Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Online Domestic Goddess: An Analysis of Food Blog Femininities

Abstract Scholars have explored how female food celebrities represent a realm of fantasy and desire, embodying attractive “domestic goddesses” who showcase the wonder and seduction of home-cooked meals. These studies have largely focused on television personalities and have overlooked the food blogosophere, a highly popular, digital realm of food media dominated by women. The blogosphere has its own prominent food personalities and occupies a central role as a source of information and inspiration for home cooks. This paper investigates how idealized food femininities manifest on popular food blogs by examining 426 blog posts written by twenty-two award-winning, female food bloggers. These bloggers forward a vision of idealized feminine domesticity that is glamorously seductive and rooted in the “real” life of everyday home cooks. This article illuminates food blogs’ paradoxical combination of idealization and mundanity. It argues that the online domestic goddess exemplifies women’s need to balance multiple, seemingly contradictory ideals: she must embody domestic success, while avoiding associations of perfectionism, excessive control, or laziness. This study of female bloggers nuances scholarly understanding of the domestic goddess fantasy by revealing the deep tensions in women’s food blogs, particularly the challenge of crafting a credible and appealing feminine voice in a postfeminist context.
Acetabular Development in Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip Complicated by Lateral Growth Disturbance of the Capital Femoral Epiphysis*

Background: Lateral growth disturbance of the capital femoral epiphysis is the most common type of physeal arrest complicating the treatment of developmental hip dysplasia. Although this type of physeal damage has been assumed to result in poor acetabular development, the natural history of dysplastic hips affected by this pattern of growth disturbance is still unclear. To investigate this issue, we evaluated acetabular development in a retrospective study of fifty-eight hips in forty-eight patients who had lateral physeal arrest after management of developmental hip dysplasia. Methods: Of the fifty-eight hips, thirty-six were reduced closed and twenty-two were reduced open. The average age of the patients was twenty-two months (range, three to ninety-seven months) at the time of the reduction and twenty-one years (range, ten to fifty-five years) at the time of the latest follow-up evaluation. Hips rated as Severin class I (an excellent result) or II (a good result) were defined as having a satisfactory result, and those rated as Severin class III (a fair result) or IV (a poor result) were considered to have an unsatisfactory result. Specific femoral head changes were sought in the complete radiographic files on all hips. Various radiographic parameters of hip integrity, including the degree of lateral tilt of the capital femoral epiphysis, were measured over time, and comparisons were made between hips classified as satisfactory and those classified as unsatisfactory at four time-points: before the reduction, at two years after the reduction, at six to eight years of age, and at the time of the final follow-up. Results: Lateral growth disturbance of the capital femoral epiphysis was first evident by an average of ten years of age (range, four to fourteen years of age). There was no consistent early pattern of changes in the epiphysis, physis, or metaphysis related to later development of valgus tilt of the epiphysis. Thirty-four hips (59 percent) were rated as satisfactory and twenty-four were rated as unsatisfactory at the latest follow-up evaluation. Hips classified as unsatisfactory exhibited poor acetabular development by an average age of seven years. The inclination of the epiphyseal plate became progressively more horizontal or even reversed over time; however, serial measurements of inclination were not significant predictors of Severin classification. Conclusions: Lateral growth disturbance of the capital femoral epiphysis is not necessarily associated with poor acetabular development, as when dysplasia does occur it is generally evident prior to the identification of the physeal arrest. It is important to monitor acetabular development after reduction rather than search for radiographic changes of physeal arrest, which are difficult to detect in young children.
Integrating Women Into the Marine Corps Infantry: Costs, Representation, and Lessons from Earlier Integration Efforts

Abstract While women have been present on battlefields through history, their roles have expanded considerably in recent decades. The lifting of remaining restrictions fits into the pattern of expansion over time. Here, we focus on the Marine Corps infantry. We model the entry of women into infantry positions over time, but we also provide context for the current changes based on previous U.S. experience, and the experiences of other countries. Previous experiences opening closed occupations to women suggest that a variety of specific strategies are likely to be helpful to the Marines’ integration efforts. Both our cost model and previous experiences suggest that the proportion of women in the Marine Corps infantry is likely to grow very slowly; rates at which women complete training and remain in the Marine Corps will have a substantial impact on this growth. Mostly because growth is expected to be slow, the personnel-related costs of integration are predicted to be modest.
Adolescents' sexually transmitted disease protective attitudes predict sexually transmitted disease acquisition in early adulthood.

BACKGROUND Estimates suggest that about 48% of nearly 19 million cases of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) occurring annually in the United States are acquired by persons aged 15-24 years. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that adolescents' attitudes about protecting themselves from STDs predict their laboratory-confirmed prevalence of STDs in early adulthood. METHODS Wave 3 of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health assessed Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and Trichomonas vaginalis. This wave 3 data were regressed on data collected in wave 1 (when those followed were teens). A single-item measure (with a 5-point response option) assessed adolescents' attitude: "It would be a big hassle to do the things necessary to completely protect yourself from getting an STD. " RESULTS Valid urine specimens were provided by 8297 adolescents who also completed the self-reported measures needed for this study. Overall, 6.4% of the weighted sample tested positive for at least 1 of the 3 STDs. Controlling for age, gender, minority status, and age of sexual debut (all of which are well-established predictors of STD prevalence), attitude toward STD protection achieved significance (P<.001). Each additional point on the 5-point scale increased adolescents' odds of testing positive for an STD in early adulthood by about 13%. Of interest, the attitudinal measure did not interact with any of the other variables. CONCLUSIONS Findings provide evidence suggesting that safer sex programs may benefit adolescents by fostering positive attitudes toward practices that avert STD acquisition.
Sunlight, vitamin D and the prevention of cancer: a systematic review of epidemiological studies

The number of studies reporting beneficial effects of sunlight and vitamin D on several types of cancer with a high mortality rate is growing rapidly. Present health recommendations on sun exposure are mainly based on the increased risks for skin cancer. We reviewed all published studies concerning cancer and sun exposure and vitamin D, respectively, excluding those about skin cancer. Most identified ecological, case–control and prospective studies on the incidence and mortality of colorectal, prostate, breast carcinoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma reported a significantly inverse association with sun exposure. The results of the included studies on the association between cancer risk and vitamin D were much less consistent. Only those studies that prospectively examined the 25-hydroxyvitamin D serum levels in relation to risk of colorectal cancer are homogeneous: they all reported inverse associations, although not all reaching statistical significance. The results of the intervention studies are suggestive of a protective role of high doses of vitamin D in cancer, but they have been criticized in the literature. We, therefore, conclude that there is accumulating evidence for sunlight as a protective factor for several types of cancer. The same conclusion can be made concerning high vitamin D levels and the risk of colorectal cancer. This evidence, however, is not conclusive, because the number of (good quality) studies is still limited and publication biases cannot be excluded. The discrepancies between the epidemiological evidence for a possible preventive effect of sunlight and vitamin D and the question of how to apply the findings on the beneficial effects of sunlight to (public) health recommendations are discussed.
Are patients pleased with computer use in the examination room?

BACKGROUND As computer hardware becomes less expensive and computer software more sophisticated and easy to use, more physicians are using computers to take notes and keep records. Although computer use offers many benefits, there is concern about whether the use of computers in the examination room will interfere with the patient-physician relationship. This experiment surveyed patient satisfaction following examination by either of two physicians, one using pen-and-pencil note-taking, the other taking notes on a computer. METHODS Sixty patients consented to participate in this prospective, randomized, crossover study. In the first phase, 15 randomly selected patients were examined by Physician A, who made a written record, and 15 by Physician B, who made a computer record. In the second phase, the physicians switched roles. After the examination, patients completed a questionnaire to assess their degree of satisfaction. RESULTS There were no significant differences in satisfaction between the group whose physician made a handwritten record as compared with those whose physician used a computer, nor was there an interaction between type of note-taking and physician. There was also no correlation between patient satisfaction and previous patient exposure to and use of computers. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrated no decrease in patient satisfaction when a computerized patient record was introduced.
Trait self-control predicts adolescents' exposure and reactivity to daily stressful events.

The current study used an influence model of personality and stress processes to examine the association between individual differences in trait self-control and daily stress exposure and reactivity in adolescent youth. A total of 129 adolescents (Mage = 14.7 years, 59% female) completed individual difference measures of self-control, neuroticism, and measures of responses to stress. Participants then reported on daily stressful events, stress severity, mood, coping, and mindlessness (a predictor of acting on impulse) for 14 consecutive days. Self-control predicted less exposure to daily stress, less reactivity to daily stress, and more adaptive responses to stress. Specifically, adolescents with higher self-control experienced fewer daily stressors and reported lower stress severity, particularly when daily mindlessness was high. Second, adolescents with higher self-control reported less mindlessness in response to daily stress relative to those with lower self-control, but they did not show differences in emotional reactivity to stress. Finally, results also offered evidence for an indirect effect of problem-focused coping strategies between self-control and emotional reactivity to stress. The current investigation illustrates the importance of trait self-control in daily stress processes among adolescents and suggests possible mechanisms through which self-control confers these positive effects.
Lack of association between the hOGG1 Ser326Cys polymorphism and gastric cancer risk: a meta-analysis.

AIM To clarify any association between the hOGG1 Ser326Cys polymorphism and susceptibility to gastric cancer. METHODS A meta-analysis based on 11 eligible case-control studies involving 5,107 subjects was carried out to summarize the data on the association between hOGG1 Ser326Cys polymorphism and gastric cancer risk. RESULTS No association was found between hOGG1 Ser326Cys polymorphism and gastric cancer risk (dominant model: OR = 0.95, 95% CI: 0.83-1.09, p = 0.486, ph (p values for heterogeneity) = 0.419; additive model: OR = 1.02, 95% CI: 0.81-1.30, p = 0.850, ph = 0.181; recessive model: OR = 1.09, 95% CI: 0.80-1.48, p = 0.586, ph = 0.053). Subgroup analysis based on ethnicity (Asian and Caucasian) and smoking status (ever smoker and never smoker) did did notpresent any significant association. Sensitivity analysis did not perturb the results. CONCLUSIONS This study strongly suggested there might be no association between the hOGG1 Ser326Cys polymorphism and gastric cancer risk. However, larger scale studies are needed for confirmation.
Blue-Collar Scholars?: Mediators and Moderators of University Attrition in First-Generation College Students

Many college entrants’ parents do not have college degrees. These entrants are at high risk for attrition, suggesting it is critical to understand mechanisms of attrition relative to parental education. Moderators and mediators of the effect of parental education on attrition were investigated in 3,290 students over 4 years. Low parental education was a risk for attrition; importantly, college GPAs both moderated and mediated this effect, and ACT scores, scholarships, loans, and full-time work mediated this effect. Drug use, psychological distress, and few reported academic challenges predicted attrition, independent of parental education. These findings might inform interventions to decrease attrition.
Going Concern and Audit Opinion of Nigerian Banking Industry

This paper investigates the relationship between going concern and audit opinion of banks in Nigeria using financial ratio between 2007 and 2012. The study employed secondary source data collection obtained from published financial statements of selected banks and the Factbooks of Nigerian Stock Exchange. Multivariate regressions were employed to determine the effect of financial ratios used as going concern indices such as deposit to total asset (proxy for liquidity), return on capital employed (profitability measure) solvency, operating cashflow to total liabilities and growth on audit opinion. The result reveal that solvency, liquidity (DPA) and profitability (ROCE) have significant relationships with audit opinion. Furthermore, the study showed that going concern could be a signal of financial distress as it reveals the status and capability of banks to continue in operation. Finally, the study recommends the Central Bank of Nigeria should put in place policies that can enhance financial strength and stability of banks. The Nigerian Financial Reporting Council and other regulatory bodies, in line with best practices, should try to organize training and workshops to improve financial skills and expertise of auditors for quality reporting in Nigeria banking industry
Local Anesthetics Inhibit the Growth of Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells

BACKGROUND: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is an aggressive cancer with limited therapeutic options. Retrospective studies have shown that the administration of local anesthetics (LAs) during cancer surgery could reduce cancer recurrence. Besides, experimental studies reported that LAs could inhibit the growth of cancer cells. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of LAs on human HCC cells. METHODS: The effects of 2 LAs (lidocaine and ropivacaine) (10−2 to 10–6 M) were studied after an incubation of 48 hours on 2 HCC cell lines, namely HuH7 and HepaRG. Cell viability, cell cycle analysis, and apoptosis and senescence tests were performed together with unsupervised genome-wide expression profiling and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction for relevant genes. RESULTS: We showed that LAs decreased viability and proliferation of HuH7 cells (from 92% [P < .001] at 5 × 10−3 M to 40% [P = .02] at 10−4 M with ropivacaine and from 87% [P < .001] to 37% [P = .02] with lidocaine) and HepaRG progenitor cells (from 58% at 5 × 10−3 M [P < .001] to 29% at 10−4 M [P = .04] with lidocaine and 59% [P < .001] with ropivacaine 5 × 10−3 M) in concentration-dependent manner. LAs have no effect on well-differentiated HepaRG. Ropivacaine decreased the mRNA level of key cell cycle regulators, namely cyclin A2, cyclin B1, cyclin B2, and cyclin-dependent kinase 1, and the expression of the nuclear marker of cell proliferation MKI67. Lidocaine had no specific effect on cell cycle but increased by 10× the mRNA level of adenomatous polyposis coli (P < .01), which acts as an antagonist of the Wnt/&bgr;-catenin pathway. Both LAs increased apoptosis in Huh7 and HepaRG progenitor cells (P < .01). CONCLUSIONS: The data demonstrate that LAs induced profound modifications in gene expression profiles of tumor cells, including modulations in the expression of cell cycle–related genes that result in a cytostatic effect and induction of apoptosis.
Preventing sexual violence against young women from African backgrounds

This study explored how young women from African refugee and migrant backgrounds understand and experience sexual coercion and violence. Data was gathered from young women from African backgrounds and a wide range of agencies in two Australian states, Western Australia and South Australia, to better understand the extent of their awareness of and concern about sexual coercion and assault and document how agencies respond to these issues. The paper concludes it is necessary to improve policy, practice, professional development and training to better respond to the sexual violence experienced by these young women, and raise awareness of the issue in their communities in a culturally sensitive way.
A Novel 110-kDa Receptor Protein is Involved in Endocytic Uptake of Decorin by Human Skin Fibroblasts

The small leucine-rich proteoglycan (SLRP) decorin is efficiently internalized by a variety of cultured cells. A 51-kDa protein has previously been described as a receptor mediating endocytosis of decorin and of the structurally related SLRP biglycan. Recent findings suggest that endocytosis of SLRPs may also be mediated by additional receptors. The class-A scavenger receptor, the endocytic mannose receptor, the epidermal growth factor receptor, and insulin-like growth factor-I receptor have emerged as candidates. We used a combined approach of immunoprecipitation and photoactivated cross-linking to identify endocytosis receptors for decorin in human skin fibroblasts. Decorin was purified by HPLC-DEAE-ion exchange chromatography from the secretions of human skin fibroblasts under nondenaturing conditions. Confocal immunofluorescence microscopy revealed that both biotinylated decorin and decorin conjugated to the heterobifunctional cross-linker sulfosuccinimidyl 2-(p-azidosalicylamido)ethyl-1-3'-dithiopropionate (SASD) were endocytosed with equal efficiency. SASD-conjugated decorin was added to [35S]-methionine-labeled fibroblasts and cross-linked intracellularly to receptor molecules by photoactivation on endocytic uptake. Cross-linked decorin-receptor complexes were purified from the extracts of trypsin-treated fibroblasts by anion exchange chromatography and immunoprecipitation with a decorin-specific antiserum. Analysis by 2D electrophoresis and autoradiography revealed that decorin was specifically cross-linked to a protein of 110 kDa, which exhibited an isoelectric point of 5.5. In a second approach, unlabeled fibroblasts were subjected to decorin endocytosis and photoactivated cross-linking followed by Western blotting of DEAE-purified cell extracts. A shift of biotinylated decorin immunoreactivity from 165 kDa (decorin-receptor complex) to 54 kDa (SASD-conjugated biotinylated decorin) was noted on reductive cleavage of the cross-linker, representing a difference in molecular weight of approximately 110 kDa. The identification of a 110-kDa protein as a novel endocytosis receptor for decorin provides further support for the emerging concept of a redundancy of receptor molecules in the endocytosis of SLRP.
Returning to competition after a serious injury: The role of self-determination

Abstract We tested hypotheses grounded in self-determination theory regarding athletes' cognitive appraisals and emotional reactions when returning to competition following a serious injury. Professional male athletes (N = 225) competing in the Australian Football League were presented with return-to-competition scenarios that varied with respect to: (1) degree of self-determination and (2) salience of re-injury concern. Significant MANOVA main effects were observed for the degree of self-determination on both primary appraisals and emotional responses as well as for the salience of re-injury concern on emotional response. Follow-up ANOVA polynomial trend analyses provided support for the hypothesized trends for greater self-determination in the return to sport to result in more positive appraisals and affect. Findings support self-determination theory contentions and research indicating the psychological benefits of increased self-determination.
Uterine artery embolization for treatment of symptomatic fibroids; a single institution experience.

BACKGROUND Uterine fibroids are the most common reproductive tract tumours in females. Uterine artery embolization (UAE) is a fertility-sparing procedure for treatment of symptomatic fibroids. We evaluated the efficacy and safety of UAE in the treatment of 118 patients with symptomatic uterine fibroids in a single Academic Centre in the West of Ireland to determine whether fibroid and uterine size affect clinical outcomes and complications. METHODS This was a retrospective cohort of 118 patients who underwent UAE for treatment of symptomatic fibroids between November 2006 and August 2011. Diagnosis of fibroids in symptomatic patients was established by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and/or transabdominal ultrasonography (US). Three different embolic agents were used. All patients had at least one follow-up using MRI, at three and/or 12 months. A non-validated questionnaire was used to report patient satisfaction with regards to symptoms improvement on a yes-or-no basis. RESULTS Mean fibroid volume, uterine size and dominant fibroid size were significantly reduced at three months and one year follow-up (p = 0.00) and that was tallied with symptoms improvement (p < 0.05). Overall patient satisfaction at three months was 84% falling to 75.9% by 12 months (all p < 0.05). Few complications were reported (2.5%). No significant difference was observed in safety or efficacy for different embolic agents. CONCLUSION The study confirms the safety and efficacy of UAE in the treatment of symptomatic fibroids. Hippokratia 2014; 18 (3): 258-261.