Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The lived experience of breastfeeding methadone-treated mothers in early motherhood

Previously documented evidence suggests that motherhood is potentially an important time for change in drug-using behaviour. My research interest for this longitudinal phenomenological study stemmed from practice observations where methadone-treated women struggled to prove their trustworthiness as mothers. They consistently reported frustration in the face of continued professional suspicion of their identity as drugusers. The essence of the phenomenon is therefore described as an existential tension experienced by breastfeeding mothers in methadone maintenance treatment during the first 12 weeks of motherhood. The aim of this thesis is to reveal the previously hidden inter-subjective and social realms of their lived worlds. Recruited via professional gatekeepers, four women were each interviewed four times over four months. Relational maps and drawings of their imagined non-ideal and ideal mothers facilitated conversation and enabled women to speak of their experiences in a non-threatening environment. Rich contextualised data were analysed to explore and interpret previously hidden meanings. The data indicated that, whilst in hospital, mothers experience internal emotional turbulence, from profound love for their babies to fear of being separated from them. In addition, within their external worlds they feel stereotyped as drug users and of risk to their babies. However, after discharge from hospital, mothers describe becoming good-enough and insightful mothers, to their own standards. Insights from this study help to expand understanding of a previously little-known or understood group of drug-using women. Three of the five findings indicate the importance of breastfeeding. Firstly, due to powerful feelings of love, it provides a window of opportunity to change lives. Secondly, it acts as a non-verbal method of communication to publicise the care and nurturing of their infant. Thirdly, it helps mothers rationalise becoming good-enough mothers for themselves. The remaining two findings highlight hitherto unexplored areas in the research literature. The needs of breastfeeding methadone-treated mothers are potentially overlooked where infant safeguarding is the sole focus of professional concern. This leads to poor and/or unsatisfactory practice that is suggestive of institutional abuse. Furthermore, women have insight into the functional role of methadone, stating an unwillingness to sacrifice a sense of well-being in order to satisfy the demands for abstinence from social services. This study adds to the evidence base exploring and stressing the importance of supporting breastfeeding and providing empathetic care of vulnerable mothers. Health and social care professionals need to be aware of the effects of stigmatisation and actively incorporate this knowledge into their practice, educational programmes and advocacy services.
The role of social media in disaster communication: the case of hurricane Harvey

Social media accompany people in their lives, going beyond the sole purpose of entertaining and maintaining contact. Instead, the social media increasingly complement and replace the role of traditional media regarding rapid distribution of breaking news and introduce a new collaborative two-way form of communication. It is therefore inevitable for the public sector to implement this new media in all areas, one of them being disaster management and communication. With the help of a comparative analysis, this research investigates to what degree official disaster response communication guidelines and the social media activity of public institutions during disasters take the increased need for social media communication into account with a single case study. Data from relevant government documents were compared and related to Twitter data, produced during Hurricane Harvey in August 2017. Among others, methods like an Social Network Analysis and Natural Language Processing made the raw Twitter data utilizable. The main findings of this study are that the official guidelines and the Twitter activity of public institutions in the case of Hurricane Harvey do not sufficiently consider social media as part of disaster communication. This results in recommendations for policy- and decision-making in the field of disaster management.
Mothers as educators: the empowerment of rural Muslim women in Israel and their role in advancing the literacy development of their children

In 2003-2005, the authors implemented Success for All (SFA)-ALASH, an innovative pedagogical program to facilitate students' advancement in literacy, and School Family Partnership program (SFP) among first and second graders in two neighboring, rural, and low-SES Arab villages. The teachers implemented SFA-ALASH, combining bi-weekly workshops for the mothers to enhance their role as facilitators of literacy at home, according to Epstein's six-folded model (1995, 2001, 2006). Mothers' perceptions in creating a home environment which inspires their children to become successful learners in the school were evaluated using: 1. Participant observations of SFP activities 2. Semi-structured interviews with 47 SFP mothers. The teacher's evaluation of each child's academic performance in reading, writing and math as well as the mothers' familiarity and her participation in the programs. Findings indicate that the SFA-ALASH programs elevated the student's achievements. The teachers' evaluations of their students' academic achievements correspond with the mothers' involvement in the SFP and their active academic and social interactions with their children at home. The paper will discuss the cultural and social empowerment and transformations of the rural lower SES Muslim women via school partnership.
Idiosyncratic volatility and the cross-section of anomaly returns: is risk your Ally?

ABSTRACT Due to arbitrage risk asymmetries, the relationship between idiosyncratic risk and expected returns is positive (negative) among overpriced (underpriced) stocks. We offer a new active anomaly-selection strategy that capitalizes on this effect. To this end, we consider 11 equity anomalies in the U.S. market for years 1963–2016. Buying (selling) long (short) legs of the anomaly portfolios with the highest idiosyncratic volatility produces monthly abnormal returns ranging from 0.97% to 1.14% per month, outperforming a naive benchmark that equally weights all the anomalies by 45–70%. The effect cannot be subsumed by any other established anomaly-return predictor, such as momentum or seasonality. The results are robust to many considerations, including different numbers of anomalies in the portfolios, subperiod analysis, as well as estimation of idiosyncratic risk from the alternative models and throughout different periods.
Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Fluticasone Versus Montelukast in Children With Mild-to-Moderate Persistent Asthma in the Pediatric Asthma Controller Trial

L Wang, CS Hollenbeak, DT Mauger; Childhood Asthma Research and Education Network of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2011;127(1):161–166 To compare the cost-effectiveness of 2 commonly used asthma controllers, fluticasone and montelukast, in a population of pediatric patients with mild-to-moderate persistent asthma. A total of 154 patients (aged 6–14 years) who participated in the Pediatric Asthma Controller Trial (PACT) were included in the study. This study extracted data from the PACT study, a randomized controlled, double-blind, multicenter trial that studied treatment regimens in children with mild-to-moderate persistent asthma. Both effectiveness and cost measures were used to determine a cost-effectiveness analysis of the 2 controller …
Media-driven polarization. Evidence from the US

Abstract The authors use US data on media coverage of politics and individual survey data to document that citizens exposed to more politicized newspapers have more extreme political preferences. This polarization effect of media is mainly driven by individuals who harbor liberal opinions reading more newspapers, as opposed to individuals endorsing rather conservative positions. More politicized media also reinforce other aspects of citizens’ political sophistication such as political knowledge. This enhanced political sophistication materializes in observable involvement in politics, measured by campaign contributions.
Atopic ocular disease.

: Atopy arises from a complex interplay between immunogenetic controls and complex environmental allergens. Family studies of atopic patients indicate a polygenic control of IgE production overlayed with exposure to certain ubiquitous environmental antigens. Ultrapurified antigen studies in families indicate that HLA-D immune response genes, notably HLA-DR/Dw2, are implicated in some atopic responses. IgE-binding factors and gene regulation of proteins controlling glycosylation of them also influence the serum levels of IgE, as do the levels of at least two cytokines, IL-4 and gamma interferon.
An Extension of the Lin-Kernighan-Helsgaun TSP Solver for Constrained Traveling Salesman and Vehicle Routing Problems: Technical report

This report describes the implementation of an extension of the Lin-Kernighan-Helsgaun TSP solver for solving constrained traveling salesman and vehicle routing problems. The extension, which is called LKH-3, is able to solve a variety of well-known problems, including the sequential ordering problem (SOP), the traveling repairman problem (TRP), variants of the multiple travel-ing salesman problem (mTSP), as well as vehicle routing problems (VRPs) with capacity, time windows, pickup-and-delivery and distance constraints. The implementation of LKH-3 builds on the idea of transforming the problems into standard symmetric traveling salesman problems and handling constraints by means of penalty functions. Extensive testing on benchmark instances from the literature h s s own that LKH-3 is effective. Best known solutions are often obtained, a d in so e cases, new best solutions are found. The program is free of charge for academic and non-commercial use and can be downloaded in source code. A comprehensive library of benchmark instances and the best obtained results for these instances can also be downloaded.
ANALISIS PENGARUH GAYA KEPEMIMPINAN TERHADAP KINERJA KARYAWAN

ANALISIS PENGARUH GAYA KEPEMIMPINAN TERHADAP KINERJA KARYAWAN (Studi Kasus pada Dinas Sosial Kabupaten Mojokerto) Wiwik Istyarini * ABSTRAK Organisasi yang berhasil dalam mencapai tujuan serta mampu memenuhi tanggug jawab sosialnya akan sangat tergantung pada para pimpinan. Bila pimpinan mampu melaksanakan dengan baik, sangat mungkin organisasi tersebut akan mencapai sasarannya. Suatu organisasi membutuhkan pemimpin yang efektif, yang mempunyai kemampuan mempengaruhi perilaku anggotanya atau anak buah. Jadi, seorang pemimpin atau kepala suatu organisasi akan diakui sebagai seorang pemimpin apabila ia dapat mempunyai pengaruh dan mampu mengarahkan bawahannya kearah pencapaian tujuan organisasi. Gaya kepemimpinan merupakan norma perilaku yang dipergunakan oleh seseorang pada saat orang tersebut mencoba mempengaruhi perilaku orang lain. Masing-masing gaya tersebut memiliki keunggulan dan kelemahan. Seorang pemimpin akan menggunakan gaya kepemimpinan sesuai kemampuan dan kepribadiannya. Penelitian yang dilaksanakan ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui tentang bagaimana pengaruh gaya kepemimpinan (otokratis, demokratis, laissez faire) kepala dinas kepada kinerja karyawan Dinas Sosial Kabupaten Mojokerto. Dalam penelitian ini penulis menggunakan teknik pengumpulan data mulai dari dokumentasi, penyebaran angket, dan observasi. Adapun hasil dari penelitian ini adalah hasil regresi dapat disimpulkan bahwa secara simultan atau secara bersama-sama variabel bebas dalam penelitian adalah gaya kepemimpinan (otokratik, demokratik, laizzes faire) berpengaruh secara signifikan terhadap variabel terikat yaitu kinerja karyawan. Hasil regresi secara parsial variabel otokratik berpengaruh secara signifikan, variabel demokratik mempunyai hubungan yang searah tapi tidak berpengaruh secara signifikan dan untuk variabel laizzes faire berpengaruh signifikan terhadap kinerja karyawan, tapi hubungan tidak searah. Oleh karena itu dapat disimpulkan bahwa gaya kepemimpinan Laizzes Faire merupakan gaya kepemimpinan yang sesuai dengan penerapan di lapangan dan paling berpengaruh terhadap kinerja karyawan di Dinas Sosial Kabupaten Mojokerto. Kata kunci : Gaya kepemimpinan, Kinerja karyawan.
Étude de l’écriture chez l’enfant et l’adulte porteurs de trisomie 21 : analyse de la trace écrite et de sa dynamique

Malgre les avancees technologiques, l’ecriture manuscrite continue d’etre une habilete hautement sollicitee dans le cadre scolaire et constitue en partie les bases d’une integration et d’une participation a une vie communautaire reussie. A ce jour, l’etude de l’ecriture manuscrite chez des personnes porteuses de trisomie 21 (T21) reste un domaine peu aborde par la communaute scientifique. L’objectif de cette recherche est d’etudier les habiletes d’ecriture chez des enfants et adultes T21 comparativement a la population typique de meme âge de developpement et âge chronologique. Une tâche de copie de texte et l’ecriture de lettres isolees sur une tablette graphique mettent en evidence une similarite des capacites d’ecriture entre le groupe T21 et le groupe d’enfants typiques de meme âge de developpement. Differents facteurs individuels influencant l’ecriture sont egalement mis en evidence parmi la coordination de la motricite fine et le controle visuo-moteur dans la population T21. Enfin, la presentation de lettres selon differentes modalites induit une amelioration de la fluidite et de la trajectoire d’ecriture lors d’une presentation visuelle du trace et d’instructions verbales. L’ensemble des resultats va dans le sens de l’hypothese d’un retard de developpement ne mettant pas en evidence de deficit specifique dans la population T21. Nos resultats suggerent de s’interesser a l’impact de reeducations ciblees sur la coordination motrice fine et l’integration visuo-motrice et d’un entrainement visuel et verbal pour tenter d’ameliorer la trace ecrite ainsi que l’execution des mouvements d’ecriture chez les personnes T21.
Renal Cell Cancer: Clinicopathological Profile and Survival Outcomes

Abstract Background: The incidence of renal cell cancer (RCC) is increasing worldwide. However, scant information is available from the Indian subcontinent regarding its clinicopathological characteristics and survival outcomes. We retrospectively analyzed data of patients suffering from RCC at our center over the last one decade (2004–2013) to generate information on these aspects. Materials and Methods: Case records of 423 patients treated between 2004 and 2013 were retrospectively analyzed. Baseline characteristics, histopathological information, and survival outcomes were assessed. Overall survival was calculated from the time of diagnosis to death due to any cause. Results: The median age was 52 years (range: 18–87 years). Male: female ratio was 3.5:1. The median duration of symptoms was 3 months (range: 0–24 months). Thirty-five patients (8.3%) were detected in asymptomatic state. The most common symptom was hematuria (53.2%) followed by flank pain (46.3%). The most common histology was clear cell subtype (71.4%). Two hundred and ninety-three (69.3%) patients presented with nonmetastatic disease whereas 130 (30.7%) had upfront metastatic disease. Five-year survival in Stages 1, 2, 3, and 4 was 92.7%, 72.9%, 54.6%, and 11.5%, respectively. Conclusion: Younger age, higher male–female ratio, lower proportion of asymptomatic patients, higher proportion of advanced stage at diagnosis, and lower stage-wise survival were some of the key findings.
with p53 mutations and deletions Alemtuzumab is an effective therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia

doi:10.1182/blood-2003-10-3729Prepublished online January 15, 2004;2004 103: 3278-3281€€€€Michael R. Grever and John C. ByrdMollie Moran, Margaret Lucas, Thomas Lin, Marcy L. Hackbarth, John H. Proffitt, David Lucas, Gerard Lozanski, Nyla A. Heerema, Ian W. Flinn, Lisa Smith, Jennifer Harbison, Jennifer Webb,€
Physical Activity, Exercise, and Nutrition Interventions for Weight Control in African American Women.

The purpose of this paper was to review the physical activity, exercise, and nutrition related weight control interventions done with African American women that were published between 2006 and 2010 and suggest ways of enhancing these interventions. A total of 13 studies met the inclusion criteria. The review found significant results with regard to impact of intervention. Twelve of those studies revealed significant increase in physical activity and weight reduction behavior. In terms of use of theory in designing the interventions only five interventions used a theory. In three of those cases social cognitive theory was used. Appropriate sample size was found to be the major strength of most of the interventions. Six interventions used randomized controlled design. Recommendations for enhancing the effectiveness of physical activity interventions in African American women are presented.
On the Political Economy of Felon Disenfranchisement

Nearly 6.1 million U.S. citizens are politically disenfranchised because of a prior felony conviction, and these citizens tend disproportionately to be black. Specifically, more than 7.4% of the adult African-American population is disenfranchised compared to 1.8% of other Americans. This paper investigates the political consequences of this large racial disparity in disenfranchisement rates. To obtain the first causal estimates of the effects of felon disenfranchisement (FD), we build a new database that catalogs the annual state changes in disenfranchisement law. We show that these changes are driven by lengthy, uncertain, and complicated court cases which are outside of the control of individual state legislatures. We use a difference in difference strategy to analyze the impact of these changes in felon disenfranchisement laws. Our results suggest that FD legislation is associated with a 3 percentage point reduction in the likelihood of voting, allowing for a range of race-specific effects of demographic and geographic characteristics. This number is larger than would be implied purely by the mechanical effect due to the change in the number of eligible voters suggesting that FD also reduces turnout amongst those eligible to vote. Next, we show that relaxations in FD laws increase the number of Black U.S. Representatives. Finally, we show that relaxations also lead to an increase in state policy liberalism.
Value destruction in exaggerated online reviews

PurposeThis paper aims to examine the underlying motivations, attitudes and behaviors of exaggerated review posters and readers by examining the effect of review valence, emotional expression and language complexity on perceived poster, website and firm trustworthiness and subsequent behavioral intentions.Design/methodology/approachThis research uses a mixed-method approach using the qualitative critical incident technique (CIT) and quantitative experimental design. Study 1 uses CIT to examine exaggerated online reviews from the poster perspective where Study 2 uses CIT to examine readers’ perceptions of exaggerated reviews. Study 3 conducts a between-subjects experimental design examining the impact of valence (positive vs negative) × emotion (low vs high) × language (vague vs detailed) on trustworthiness and behavior intention.FindingsResults of the two qualitative studies (Study 1 and 2) find posters and readers use language complexity and emotions in exaggerated reviews. The results from the quantitative experimental design study (Study 3) find that language style and emotions influence customer perceptions of poster, website and firm trustworthiness, which also mediates the relationship between the qualitative aspects of review text on behavioral intentions.Practical implicationsThe findings provide multiple practical implications on the prevalence of exaggerated online reviews and the importance of language and emotion in determining customer perceptions and behavioral intentions.Originality/valueBy focusing on both readers and posters in exaggerated eWOM, specific motivations, emotions and language, this research contributes to the literature of online reviews, customer misbehavior, trustworthiness, language use and value co-destruction in online environments.
CONTEXTUAL TEACHING LEARNING PERSPEKTIF PENDIDIKAN ISLAM

Pendidikan Islam sebagai inspirasi pencerahan umat perlu untuk disesuaikan dengan konteks perkembangan manusia saat ini. Senada dengan itu, teori-teori pendidikan Islam juga harus ikut berkonstribusi guna akselerasi dan penyesuaian dengan gerak zaman. Contextual Teaching Learning sebagai salah satu metode pendidikan yang berkembang saat ini yang didengung-dengungkan oleh Jhon Dwey ternyata tidak serta merta bisa ditelan mentah-mentah oleh pendidikan Islam. Oleh karenanya, artikel ini hadir sebagai pengisi papan kosong dan menghadirkan teori pendidikan Islam kontemporer dengan tidak menghilangkan karakteristiknya yang Islami. Artinya, metode pembelajaran yang dimuat oleh artikel ini sepenuhnya berangkat dari teks-teks agama yang otoritatif lalu kemudian dianalisis dengan pembacaan pendidikan sekarang setidaknya menjadi filter ketika ingin menerapkan CTL dalam pendidikan Islam.
Relevance of the 10X Uncertainty Factor to the Risk Assessment of Drugs Used by Children and Geriatrics

Conventional risk assessment practices utilize a tenfold uncertainty factor (UF) to extrapolate from the general human population to sensitive subgroups, such as children and geriatrics. This study evaluated whether the tenfold UF can be reduced when pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic data for pharmaceuticals used by children and geriatrics are incorporated into the risk assessment for human sensitivity. Composite factors (kinetics X dynamics) were calculated from data-derived values for bumetanide, furosemide, metoprolol, atenolol, naproxen, and ibuprofen. For the compounds examined, all of the composite factors were lower than 10. Furthermore, 8 of the 12 composite factors were less than 5.5. Incorporation of human kinetic and dynamic data into risk assessment can aid in reducing the uncertainties associated with sensitive subgroups and further study is encouraged.
Hypocholesterolemia and hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage: any association?

Aims: The relationship between hypocholesterolemia and increased incidence of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) remains controversial. Several studies have resulted in contradicting outcomes. We tried to find whether hypocholesterolemia confers an increased risk of ICH or not. Methods: This cross-sectional and observational study was carried out at the Shorsh Military General Hospital, Iraq. From April 1, 2014, to October 31, 2016, 93 consecutive patients who had developed their first-ever hypertensive ICH were included in the study. Patients were age and gender-matched with the control group. Serum lipid levels assessment was done in all patients within 24 hours of hospital admission. Results: Out of the 93 patients with ICH, 71 (76%) were male. Females were younger than males (mean age, years: 54±12.4 vs. 59±9.2). In the intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke group (ICHSG), hypocholesterolemia (serum total cholesterol <131 mg/dl) was found in 5 out of 71 males as well as 3 out of 22 females, whereas 3 males and 3 females were hypocholesterolemic in the control group (CG). Serum total cholesterol level showed no significant difference between the ICHSG and CG. There was no statistically significant difference between males or females who had hypocholesterolemia. All hemorrhagic stroke patients were receiving a statin with an average duration of 4.2 years. Conclusions: In our study, the presence of ICH in hypertensive patients was not associated with hypocholesteremia. Further analytic studies are required to confirm this observation.