Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Profiling research-capable English teachers throughout Turkey’s national teacher education reform history

Ogretmen adaylarinin arastirma faaliyetleri konusundaki artan ilgiye ragmen, hizmet oncesi Ingilizce dili egitimi programlarindaki (IDEP) arastirmaya yonelik organizasyon ve pedagojilerin politik onemi ve temsili hakkinda cok az sey bilinmektedir. Ayni sekilde, Turkiye'de hizmet oncesi ogretmen egitimini cevreleyen akademik tartismalar cogunlukla ogretmen adaylarina arastirma bilgisi ve becerilerinin kazandirilmasi disindaki konularda yogunlasmistir. Bu calismada, arastirma odakli ogretmen egitiminin temel ilkeleri isiginda, resmi olarak belgelenmis ogretmen egitimi reformlarinin ve takibi mufredat gelistirme gecmisi hakkinda bir on arastirma yapilmis, bahsi gecen bilgi boslugu irdelenmistir. Temel bulgular, ulusal duzeyde, sarih arastirma yoneliminin standart IDEP mufredatinda yeterince temsil edilmedigini ve entegrasyonu icin sunulan gerekcelerin belirsiz ve yuzeysel oldugunu gostermektedir. Ogretmen egitiminde kapsamli arastirma yonelimi vizyonunu yansitan iddialar ile bunlarin mufredattaki tezahuru arasindaki uyusmazlik ise calismada kayda deger bir vargidir.
Implementation of Thematic Instructional Model in Elementary School

The purpose of this research is to know the implementation of thematic instructional model and the achievement of student learning outcomes in the field of knowledge, skills, and attitude/character. This quantitative research was conducted in Elementary School in Surakarta City, from November 2015 to February 2016. The teachers and 63,433 students from 253 elementary schools became the population of this study. Samples were obtained through multistage cluster random sampling technique. The samples were eight classes from six schools in Laweyan Sub-district. Data collection involved observation, interview, questionnaire, and documentation technique. Data analysis used comparative analysis technique. The result of the research showed that in general, the thematic learning works appropriately. It can be elaborated as follows: (1)The planning and implementation of thematic learning is classified appropriate, (2) Student learning activity is less optimal mainly due to direct learning methods, (3) Average score of learning implementation is 76.5 on a scale from 0-100, (4) Average score of learning outcomes in terms of knowledge and skills is 83.5 on a scale from 0-100, (5) Average score of attitude aspect (behavior, craft, and neatness) is classified as ‘Good’, (5) Average score of student characters is 2.77 on a scale from 0-4. The score is categorized ‘Good’ or ‘in progress’, in which the students have shown particular but inconsistent behaviors. This character should be improved. In overall, the thematic model in Elementary School has been successfully implemented.
ii Personality and Discrimination : Performance , Personality , and Job Satisfaction in the Face of Discrimination North Carolina State University

HEGEL, PETER SHERIDAN. Personality and Discrimination: Performance, Personality, and Job Satisfaction in the Face of Discrimination. (Completed under the direction of Dr. S. Bartholomew Craig). Workplace discrimination is associated with numerous negative outcomes for employers. Previous research has shown that components of the five factor model of personality are correlated with worker outcomes, including job satisfaction and performance, as well as with antecedents including perception of justice. This research examines the role of personality in predicting perception of discrimination, job satisfaction, and performance. I used a computer-mediated group task simulating a collaborative online work assignment. Subjects were assigned to the worker role in either a fair condition, an ambiguous condition, or an explicit demographic discrimination condition. Perception of discrimination was correlated with decreased job satisfaction, but not with decreased job performance. Agreeableness and conscientiousness were found to moderate the relationships between perception of discrimination and job satisfaction. Neuroticism was correlated with perceptions of discrimination in the control condition only. Results, potential application, and future directions are discuss © Copyright 2015 Peter Sheridan Hegel
Effects of dietary Iipid levels on growth performance and blood parameters of the African catfish {Cfarias gariepinus).

The African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) fed on diets containing different lipid levels (5%, 10%, 15% and 20%) at a feeding rate of 3% of the live body weight. Fish were reared in glass aquaria at a stocking rate of 10 fish at each aquarium. Each dietary Iipid level was presented in triplicates. The trial lasted for 90 days from the start. Ten fish were distributed in 100-L glass aquaria. Fish fed daily for 90 days in triplicate form. Results revealed that fish growth parameters as a final weight, weight gain, and specific growth rate were generally increased by increasing dietary lipid levels up to 10%, after which the growth rate was markedly decreased. Differences in feed intake among different treatments varied significantly (PO.05). Feed conversion ratio (FCR) was affected by dietary levels of lipids. No significant changes in survrval rate were observed due to the variation in dietary lipid levels. The highest values of the erythrocyte count (RBCS), hemoglobin content (Hb) and packed cell volume (PCV) were obtained in fish group fed on the diet containing 15% and 20% Iipid. Furthermore, mean corpuscular value (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) were changed in blood of fish fed on different levels of lipid. Glucose, total lipids, and total protein were significantly affected by increasing the lipid levels. Plasma total lipids and total protein were increased in fish with increasing lipid levels in the diets, Also, plasma AST and ALT activities increased significantly with increasing the level of lipids in fish diets, reaching the highest value in fish group fed diet with 20% lipids. The hepato-somatic index and gonado-somatic index of African catfish were significantly increased with increasing lipid level in fish diets. The present study demonstrated that the optimum dietary Iipid level was 10% for African catfish and there was no observed beneficial effect when fish was fed a diet containing 15% or 20% lipid levels.
Galaxy kinematics in the XMMU J2235-2557 cluster field at z~1.4

We took spatially resolved slit FORS2 spectra of 19 cluster galaxies at z=1.4, and 8 additional field galaxies at 1<z<1.2 using the ESO Very Large Telescope. The targets were selected from previous spectroscopic and photometric campaigns. Our spectroscopy was complemented with HST-ACS imaging in the F775W and F850LP filters, which is mandatory to derive the galaxy structural parameters accurately. We analyzed the ionized gas kinematics by extracting rotation curves from the two-dimensional spectra. Taking into account all geometrical, observational, and instrumental effects, we used these rotation curves to derive the intrinsic maximum rotation velocity (Vmax). Vmax was robustly determined for 6 cluster galaxies and 3 field galaxies. Galaxies with sky contamination or insufficient spatial rotation curve extent were not included in our analysis. We compared our sample to the local B-band Tully-Fisher relation (TFR) and the local Velocity-Size relation (VSR), finding that cluster galaxies are on average 1.6 mags brighter and a factor 2-3 smaller. We tentatively divided our cluster galaxies by total mass (i.e., Vmax) to investigate a possible mass dependency in the environmental evolution of galaxies. The average deviation from the local B-band TFR is -0.7 mags for the high-mass subsample. This mild evolution may be driven by younger stellar populations of distant galaxies with respect to their local counterparts, and thus, an increasing luminosity is expected towards higher redshifts. However, the low-mass group is made of 3 highly overluminous galaxies with average TFR offsets of -2.4 mags. This deviation can no longer be explained by the gradual evolution of SP with lookback time and thus, we suspect that we see rather compact galaxies that got an enhancement of star formation during their infall towards the dense regions of the cluster due to interactions with the intracluster medium.
Helminthiasis in Pregnancy in the Niger - Delta Region of Nigeria

Background: Helminthic infestations during pregnancy have significant public health implications. This study seeks to determine the prevalence of intestinal helminths among pregnant women in the Niger Delta Region in Nigeria and to identify possible predisposing factors. Methods: Pregnant women attending antenatal clinics were randomly selected in 6 health facilities. Stool and blood samples were collected from each woman. The stool sample was examined for ova and cyst of parasites while blood samples were analyzed for eosinophil count and packed cell volume. Proforma designed for the purpose was used to obtain sociodemographic information. Students t-test was used to test relationship between variables with a p value <0.05 considered statistically significant. Results: The mean age of the patients was 27.9±5.2 years and the mean gestational age was 27.635±. 4 weeks. The overall prevalence of helminthiasis in pregnancy was 91 (22. 7%), with Ascaris lumbricoides and hookworm being the most predominant at 9. 7% and 8.2% respectively. The highest prevalence per health facility was in Emohua, a rural community with a prevalence of 48.5% and the least was at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital with a prevalence of 17.8%. There were significant association of helminthiasis with eosinophilia, anaemia, clay (nzu) eating, socioeconomic class, and source of water. Conclusion: The prevalence of helminthiasis in pregnancy is high in the Niger delta region. It is associated with the lower socioeconomic class. Introduction of routine stool analysis and use of antihelminthic in pregnancy will help to reduce associated morbidity from intestinal helminth. Keywords: Helminthiasis; Pregnancy; Eosinophil Count; Anaemia; Nigeria
Pasteurella piscicida Infection in Hatchery-Reared Juvenile Striped Jack

1991年2月に長崎県下で中間育成されていたシマアジ稚魚が大量斃死した。 斃死は約1か月続き, オキシテトラサイクリンおよびオキソリン酸の径口投与により終息した(死亡率34%)。 病魚には顕著な外見的症状は認められなかったが, 臓器から一種類の細菌が分離され, 生物学的・血清学的性状からPasteurella piscicida に同定された。 分離菌は健康なシマアジ稚魚に強い病原性を示し, またシマアジおよびマダイに致死性を有する菌体外毒素を産生した。
Paleoseismology of silent faults in the Central Apennines (Italy): the Mt. Vettore and Laga Mts. faults

Paleoseismological analyses have been performed in the Central Apennines along faults showing geomorphological evidence of Late Quaternary activity and characterised by the absence of historical seismicity. Three trenches were made along the Mt. Vettore Fault, across a scarp on a Late Pleistocene-Holocene alluvial fan. The youngest displacement event (E1) occurred after 4155-3965 years BP and before the 6th-7th century A.D., a previous event (E2) occurred between 5940-5890/5795-5780 years BP and 4155-3965 years BP, while the oldest event (E3) occurred between 18.000-12.000 years BP and 5940-5890/5795-5780 years BP. One trench was excavated across the Laga Mts. Fault which gave evidence for two displacement events after 8320-8150 years BP. The minimum vertical slip rate estimated through the paleoseismological analysis of the Mt. Vettore Fault is 0.11-0.36 mm/yr, while the minimum slip rate along the Laga Mts. Fault is 0.12 mm/yr. The paleoseismologically inferred recurrence interval is not longer than 4690 years for the Mt. Vettore Fault and not longer than 7570 years for the Laga Mts. Fault, while the minimum elapsed times since the last activation are 1300 and 800 years for the two faults, respectively. The evaluation of the former elapsed time was based on paleoseismological data, while the estimation of the latter was based on the absence of historical earthquakes which may have been caused by the Laga Mts. Fault and on the completeness of the historical catalogues for the large magnitude events in the last eight centuries. Based on the length of the fault at the surface, earthquakes with M 6.5 and 6.6 may be expected from the activation of the Mt. Vettore and Laga Mts. faults, respectively.
Anxiety and Its Influence on the Political Views of Palestinian Youngsters.

This paper investigated anxiety among the Palestinian children in the West Bank under the Israeli occupation since 1967. The violence has been both physical and verbal and has taken different forms: trial, shooting, home raids and torture. In comparison with studies that have shown that a very small percentage of people develop fear or psychic disturbances as a result of passive or active participation in violent events, it was found in this study that some Palestinian children have actually developed in themselves a certain psychic immunity that makes it possible for them to continue normal daily life with a healthy regularity. They have grown up stronger, and more life-affirming than before the Intifada. It was found that these youths received support and encouragement from parents and other family members. (Author/BF) ****:,A. ******* ********************************************************* * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * L * from the original document. * *********************************************************************** Anxiety and Its Influence on the Political Views of Palestinian Youngsters
Loughborough University Institutional Repository Fiscal sustainability in the eurozone : is there a role for eurobonds ?

This paper assesses the fiscal sustainability of ten Eurozone member countries at a national and aggregate level. It is carried out in light of the relevant literature on monetary unions and the framework of the European Monetary Union vis-à-vis the current sovereign debt crisis. The impact of Eurobonds, which is considered as a viable solution, on fiscal sustainability was empirically tested. The results indicate that only three countries appear to be structurally sustainable whereas the majority of the countries are only sustainable in the short-run and two countries are structurally unsustainable. However, the sustainability of the Eurozone is greatly improved when the Eurobonds are used.
Effect of tissue adhesive Octyl-2-Cyanoacrylate in traumatic facial wounds

Introduction : Tissue adhesives have been taken into consideration because they do not need to be removed after wound healing. This study was conducted to compare scars remained by Octyl-2-Cyanoacrylate and sutures in traumatic facial wounds in adults. Materials and Methods : This randomized clinical trial study was performed on 50 patients aged 15-50 years referred to Babol Shahid Beheshti Hospital due to traumatic facial wounds. Written informed consent was obtained for each patient. The patients were divided into two groups. In the first group, patients were treated with 5-0 nylon suture and Octyl-2-Cyanoacrylate was used for wound repairment in second group. The patients were followed up on1, 7, 60 and 120 days after wound healing and assessed by Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale (POSAS) and Vancouver criteria to evaluate remaining scar. Also amount of pain intensity was determined by the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) criteria, 7 days after wound healing. Data was analyzed by SPSS V16, t-test, Friedman, Chi-square and Man-Whitney-U tests. Results : Twenty-eight (56%) were male and 22(44%) female. There was a significant decreasing trend in Vancouver and POSAS indices during 120 days of study (p<0.001). Based on POSAS and Vancouver criteria there was no significant difference between two groups on the days 1, 60 and 120. However, on day 7, there was significantly better healing result in the adhesive group compared to the suture group. Based on the VAS criteria; the average pain intensity was 4.14±1.16 in sutured group, on 7th day (p=0.00). There was no significant difference in wound closure time between the two groups (p=0.07). Conclusion : Generally, there was no significant difference between the scar left by sutures and tissue adhesives after 120 days.
Static and Dynamic Disparities between Monetary and Multidimensional Poverty Measurement: Evidence from Vietnam

There has been a rapid expansion in the literature on the measurement of multidimensional poverty in recent years. This paper focuses on the longitudinal aspects of multidimensional poverty and its link to dynamic income poverty measurement. Using panel household survey data in Vietnam from 2007, 2008, and 2010, the paper analyses the prevalence and dynamics of both multidimensional and monetary poverty from the same dataset. The results show that the monetary poor (or non-poor) are not always multidimensionally poor (or non-poor) - indeed the overlap between the two measures is much less than 50%. Additionally, monetary poverty shows faster progress as well as a higher level of fluctuation than multidimensional poverty. We suggest that rapid economic growth as experienced by Vietnam has a larger and more immediate impact on monetary than on multidimensional poverty.
Tools for Dark Matter in Particle and Astroparticle Physics

Despite several indirect confirmations of the existence of dark matter, the properties of a new dark matter particle are still largely unknown. Several experiments are currently searching for this particle underground in direct detection, in space and on earth in indirect detection and at the LHC. A confirmed signal could select a model for dark matter among the many extensions of the standard model. In this paper we present a short review of the public codes for computation of dark matter observables.
Emotional Intelligence: Sine Qua Non of Leadership or Folderol?

Executive Overview Emotional intelligence (EI) is a divisive topic for many individuals interested in the subject of leadership. Whereas practitioner-oriented publications have claimed that EI is the sine qua non of leadership, academics continue to discuss EI's relevance for understanding leadership emergence, behavior, and effectiveness. Here we critically review recent empirical evidence to constructively frame what has become a contentious debate about the relevance of EI. We also identify unresolved issues and highlight future research directions that may promote our understanding of EI's role for leadership. We close with a practical discussion of possible applications of EI in leadership education, training, and development.
The impact of the Euro area macroeconomy on energy and non-energy global commodity prices

The aim of the paper is the analysis of the links between the real and financial processes in the euro area and energy and non-energy commodity prices. Monthly data spanning from 1997:1 to 2013:12 and the structural VAR model are used to analyse the relations between global commodity prices and the euro area economy. The analysis is performed for three sub-periods in order to capture potential changes in these relations in time. The main finding of the study reveals that commodity prices in the euro area do not respond to impulses from production (the economic activity), while commodity prices strongly react to impulses from financial processes, that is, the interest rates in the euro area and the dollar exchange rate to the euro (especially in the period before the global financial crisis). The study also indicates tightening the relations between energy and non-energy commodity prices.
Information Technology and the Labor-Market Value of Skills: Evidence from Europe

This research investigates changes in the labor-market value of specific skills in Europe as a result of computerization. Applying a GLS estimator for random coecient models, to deal with unbalanced panels and a mixture of fixed parameters and parameters systematically varying between regions, allows for investigating the extent to which the coecients of the skill scores in the wage function depend on the regional use of information technology. The estimates, using the 1999 Higher Education and Graduate Employment in Europe Survey (CHEERS) and information technology use by region, suggest that the relationship between information technology and the value of skills is not equal for all skills. In particular, the estimates suggest information technology to decrease the marginal returns for skills such as cooperation and team working and to increase the value of analytical skills.
How much does weather control fire size and intensity in the Mediterranean region

Abstract. This study investigates the synoptic conditions favorable to wildfires in the Mediterranean region, in terms of fire intensity and burnt area. As reported in the literature, Mediterranean large wildfires are associated with a blocking situation. However, this study shows the existence of two types of wildfires controlled by the blocking high intensity: (1) fast build-up of a weak blocking produces intense wildfires associated with strong winds which allow propagation over long distances; (2) longer build-up of strong blocking situation produces less intense wildfires associated with weaker winds which also propagate over long distances. Another major step forward of this study in the understanding of the drivers of those wildfires is the evidence of a perfect match between the period of wildfire activity and the persistence of the favorable synoptic conditions: the wildfire activity starts at the onset of the blocking situation and ends with the transition to a less favorable synoptic weather pattern. Such strong control of the wildfire activity by the concomitant weather is a very promising result regarding fire risk management, especially considering the accidental nature of the Mediterranean wildfires.
Understanding the Non- Metropolitan-Metropolitan Digital Divide

Abstract A consistent gap exists between home Internet use in metropolitan areas and in non-metropolitan areas in the U.S. This digital divide may stem from technology differences in home Internet connectivity. Alternatively, differences in education, income, and other household attributes may explain differences in metropolitan and non-metropolitan area home Internet access. Effective programs to reduce the metropolitan-non-metropolitan digital divide must be based on an understanding of the relative roles that technology and household characteristics play in determining differential Internet usage. The household Internet adoption decision is modeled using a logit estimation approach with data from the 2001 U.S. Current Population Survey Internet and Computer Use Supplement. A decomposition of separate metropolitan and non-metropolitan area estimates shows that differences in household attributes, particularly education and income, account for 63 percent of the current metropolitan-non-metropolitan digital divide. The result raises significant doubts that policies which focus solely on infrastructure and technology access will mitigate the current metropolitan-non-metropolitan digital divide. Copyright 2003 Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky.