lake trout Salvelinus namaycush in western Lake Superior from 1969 to 1996. Survival rates were estimated using the Cormack–Jolly–Seber method, and a series of models were constructed to examine the effect of year, size, sex, and origin (hatchery versus wild) on the survival rates of lake trout captured within the Gull Island Shoal refuge established in 1976. To select among the models, we used Akaike's information criterion corrected for small sample size and overdispersion. Our estimates of survival rates were adjusted using previously published tag loss rates for the three types of tags used since 1969. Survival estimates for wild fish varied widely among years; the lowest survival rates were observed in 1973 and 1974 and again in 1985 and 1986. Survival rates of wild fish were dependent on sex and size: Survival rates for male lake trou.
Response of greengram-safflower cropping sequence to phosphorus management in relation to yield, nutrient uptake and phosphorus use efficiency in Vertisols

Field experiment was conducted during 2006-2007 to study the effect of phosphorus management in greengram-safflower sequence in a Vertisol. The twelve treatments and three replications designed in RBD consisted of 100% RDF (20:40:20 NPK kg/ ha to greengram and 25:25:25 NPK kg/ ha to safflower), 50% recommended P, No P, 50% recommended P + PSB (25 g/ kg seed), 5 t FYM/ ha, 5 t FYM/ ha + PSB applied in various combinations to greengram in kharif and safflower in rabi season. The results indicated that application of 100 % recommended P along with recommended N and K significantly enhanced the yield of greengram and safflower. However, these results were comparable with application of 50 % P (20 kg/ ha to greengram and 12.5 kg/ ha to safflower) + PSB along with recommended dose of N (20 kg/ ha to greengram and 25 kg/ ha to safflower) and K (20 kg/ ha to greengram and 25 kg/ ha to safflower) to greengram and safflower in crop productivity with higher nutrient uptake and apparent nutrient balance. The higher P use efficiency was observed with the application of 50 % recommended P to both the crops alongwith PSB.
upport vector machine approach to real-time inspection of iscuits on moving conveyor belt

An intelligent system for colour inspection of biscuit products is proposed. In this system, the state-ofthe-art classification techniques based on Support Vector Machines (SVM) and Wilk’s analysis were used to classify biscuits into one of four distinct groups: under-baked, moderately baked, over-baked, and substantially over-baked. The accuracy of the system was compared with standard discriminant analysis using both direct and multi-step classifications. It was discovered that the radial basis SVM after Wilk’s was more precise in classification compared to other classifiers. Real-time implementation was achieved by means of multi-core processor with advanced multiple-buffering and multithreading
VISUAL REACTION TIME AND SWAY VELOCITY WHILE BALANCING ON A WOBBLE BOARD VIZUALNI REAKCIJSKI ČAS IN HITROST NIHANJA MED LOVLJENJEM RAVNOTEŽJA NA RAVNOTEŽNI DESKI

The study investigates the reaction time and sway velocity while responding to visual stimuli while balancing on wobble board. A group of 22 PE students responded in random order to either one or two visual stimuli while standing on unstable support surface for a period of three minutes. During the task, both sway velocity and reaction time were measured. Centre of pressure (COP) velocity was registered at 100 Hz by means of the posturography system FiTRO Sway Check based on a dynamometric platform. Simple and multi-choice reaction times were measured using FiTRO Reaction Check. The results showed no changes in simple reaction time while balancing on the wobble board (394.3 ± 27.6 ms and 432.7 ± 31.1 ms, respectively). However, multi-choice reaction time significantly (p ≤ 0.05) increased from an initial 5-sec to the final 5-sec period of the test (from 644.1 ± 35.2 ms to 714.5 ± 43.6 ms). In contrast, COP velocity gradually decreased during the simple reaction task (from 159.2 ± 30.2 mm/s to 135.0 ± 25.0 mm/s). When responding on two stimuli, there was a significant (p ≤ 0.05) decrease in COP velocity for an initial 2:15 min (from 144.5 ± 28.8 mm/s to 102.4 ± 18.1 mm/s), which was followed by its slight increase toward the end of the test (126.6 ± 22.8 mm/s). Interestingly, the multi-choice task induced greater balance improvement in comparison to simple reactions. It may be concluded that reaction time increases while balancing on wobble board, whereas sway velocity declines when concurrently performing reaction task.
TE Echo time Keywords Funnel-freezing , Heat-stabilization , Ischemic stroke , MALDI-MSI , Metabolites Word count : 3856

Tissue preparation is the key to a successful matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) experiment. Rapid post-mortem changes contribute a significant challenge to the use of MSI approaches for the analysis of peptides and metabolites. In this technical note we aimed to compare the tissue fixation method exvivo heat-stabilization with in-situ funnel-freezing in a middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAo) mouse model of stroke, which causes profound alterations in metabolite concentrations. The influence of the duration of the thaw-mounting of the tissue sections on metabolite stability was also determined. We demonstrate improved stability and biomolecule visualization when funnel-freezing was used to sacrifice the mouse compared with heatstabilization. Results were further improved when funnel-freezing was combined with fast thaw-mounting of the brain sections. www.proteomics-journal.com Page 4 Proteomics This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. 4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY Tissue preparation is key to the success of a MALDI MSI experiment as it defines which biomolecular ions may be detected, with which sensitivity, and how they relate to the endogenous levels and distribution. This is especially true of metabolites, which have previously been shown to be prone to rapid post-mortem changes. In this manuscript we demonstrate that funnel-freezing, in combination with rapid tissue mounting, represents a readily implementable, inexpensive manner to acquire metabolite MSI datasets that better retain the original metabolic status than ex-vivo heat-based tissue stabilization.
Firm Performance and Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from Transition Economies

Firm Performance and Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from Transition Economies Mahmut Yasar, University of Texas at Arlington, and Catherine J. Morrison Paul, University of California, Davis* Abstract We evaluate the performance of foreign-owned versus domestic firms, and the spillover effects of industry foreign share for five transition economies, namely Poland, Moldova, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and the Kyrgyz Republic. We find higher productivity, capital intensity, export and import shares, employment, and wages for firms with foreign ownership. Further, we find that industry presence of foreign affiliates of multinational firms leads to performance improvements for domestic firms that is, spillovers from foreign firms benefit domestic firms in these transition economies.
Kinematic Characteristics of High Step Frequency Sprinters and Long Step Length Sprinters at Top Speed Phase

The present study aimed to clarify kinematics among sprinters with similar step length but diŠerent step frequencies, and with similar step frequencies but diŠerent step lengths in sprinting. We collected kinematic data from 54 sprinters at approximately the 60 m point of a 100-m sprint using a high-speed camera. The sprinters within 0.5SD from the mean value of each of step frequency and length at top speed phase were included in the `SL-similar' (n=22, step frequency: 3.99-5.19 Hz, step length: 2.07-2.15 m) and the `SF-similar' (n=22, step frequency: 4.51-4.72 Hz, step length: 1.93-2.33 m) groups, respectively. In the SL-similar group, higher step frequency was correlated with shorter stance time (r=-0.899), and a more vertical thigh angle at take-oŠ (r=0.623). In the SF-similar group, longer step length was correlated with greater distance of the hip during ‰ight phase (r=0.847), and a larger vertical acceleration of the forward swinging leg relative to the hip (r=0.438). In conclusion, leg kinematics at touchdown and takeoŠ are important for high step frequency in similar step length, and forward swinging leg kinematics are important for long step length in similar step frequency.
Radiation-transport method to simulate noncontinuum gas flows for MEMS devices.

A Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS) typically consists of micron-scale parts that move through a gas at atmospheric or reduced pressure. In this situation, the gas-molecule mean free path is comparable to the geometric features of the microsystem, so the gas flow is noncontinuum. When mean-free-path effects cannot be neglected, the Boltzmann equation must be used to describe the gas flow. Solution of the Boltzmann equation is difficult even for the simplest case because of its sevenfold dimensionality (one temporal dimension, three spatial dimensions, and three velocity dimensions) and because of the integral nature of the collision term. The Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method is the method of choice to simulate high-speed noncontinuum flows. However, since DSMC uses computational molecules to represent the gas, the inherent statistical noise must be minimized by sampling large numbers of molecules. Since typical microsystem velocities are low (< 1 m/s) compared to molecular velocities ({approx}400 m/s), the number of molecular samples required to achieve 1% precision can exceed 1010 per cell. The Discrete Velocity Gas (DVG) method, an approach motivated by radiation transport, provides another way to simulate noncontinuum gas flows. Unlike DSMC, the DVG method restricts molecular velocities to have only certainmore » discrete values. The transport of the number density of a velocity state is governed by a discrete Boltzmann equation that has one temporal dimension and three spatial dimensions and a polynomial collision term. Specification and implementation of DVG models are discussed, and DVG models are applied to Couette flow and to Fourier flow. While the DVG results for these benchmark problems are qualitatively correct, the errors in the shear stress and the heat flux can be order-unity even for DVG models with 88 velocity states. It is concluded that the DVG method, as described herein, is not sufficiently accurate to simulate the low-speed gas flows that occur in microsystems. « less
Decolorization of Reactive Dye by White-Rot Fungus Datronia sp. KAPI0039

This study focused on decolorization of two reactive dyes, Remazol Brilliant Blue R (RBBR) and Reactive Black 5 (RB5), by selected white-rot fungus Datronia sp. KAPI0039. The effects of reactive dye concentration, fungal inoculum size and pH were studied. Samples were collected periodically for the measurement of color, laccase (Lac), manganese peroxidase (MnP) and lignin peroxidase (LiP) activity. A level of 86% decolorization of 1,000 mgL -1 RBBR was achieved by 2% (w/v) Datronia sp. KAPI0039 at pH 5. The highest Lac activity (759.81 UL -1 ) was detected under optimal conditions. For RB5, Datronia sp. KAPI0039 efficiently performed (88.01% decolorization) at 2% (w/v) fungal inoculum size for the reduction of 600 mgL -1 RB5 under pH 5. The highest Lac activity detected was 178.57 UL -1 , whereas there was no detected activity of MnP and LiP during this time. Therefore, the result
, FEV 1 , and Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide

Background. Asthma education is an important adjunct for asthma control although the way asthma education affects asthma outcomes is poorly understood. The asthma control test (ACT), forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1), and fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) have all been used as markers of asthma control. However, the use of FeNO as a surrogate marker remains controversial. Objectives. (i) To examine whether asthma education is associated with asthma control; (ii) to compare absolute levels and changes of ACT, FEV1, and FeNO over a year; and (iii) to evaluate whether FeNO can be used as an additional marker of asthma control.Methods. Fifty asthmatics with poor adherence (12mild, 21 moderate, and 17 severe) received asthma education at study entry. Medications were unchanged for the first 3 months, and ACT, FEV1, and FeNO measurements were recorded at entry, 3, 6, and 12 months. Asthma control was assessed at each visit and patients were categorized as either “stable” or “unstable” asthmatics according to the global initiative for asthma (GINA) guidelines.Results. A significant decrease in FeNO and increase in ACT score were noted in the stable asthmatic group at 3 months (p < .001), and this persisted over 12 months. Significant correlations were seen between changes (Δ) in FeNO, ACT, and FEV1 over time. However, significant correlations between the absolute levels were not maintained over 12 months. A decrease of 18.6% in FeNO and a 3-point increase in ACT score (sensitivity: 80% and 73.3% and specificity: 83.3% and 87.5%, respectively) were associated with stable asthma control although the absolute levels were not. Conclusions. Asthma education may be useful to achieve stable control. In addition, changes rather than absolute levels of FeNO and ACT may be better markers of asthma control.